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18 months, and particularly the past year, I feel we have made excel- 

 lent progress in resolving some of our intrastate problems and it is 

 to these activities that I will address my remarks today ; leaving inter- 

 state considerations to the other members of this panel and to the 

 general discussion sessions which will follow. 



This approach is due in part to the time limitations and the fact 

 that I am also submitting a statement for the San Francisco Bay 

 Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC). It is also in- 

 fluenced by the prevailing view of our Commision that we should 

 concentrate initially on getting our own house in order prior to any 

 deep involvement in interstate considerations. 



This is not to say that we are not interested, but we have been 

 initially proceeding on the premise that we should first get our own 

 house in order. 



I should point out that Mr. Harold D. Bissell, executive secretary 

 of the Interagency Council for Ocean Eesources (ICOR) is Governor 

 Reagan's other designated representative and will be participating in 

 the discussions during these 2 days. He is present here today. 



In addition there are four CMC Commissioners present : Dr. Russell 

 Keim, Dr. F. Gilman Blake, Mr. Robert Krueger, and Col. T. R. 

 Gillerwaters. CMC Chairman, Dr. W. M. Chapman will also be present 

 tomorrow. 



These gentlemen that I have mentioned, have been working on 

 problems such as we are discussing today for many years at the local. 

 State, national and international levels of Government and I am 

 certain that they can and will make valuable contributions to the 

 discussion periods. 



Background. In assessing how California is proceeding with respect 

 to coastal zone planning, I believe a very short historical review will 

 be useful. 



In late 1964 Governor Brown appointed a group known as the 

 Governor's Advisory Commission on Ocean Resources (GACOR). 

 This 18-member connnission met for the first time in January 1965. 

 With the change in administration GACOR resigned and after a 

 brief lapse was reappointed by Governor Reagan. By 1967 the im- 

 portance of marine and coastal resources had received increased recog- 

 nition and the GACOR vvas_ replaced with the statutorily established 

 California Advisory Commission on Marine and Coastal Resources, 

 the CMC. The membership was increased to 36, including six legis- 

 lators, three State asemblymen and three State senators. 



The other 30 were appointed by the Governor and embodied an 

 expertise drawn from executives and top management in industry, 

 the scientific, academic and legal communities. 



With the establishment of this Commission as a legal entity in 

 November of 196T, its modus operandi assumed a more formal and 

 legally responsive approach. Most of the old GACOR m.embers were 

 included on the new CMC. But now, rather than a group appointed as 

 advisers to the Governor, they were a legally established body acting 

 under a mandate of the legislature. In much the same manner as the 

 Commission on Marine Sciences, Engineering, and Resources reporting 

 to both the President and the Congress, the CMC reports to both the 

 Governor and the legislature. We now submit annual reports to both 

 these branches of State government with letter reports on a more 

 frequent basis on specific priority issues. 



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