Proposition Summary
Initiative. Creates State Coastal Zone Conservation Commission and six regional commissions. Sets criteria for and requires submission of plan to Legislature for preservation, protection, restoration and enhancement of environment and ecology of coastal zone, as defined. Establishes permit area within coastal zone as the area between the seaward limits of state jurisdiction and 1000 yards landward from the mean high tide line, subject to specified exceptions. Prohibits any development within permit area without permit by state or regional commission. Prescribes standards for issuance or denial of permits. Act terminates after 1976. This measure appropriates five million dollars ($5,000,000) for the period 1973 to 1976. Financial impact: Cost to state of $1,250,000 per year plus undeterminable local government administrative costs.
Proposition Number
20
Year
1972
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Pass
Popular Vote Results
Y: 4363375; A: 55.2; N: 3548180; B: 44.8
Election Type
General Election
Proposition Type
Initiative statutory
Code Sections Affected
Amended Cal. Pub. Res. Code sections 27000, et seq.
For Author
John V. Tunney, United States Senator; Donald L. Grunsky, State Senator (R -- Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Luis Obispo and San Benito Counties); Bob Moretti, Assemblyman; Speaker -- California State Assembly
Against Author
James S. Lee, President, State Building & Construction Trades Council of California; George Christopher, Former Mayor of San Francisco; John J. Royal, Executive Secretary Treasurer Fishermen's & Allied Workers Union, I.L.W.U.
Rebuttal Against Author
John V. Tunney, United States Senator; Donald L. Grunsky, State Senator (R -- Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Luis Obispo and San Benito Counties); Bob Moretti, Assemblyman; Speaker -- California State Assembly
Recommended Citation
COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT California Proposition 20 (1972).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/771