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RESOLUTION NO. 8734
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH EXPRESSING ITS
OPPOSITION TO SENATE BILL 1579, THE
CALIFORNIA COASTAL PLAN
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1579, if enacted, would
prescribe goals, objectives and policies in connection with the
management of the coastal resources as well as establish a
California Coastal Conservation Commission and six regional
commissions as the successor in interest to the Commissions
established under the California Coastal Zone Conservation Act
of 1972 (Proposition 20); and
WHEREAS, SB 1579 provides for the preparation of
local coastal programs by each city or county lying within the
coastal resource management area and would require persons
wishing to undertake any development within designated areas
to obtain a permit from the regional commission until such
time as a local coastal program has been certified and becomes
effective; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach is a coastal
community encompassing recreational ocean shoreline, a protected
recreational harbor, an estuarine area of recreational and
environmental significance, as well as residential, industrial
and commercial development; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach
has an intense interest in conserving the natural features
of these unique coastal resources within the City's boundaries
for present and future generations by regulating land use and
development along the ocean and harbor shorelines; and
WHEREAS, the California Coastal Plan, as implemented
by SB 1579 would establish a permanent and costly new layer
of government to control land use and development within the
coastal zone; and
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WHEREAS, the proposed California Coastal Conservation
Commission is a non - elected assembly of politically appointed
persons who will not be responsive or responsible to the people
of the State of California through the electoral process;
and
WHEREAS, the California Coastal Zone Conservation
Commission and the six regional commissions have established
a record by their past actions which goes far beyond the
original intent and purpose of the California Coastal Zone
Conservation Act; and
WHEREAS, the provisions of SB 1579 would perpetuate
this authority to regulate in areas which have traditionally
been better left to local control; and
WHEREAS, SB 1579 in many respects is a duplication
of existing requirements contained in the State's General
Plan laws and Subdivision Map Act in which the conservation
of natural resources and the guarantee of public access to the
coastal areas as well as the preservation of open space are
key elements; and
WHEREAS, the existing California Coastal Zone
Conservation Commission and the six regional commissions have
demonstrated that the time for processing applications for
development is unreasonably long and there is no provision in
SB 1579 to eliminate some of the bureaucratic red tape and
procedures promulgated by the California Coastal Zone Conservation
Act; and
WHEREAS, it appears that the adoption of SB 1579
will result in net higher real property taxes within the
coastal resources management area proposed by said bill; and
WHEREAS, SB 1579 would create a single purpose
governmental entity charged with protecting only a limited
public interest without taking into consideration the overall
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financial and economic well being of the coastal communities
as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the attempted waiver of the SB 90 reimburse-
ment provisions seems unfair in light of the obvious large
local costs which will necessarily be imposed upon the cities
and counties within the coastal zone as a result of the passage
of SB 1579; and
WHEREAS, the adoption of SB 1579 is the first
permanent step to the erosion of local government and the
ultimate elimination of local government as a land use and
development control agency;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council
of the City of Newport Beach hereby expresses its extreme
opposition to SB 1579 as an improper attempt to usurp the
authority and right of local government to plan and control
land use and development within its boundaries.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk will cause
this resolution to be circulated to all cities in Orange
County.
ADOPTED this 22nd day of March
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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