The California Coastal Commission Meeting is in Sacramento California Thursday March 14 2024.
California Coastal Commission March 2024 Meeting is also on Friday March 15 2024.
The Public is Encouraged to participate.
Meeting Starts at 9:00am.
You can watch the California Coastal Commission Meetings Live and archived at Cal Span
California Coastal Commission Meeting Agenda Is Online
Thursday March 14 2024 Features
Energy, Ocean Resources & Federal Consistency Report
Negative determination by the Federal Railroad Administration for approval of a Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing loan to Mendocino Railway for its Railroad Rehabilitation Project that, generally, includes re-opening a collapsed tunnel, replacing up to 34,000 railroad ties and lines, purchasing rolling stock, and rehabilitating bridges to bring into use an approximately 35-mile stretch of rail line between Willits and Fort Bragg that has been out of service since 2015, Mendocino County.
San Luis Obispo County: Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Application by PG&E to dredge approximately 70,000 cu. yds. of sediment from the Diablo Canyon Power Plant Intake Cove, approximately six miles north of the City of Avila Beach, and place dredged sediment approx. 2,000 ft. offshore of Morro Bay State Park sandspit
San Diego: San Diego Gas and Electric at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Application to Fire-harden transmission lines located on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton by replacing wood poles with steel poles, install maintenance pads, and make other line improvements
Big Sur: U.S. Forest Service in San Luis Obispo County
Consistency Determination by the United States Forest Service (USFS) for a proposed temporary two-year prohibition on overnight camping, campfires, and off-leash dogs at Big Sur’s San Carpoforo Beach
South Coast District (Orange County)
Huntington Beach: Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy
Application of Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy for restoration within Talbert Marsh including measures to address erosion that has degraded marsh habitat along the southeastern shoreline and on the west bank of South Island within Talbert Marsh. Proposed work includes placement of fiber mat, filter fabric, cobble, gravel, soil or gravel sills, coir logs, and marsh plantings and non-native plant removal.
Proposed project includes a Biological Monitoring Plan and a Physical Monitoring Plan, at Talbert Marsh (inland of Pacific Coast Highway, upcoast of the Santa Ana River),
San Diego Coast District
Carlsbad Public Hearings on Housing and ADU’s and Homelessness
San Diego City Public Hearing on Midway-Pacific Highway Height Limit
San Diego City Public Hearing on Land Use Plan
Public hearing and action to extend the 90-day time limit for Commission action for up to one year on request by City of San Diego to update the Otay Mesa-Nestor Community Plan (Land Use Plan) and to change the land use designation from Open Space to Medium Density Residential on a 14.62-acre site to facilitate the construction of 380 apartment units.
San Diego City El Camino Real Bridge/Road Replacement
Application of City of San Diego to demolish 2-lane bridge over the San Dieguito River and construct new 4-lane, 354 ft. long, 76 ft. wide bridge; realign and widen El Camino Real between San Dieguito Road and Via de la Valle; construct new intersection at El Camino Real and De la Valle Place; construct new medians, protected bike lanes, landscaping , multi-modal trail connections; and relocate the Coastal Zone Boundary up to 70 yds. inland, at El Camino Real, North City, San Diego
Coronado Bay Resort (Lowes) and California State Parks
To amend permit to seasonally place beach hut in the public parking lot and chairs/umbrellas on the beach, and provide limited food/beverage service during the summer for hotel guests and the public, to extend the permit term for three years, at Silver Strand State Beach
Friday March 15 2024 Features
North Coast District
California Department of Technology , Middle-Mile Broadband Network Project, Del Norte County, Humboldt County & Mendocino Countu
Application of California Department of Transportation on behalf of California Department of Technology to construct segments of the Middle-Mile Broadband Network (MMBN) along approximately 130 miles of State Highways 101, 1, 199, 255, 211, 20, and 128, including installation of conduit, fiber optic cable, and vaults below ground surface, and two above-ground hub shelters and associated development near Fort Bragg and Manchester within State Highway right-of-way.
North Central Coast District
Central Coast District
Morro Bay Public Hearing on IP Update
Santa Cruz Public Hearing on Historic Incentives
Santa Cruz Public Hearing on Parking Updates
Wednesday March 7 2024 Featured: Executive Director’s Report/Legislative Report/SONGS: Concurrence with the Executive Director’s determination to transition to a reduced monitoring scheme for Southern California Edison’s San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) mitigation reef/Santa Barbara Public Hearing: UC Santa Barbara Notice of Impending Development/South Central Coast/Malibu Public Hearing on Land Use Plan and signs on beachfront properties/South Coast District (Los Angeles)/Enforcement Report
Applicants and the public will be able to listen to and watch the meeting and comment by Zoom conference or by telephone.
Provide Comments via Zoom Conference or Phone
Provide a real-time comment via computer/tablet/phone
Listen and/or provide an audio comment by cell phone or land line
If you don’t have internet access, or you prefer to participate by phone, or you just want to listen to the meeting via your cell phone or a land line, call Commission staff at this number:
(415) 904-5202.
Email to speakerrequest@coastal.ca.gov
In the body of the email, please provide:
Your name
Your email address
Who you represent (i.e., self, another person, an organization)
The number and name of the agenda item you wish to speak on
(e.g., Item W14b, Smith)
Whether you are speaking for or against the proposed item
Whether you intend to provide a PowerPoint or video
Commission staff will send a return email to you with a link to join the Zoom meeting.
It is strongly encouraged anyone wishing to listen or speak by phone to call to request to speak by 5:00pm the day before the hearing item to assist with meeting management and limit the potential for human error.
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Your voice can be heard at the California Coastal Commission Meeting.
If you have any concerns about California Beach issues you may address the Commission.
You can read the items now and submit online public comments to SouthCoast@coastal.ca.gov.
California Coastal Commission Mission
The mission of the California Coastal Commission is to protect, conserve, restore, and enhance environmental and human-based resources of the California coast and ocean for environmentally sustainable and prudent use by current and future generations.
The Commission holds monthly public meetings of three to five days in length in different locations throughout the state.
The Commission meetings provide an opportunity for the Coastal Commissioners to take public testimony and to make permit, planning, and other policy decisions.
Prior to each meeting, Commission staff collects and analyzes information pertinent to meeting agenda items and prepares written staff reports with recommendations for Commission action.
These staff reports are available for public review, by contacting the appropriate Commission office. Some
elected staff reports are also available electronically by means of a link from the Commission’s
Meeting Notice.
For more information please visit California Coastal Commission.
You can watch the California Coastal Commission Meetings at Cal Span
* Any announcements regarding Commission actions will be made in public after the conclusion of the closed session.
Any announcements will also be posted on the Commission’s online agenda.
California Coastal Commission Scheduled Meetings
March 13 2024 thru March 15 2024: Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown-Arena located at 300 J Street.
April 10 2024 thru April 12 2024: Long Beach City Hall Council Chambers is located at 411 W. Ocean Blvd.
May 8 2024 thru May 10 2024: North Coast Sovereign Nation of the Elk Valley Rancheria located at 2332 Howland Hill Road in Crescent City
June 12 2024 thru June 14 2024: Central Coast
July 10 2024 thru July 12 2024: North Central
August 7 2024 thru August 9 2024: South Central
September 11 2024 thru September 13 2024: Central Coast
October 9 2024 thru October 11 2024: San Diego
November 13 2024 thru November 15 2024: North Central
December 11 2024 thru December 13 2024: LA/Orange County
Times and Dates are subject to change.
Please contact the event organizer for the most up to date information.