SB 1295 - Go Coastal! SB 1295 Links The following links lead to a variety of sites. Some may stop working as they age. Video of Committee Hearing SB 1295 starts at about 40 minutes in, and runs about 35 minutes. San Diego Union-Tribune on the Committee vote North County Times on the Committee Vote The NC Times on the amendment Huckabay Op-Ed in NC Times Vote The Coast San Diego Coastal Alliance - scroll down to SB 1295. North County Times on the original bill Coastsider (very long and heated discussion in the comments) Article from October 2007 that may have helped get this started Surfrider alert Defenders of Wildlife Pacifica Riptide Metro Santa Cruz (Scroll down to "Going Coastal") The Humboldt Herald Santa Cruz Sentinel Central Coast News Mission scroll down to "Guess Who's at the Back Door - Part II. Green Foothills Action Alert     More Information The Bill (pdf) as introduced. Bill Status and history, including an amendment by the author. The amended Bill (pdf). Staff Analysis of the Bill "The opposition to this measure, generated in part by email and fax alerts from coastal advocacy organizations, is, by volume, the largest in memory." Bill failed in committee AYES - Margett, Cogdill, Hollingsworth NOES - Steinberg, Kehoe, Kuehl, Machado, Migden Video of Committee Hearing Discussion of SB 1295 starts at about 40 minutes in, and runs about 35 minutes. Letter from Surfrider (Good information about the impact) SB 1295 - City of Del Mar Discussed at March 17 City Council Meeting. Video at http://www.delmar.ca.us/City/Meetings/CityCouncil/20080317.htm You can click on the item, it will show the video of the short discussion. Look for this item: "Discussion of League of California Cities San Diego Division Legislative Subcommittee meeting and Executive Committee Meeting of March 10, 2008 specifically relating to Senate Bill 1295 and Proposition 98. (Hilliard) [Part Two] Item: 12P" Their conclusion was that they did not have enough information, and should bring it back. As it died in the Senate Committee, it will probably not be brought back. SB 1295 - City of Huntington Beach On March 17 the Huntington Beach City Council had a vote scheduled on supporting SB 1295. They did not support the bill, instead they voted to oppose the bill. You can watch a video of the Huntington Beach hearing. Go to: http://huntingtonbeach.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2 and select the video from the March 17 meeting. The hearing starts at the 2:16 point, and runs almost an hour. SB 1295 - City of Oceanside On April 2nd, Councilman Kern introduced a resolution to send a letter of support for SB 1295. Representatives from Coastkeeper, Citizens for Preservation of Parks and Beaches, Sierra Club, Preserve Calavera, Surfrider, and Audubon all spoke against the resolution. There was no second for Kern's motion, so it died without a vote. The Staff Analysis of the bill lists the City of Oceanside as supporting the bill. That is an error. Maybe someone sent a letter of support without the approval of the City Council? SB 1295 - City of Santa Cruz On March 25, the Santa Cruz City Council unanimously and officially opposed SB 1295 and directed the mayor to communicate their opposition to their legislators and the Chair of Natural Resources Committee. (Read more)