OPC November 29, 2012 Meeting Highlights
TO: California Ocean and Coastal Community
FROM: John Laird, Secretary for Natural Resources
DATE: January 2, 2012
SUBJECT: Ocean Protection Council Meeting Summary – November 29, 2012 in Sacramento
The Ocean Protection Council (OPC) convened its last meeting of 2012 on November 29 in Sacramento. The Council authorized up to $2,500,000 to fund competitive grants to create vulnerability assessments, data collection, and updates to Local Coastal Programs to help local governments plan for adaptation to sea-level rise and associated climate change impacts along the open coast of California. The Council was updated on progress to support state agencies’ use and sharing of scientific and geospatial information for coastal- and ocean-relevant decision making. The Council was also presented with information on State Water Resources Control Board’s proposed trash policy and Southern California Coastal Water Research Project’s report evaluating the impact of 40 years of implementing the Clean Water Act on the southern California coastal ocean.
For further information, we encourage you to visit our website to access the meeting summary or the meeting webcast. The Ocean Protection Council’s next meeting will be held at 1 p.m. on March 27th, 2013 at the Natural Resources Auditorium at 1416 Ninth Street in Sacramento.