CALCOAST Restoring California's Coast and Watersheds
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Issue: 070816July 8, 2016



California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.







 
 





 

You have received this e-newsletter from the California Coastal Coalition (CalCoast™), a non-profit advocacy group comprised of 35 coastal cities; five counties; SANDAG, BEACON and SCAG; private sector partners and NGO's, committed to protecting and restoring California's coastline through beach sand restoration, increasing the flow of natural sediment, wetlands recovery, improved water quality, watershed management and the reduction of marine debris and plastic pollution. When possible, we try to post articles that are not protected by pay walls.  

Editor's Notes
California Takes Lead in Passing Reasonable Gun Control Measures - What Will it Take for Congress to Act?
 
Our condolences go out to the family and friends of the men killed this week in officer-involved shootings and to the family, friends and colleagues of the police officers killed in Dallas last night. It doesn't matter which political party someone belongs to, there are no credible arguments against reasonable gun control measures, such as more comprehensive background checks, no fly no buy and a ban on selling the AR-15 and other military assault weapons. None of these reforms would weaken the 2nd Amendment, so when will Congress get its act together, stand up to the NRA, and pass meaningful gun control measures?
 
Last Friday, the governor signed six gun-control bills into law, including a requirement that ammunition purchasers undergo background checks and a ban on the sale of semiautomatic rifles equipped with bullet buttons allowing the ammunition magazines to be easily detached and replaced. The governor's action came one day after the Legislature approved 12 gun-control bills. For more information, see the Los Angeles Times article below.
 
Highlights from the articles and information below:
 
  • Coastal Commission still waiting on Palos Verdes Estates to make Lunada Bay more welcoming
  • Where 'remodel' means 'rebuild'
  • Hermosa Beach facing lawsuit over short-term rental law
  • Assemblyman's supporters flee in droves after judge issues domestic violence restraining order
  • Op-Ed: Reboot, rather than fix California's outdated recycling law 
  • California has 6th largest economy in world
  • Gov. Brown signs bulk of sweeping California gun control package into law
  • Planning Commission approves expansion for Lido House Hotel
  • Thousand Oaks City Manager Scott Mitnick fired
  • How much did your community conserve during California's year of water cuts?
  • California drought persists, conservation still 'top priority'
  • Long Beach to study health of trees, create maintenance plan for urban forest 
  • House passes bill to save Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta salmon
  • Carlsbad releases sea-level rise assessment
  • 'Unprecedented': Trash from China swamps Hong Kong beaches
  • 3 Southern California beaches get funding to fix sewer lines
  • Delays causing concern over sand dredging efforts 
  • Ron Littlepage: Spending billions on dredging is a waste
  • Palm Beach reef on track to protect multi-million dollar properties on Gold Coast
  • Army Corps grants $13 million contract for shore restoration
 
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Nuke plan diverts billions from climate change

'Unprecedented': Trash from China swamps Hong Kong beaches


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Announcements Announcements
Commercial and Recreational Rock Crab Fisheries Now Open at Pigeon Point, San Mateo County

Following the lifting of a health advisory, the commercial and recreational rock crab fisheries are now open from Pigeon Point in San Mateo County south to the U.S. - Mexico border. The commercial and recreational seasons for rock crab are open all year. Read the entire memo here.

Reminder - Abstracts Due In One Week 
Abstract Submission Deadline: July 15, 2016

All individuals interested in ecologic, economic, market, geographic, institutional, educational, outreach, and management aspects of ecosystem services are strongly encouraged to submit an abstract for oral or poster presentation. Oral and poster presentations will be selected from abstract submissions, and abstracts from all presentations will be published in the conference Book of Abstracts. Additional information can be found here

PLF Names New President and CEO

Pacific Legal Foundation announced today that Steven Anderson has been selected as the organization's new President and CEO. For more information on Steven Anderson, please read this news release and listen to this Courting Liberty podcast.

It Ain't Pretty: Film & Lecture Series

It Ain't Pretty is a film about the women who surf At San Francisco's Ocean Beach. Over the course of 3 years we followed and documented these Bay Area women to explore what drives their passions to paddle out. Additional details can be found here
 

Upcoming Events Events
For more information about each of these events, visit CalCoast's Events webpage.

July 19 SDRWQCB Public Meeting Invitation

The San Diego Water Board is seeking applications for Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs) and Enhanced Compliance Actions (ECAs) for inclusion on the Project List and encourages applicants to attend the workshop to ensure that project applications will conform to established legislative and San Diego Water Board priorities.  Information about the workshop and the solicitation process is available on the San Diego Water Board's enforcement webpage.
 
The public workshop will commence at the following time and location:
 
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
San Diego Water Board, Board Meeting Room
2375 Northside Drive, Suite 100, San Diego, California 92108-2700
Employment Opportunities Jobs
For more information about positions listed here and positions listed in previous editions of the WAVE, visit CalCoast's Employment webpage.

Senior Coastal Engineer - Golder Associates Inc.

Golder Associates Inc. is seeking a Senior Coastal Engineer to join our coastal services team in Redmond, WA as an integral part of a global coastal and marine practice. The successful candidate will be expected to step into a senior leadership and business development role for coastal engineering in Western US operations in the Pacific Northwest assisting with growing our global coastal consulting practice by capturing and executing multi-disciplinary environmental and engineering projects for port & coastal infrastructure, oil & gas, and mining clients.

PhD position

This position is at MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and at the University of Bremen and the Leibniz-Center for Marine Tropical Ecology (ZMT, Bremen). The PhD student will work on a DFG-funded project to study Holocene sea level changes in southeast Asia.  

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Steven Aceti, JD
Executive Director 

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