📍Coastal Access Spotlight: Santa Cruz Coastal Campus and De Anza Beach Trails

Thanks to the California Coastal Commission and the Coastal Act for ensuring that all of these public accessways are free and open every day of the year.

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Archived agendas can be found here: coastal.ca.gov/meetings/arc...

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Read the Adopted Nature-Based Adaptation Strategies Guidance here: documents.coastal.ca.gov/assets/clima...

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Amy Hutzel and Kate Huckelbridge pose and smile at the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

Our fearless leaders testified in front of the Assembly Natural Resources Committee in support of ACR 149—celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the passage of the Coastal Act and the Coastal Conservancy Act. Thank you, Amy and Kate!

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assortment of shirts and hat with the Coastal Act 50th Anniversary logo

We have Coastal Act gear! There's a 15% off sale until Wednesday at 3 pm PST. Sometimes it's easy to miss the "Shop More Styles" button—it's located on the right side, just under the price. Use the code SITEWIDE15 when you check out.

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📍Coastal Access Spotlight: Malibu Road East

Thanks to the California Coastal Commission and the Coastal Act for ensuring that all of these public accessways are free and open every day of the year.

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The trails are walked, the waves are surfed, the vistas are open for all to enjoy. #thankyoucoastalact Text of the Coastal Act can be found on our website: www.coastal.ca.gov/coastact.pdf

Historic photo showing a Mustang driving past a Public Beach Acccess sigh pointing towards the coast

Over the last 50 years, the Coastal Commission has installed hundreds of Coastal Access signs to show people how to get to the coast. We are responsible for many new beach stairways, restrooms, parking lots, beach mats, and beach wheelchairs. #thankyoucoastalact #californiacoastalcommission

📍Coastal Access Spotlight: North Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard

Thanks to the California Coastal Commission and the Coastal Act for ensuring that all of these public accessways are free and open every day of the year.

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📍Coastal Access Spotlight: North Solimar Beach in Ventura County

Thanks to the California Coastal Commission and the Coastal Act for ensuring that all of these public accessways are free and open every day of the year.

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Feb 25, noon to 1pm, register, “Coast For All: 50 Years of Coastal Stewardship,” various photos of kids and adults surfing and playing on the coast, logos of Coastal Commission, Coastal Conservancy, and CNRA

Join coast and ocean leaders to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Coastal Act to explore the state of our coast, emerging challenges, and how we shape coastal protection to meet California’s needs in coming decades. Register: tinyurl.com/coastalact

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📍Coastal Access Spotlight: Centennial Park in Coronado

Thanks to the California Coastal Commission and the Coastal Act for ensuring that all of these public accessways are free and open every day of the year.

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We hope that lifting up these coastal success stories as part of a 50-year retrospective will help inform and inspire the next 50 years of coastal protection as current/future generations grapple with coastal management challenges and opportunities in the 21st century.

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Thank you for protecting our coast and ocean❣️💌🐳 #thankyoucoastalact #californiacoastalcommission #valentinesday

a wooden staircase down to a black sand beach, blue sky with long white clouds, shoreline with rocky sea stacks

“People of all ages can learn and teach about coastal and ocean ecosystems and do something to help protect them…

Westport California’s stunning black sand beach with access stairway
Photo: Sean Drake, California Coastal Commission #thankyoucoastalact

📍Coastal Access Spotlight: Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay

Thanks to the California Coastal Commission and the Coastal Act for ensuring that all of these public accessways are free and open every day of the year.

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Voice—Peter Douglas, Coastal Advocate, Co-author of the Coastal Act, and third Executive Director of the California Coastal Commission. 20 Aug 2011

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shiny ocean and a blue sky, a silhouetted person walks down a long staircase to the beach, various people enjoy the shoreline below

Thank you for protecting our coast and ocean!
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Watching the waves roll in is sometimes just what you need to get ready for the challenge of tomorrow. Take some strength from the power of the ocean.
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Thanks to the Coastal Act, sensitive ecosystems and natural resources are protected, public access is ensured, and coastal dependent activities can thrive.

See the text of the Coastal Act here: www.coastal.ca.gov/coastact.pdf

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“2016” view of wetland flowering grasses and shallow pools “Site Visit to the Peter Douglas Wetlands (Not Sorry)

View of the wetlands, including the Peter Douglas display sign

Once upon a #2016. The Peter Douglas Wetlands at the San Dieguito Lagoon were newly named and a bit of birdwatching was in order.

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Since 1976, the California Coastal Act has protected coastal access and resources for present and future generations.

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A smiling woman sits in a beach wheelchair on the sand while another smiling woman stands behind her.

...Beach Wheelchairs have large, wide wheels which can roll across the sand without sinking. Learn how to borrow beach wheelchairs in California at www.coastal.ca.gov/access/beach.... The new chairs will be added to that page as soon as they're available. #ThankYouCoastalAct (3/3)

Thank you for supporting our Public Education Program and spreading the good word about how the California coast belongs to us all.

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Read more about justice at the Coastal Commission: www.coastal.ca.gov/env-justice

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Did you know about this public space at Liberty Station in San Diego?

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Paradise Point resort in San Diego’s Mission Bay is now more welcoming to the public than ever—thanks to the California Coastal Commission. #ThankYouCoastalAct

Paradise Point resort violated Coastal Act for years. Now it’s a ‘success story.’ More than 100 public access signs have been installed, and locals and visitors will now have an uninterrupted walkway along the shoreline.

Paradise Point resort in Mission Bay San Diego now has more than 100 public access signs, and locals and visitors will now have an uninterrupted walkway along the shoreline. #ThankYouCoastalAct
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