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a coordinated approacli to harnessing and conserving the last great untapp^'fl 

 resource of California — the ocean. This will assure the orderly development and 

 continuing administration of a comprehensive coastal area plan to guide the 

 many decisions which affect the use of California's coastline". 



"I am proposing, in Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1969, a Department of 

 Navigation and Ocean Development to provide the necessary structure of govern- 

 ment so that a Comprehensive Ocean Area Plan for California can become a 

 reality. The Department of Navigation and Ocean Development would have the 

 continuing responsibility for implementation of this plan, a vital responsibility 

 which does not now exist within State Government". 



''In order to harness the collective resources of State Government, I estab- 

 lished the Interagency Council on Ocean Resources, composed of representatives 

 of those agencies of government with interests in California's coastline and 

 knowledge to contribute to its development". 



"In 1967, we established the California Advisory Commission on Coastal and 

 Marine Resources by an act of the California Legislature, with responsibility to 

 report recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature. This Commission 

 brings to bear on the planned development of the ocean the resources and 

 expertise of the private sector together with California's rich educational re- 

 sources. The Commission can serve in an advisory capacity to the Department 

 of Navigation and Ocean Development, thus establishing the necessary inter- 

 action between ideas, workable planning and the combined resources of State 

 Government". 



'"The Department of Navigation and Ocean Development will be the key to 

 California's ocean future. Its formation now will insure that California will 

 remain in the vanguard of oceanography, marine research, ocean conservation 

 and ocean resources development among the states of the nation and the nations 

 of the world. It not only will guarantee the wisest use of this greatest and last 

 resource for Californians. it also will insure that California will be both leader 

 and helper to all of its Pacific Ocean Basin neighbors as the exploration and 

 uses of the 'inner space' of the seas advances into the next century". 



The California Resources Agency, in a report entitled "A Review of Our Na- 

 tion and the Sea etc.", listed five recommended actions including : '"4. Strong 

 support be secured for the Governors Reorganization Plan No. 2 of the 1969 

 Session (Department of Navigation and Ocean Development) to not only serve 

 as a framework for concentrating the State's ocean oriented programs but to 

 also function as the federally-proposed Coastal Zone Authority". 



The report ''Our Nation and the Sea" calls for a Coastal Zone Management 

 Act ''which will provide policy objectives for the coastal zone and authorize 

 Federal grants-in-aid to facilitate the establishment of Stare Coastal Zone Au- 

 thorities empowered to manage the coastal waters and adjacent land''. 



The report goes on to state that "the key functions of the Coastal Zone Author- 

 ity would be to coordinate plans and uses of coastal waters and adjacent lands, 

 and to regulate and develop these areas". 



And further, "the Authority will have to work closely with other State agencies 

 to achieve the objectives of its plan, because the activities of these other agen- 

 cies in promulgating conservation and fishing regulations and water quality 

 standards, for example, significantly affect coastline and offshore water use. 

 Procedures must be established within each State to ensure that the actions 

 of other State agencies are consistent with Authority approved plans. To 

 strengthen the Authority, the Federal Government should consider withholding 

 grant-in-aid assistance from any project which contravenes the plans of the 

 Coastal Zone Authority". 



Now. California has its Department of Navigation and Ocean Development, 

 and there will be Federal legislation creating a Coastal Zone Management Act, 

 and in California the Department of Navigation and Ocean Development will be 

 the Coastal Zone Authority. 



The IGOR planning group now preparing the Comprehensive Ocean Area Plan 

 is making contacts with local government planning agencies, and with the private 

 sector, including utilities and major land owners or developers concerning their 

 present or planned activities. This planning group is also working closely with 

 committees of the CMC, as the planning steps are developed. The Comprehensive 

 Ocean Area Plan will recognize all interests in the coastal zone and the next step 

 will be implementation by the Department of Navigation and Ocean Development 

 functioning as the Coastal Zone Authority. 



We feel that the Coastal Zone Authority should be an arm of the executive 



