BILL NUMBER: SB 511	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lieu

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Section 30221 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to coastal resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 511, as introduced, Lieu. Coastal resources: California Coastal
Act of 1976: oceanfront land.
   The California Coastal Act of 1976 provides for the planning and
regulation of development, under a coastal development permit
process, within the coastal zone, as defined, based on various
coastal resources planning and management policies set forth in the
act. Existing law requires that oceanfront land suitable for
recreational use be protected for recreational use and development
unless present and foreseeable future demand for public or commercial
recreational activities that could be accommodated on the property
is already adequately provided for in the area.
   This bill would revise that provision to refer to the immediate
area.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 30221 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   30221.  Oceanfront land suitable for recreational use shall be
protected for recreational use and development unless present and
foreseeable future demand for public or commercial recreational
activities that could be accommodated on the property is already
adequately provided for in the  immediate  area.