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The
Public Beach Restoration Act
In 1999,
CalCoast and the California Shore and Beach Preservation Association
(CSBPA) co-sponsored The Public Beach Restoration Act, AB
64 (Ducheny) (PDF format), which created an annual
source of funding for beach and shoreline restoration projects,
such as sand replenishment.
Since
1999, DBW has allocated $14.2 million to studies and projects
undertaken pursuant to the Public Beach Restoration Program,
managed by the Department of Boating and Waterways (DBW). The
state funds have been used to leverage federal monies through
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The program allows
DBW to fund 100 percent of the nonfederal project construction
cost for sand restoration at state parks and state beaches and
up to 85 percent of such costs for projects involving
non-state beaches if the local sponsor provides a 15 percent
match through funds or in-kind services.
AB 64 also required that the Department of Boating and
Waterways and the State Coastal Conservancy report to the
legislature on a number of issues, including what the beach
program has accomplished and how natural sediment supply can
be restored. The CA
Beach Restoration Study was received by the
California State Legislature in late May 2002 and is now
available online.
In
a document issued by the California Resources Agency in
1978, entitled "Policy
for Shoreline Erosion Protection" the state adopted a
policy to prevent the loss of the state's beaches and to
preserve its coastal resources, recognizing that erosion can
threaten public infrastructure and impair the use of beaches
by residents and out-of-state visitors.
Copyright
1999-2008, California Coastal Coalition
E-mail: steveaceti@calcoast.org
Phone: (760) 944-3564
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