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CMC RespomiUlities. With respect to CMC responsibilities, in its 

 advisoiy capacity CMC is required on a broad basis to reviewknown 

 and estimated future needs for natural resources from the marine and 

 coastal environment necessary to maintain an expanding State econ- 

 omy. With special reference to the coastline, the CMC reports to the 

 Governor and the legislature in terms which define the total public 

 interest in this valuable asset. 



Bear in mind that the enabling legislation which established CMC 

 is entitled the Marine Resources Conservation and Development Act 

 of 1967 and our interests very definitely include both elements ; that is, 

 conservation and development. 



In addition to the broad responsibilities referred to previously, there 

 are a number of specific points outlined in the legislation with respect 

 to the CMC's responsibilities. Alphabetically they are spelled out {a) 

 through (1) and include such subjects as land use in the coastal zone, 

 conservation and utilization of the mineral and living resources of the 

 marine environment, recreation, wastes management, et cetera. 



One of the broader responsibilities assigned to the Commission, how- 

 ever, is that of reporting again to the Governor and the legislature 

 each year on the activities and accomplishments of the various State 

 agencies and departments involved in marine oriented activities. 



This had led to a committee structure within the commission which 

 generalh^ focuses monitoring responsibilities on one or more CMC com- 

 mittees with respect to one or more State departments. For example, 

 our Living Resources Committee is primarily involved with following 

 the activities of the State Department of Fish and Game. We have nine 

 such committees plus a steering committee, or a policy committee group. 



Progress in the executive branch of California government. As far as 

 progress, I will now allude more to the executive branch of California 

 government, \h% old GACOR recommended, and the new CMC re- 

 affirmed, that if the vital importance of marine and coastal resources 

 was to be placed in proper perspective, it would take recognition at the 

 cabinet level. 



This was done in late 1967. By executive order the Governor estab- 

 lished the Interagency Council for Ocean Resources (ICOR) . ICOR is 

 chaired bv Lieutenant Governor Reinecke now, and Lieutenant Gover- 

 nor Finch originally and its composition includes the Secretaries for 

 Resources, Business, and Transportation, Human Relations, Agricul- 

 ture and Services and the chairman of the State Lands Conunission. 



The primar}^ and vital responsibility of ICOR was to develop the 

 California Comprehensive Ocean Area Plan (COAP). The legislation 

 establishing CMC levied this requirement upon the Governor. He es- 

 tablished ICOR and during the past year, I think ICOR has become 

 a viable entity. 



Tlie initial difficulties can be briefly summed up. ICOR was estab- 

 lished but with no budget and no staff. As an individual I was hired by 

 CMC and, on a double-hatting basis, loaned to ICOR as their executive 

 director for nearly 1 year. It did not work. One man could not do both 

 jobs; the budget was too thin to split; and the tasks of the two shifts 

 were not always congruent. It is a rather difficult task for one individ- 

 ual to participate in the development of a plan by ICOR and then turn 

 around and convince the reviewing authority, OMC, that it is a great 

 plan. 



