ActCoastal is a campaign to protect California's coast and the public's right to access it by holding the California Coastal Commission accountable to its mission. Each month, we track and report on the Commission's most consequential votes on coastal conservation, environmental justice, and public access — rating each decision pro-coast or anti-coast — so Californians can judge whether their Commissioners are living up to the public trust and the promises of the Coastal Act. These monthly voting reports inform an annual report card that has been published continuously for over 20 years.
The Coastal Commission docked in San Pedro, next to the Port of Los Angeles, from May 13-14. Despite a light agenda, the Commissioners earned a Pro-Coast vote for their unanimous support for SB 963 ✅, a CDP appeals reform bill supported by Commission fans and detractors alike. Also covered is an approval for additional armoring near Surfer's Point in Ventura, and a Laguna Beach blufftop home that tested the limits of Commission authority to enforce blufftop setbacks.