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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 10,839RESOLUTION NO. 10,839 RESOLUTION OPPOSING PROPOSITION 20 ON THE NOVEMBER, 1972 BALLOT, KNOWN AS THE "CALIFORNIA COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT" WHEREAS, Proposition 20, entitled the "California Coastal Zone Conservation Act" has qualified as an initiative measure for the November, 1972, General Election; and WHEREAS, Proposition 20 would, if enacted, create a state commission and six large subsidiary regional commis- sions for the purpose of drafting state and regional master plans for the purpose not only of establishing state planning control over ocean and shoreline conservation matters, but also to establish state planning control over the broad sub- jects of land use, transportation, recreation, public services, public utilities, population density, oil and mineral produc- tion; and WHEREAS, the "coastal zone" within which these state - created plans would apply, as defined by the act, encompasses not only the ocean and beach and beach front property, but in addition would extend inland to the crest of the coastal mountains for most of the State and would extend five miles inland in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego Counties; and WHEREAS, the regional commissions would be composed half by political appointees chosen by the Governor, the Senate Rules Committee and the Speaker of the Assembly and half by a few selected councilmen and supervisors, none of whom would be subject to election or recall by the region -wide constituancy they would be governing; and WHEREAS, the State Commission would be composed half by political appointees chosen by the Governor, the Senate Rules Committee and the Speaker of the Assembly and half by regional commission members from each of the six regional commissions; WHEREAS, Proposition 20 would for four years impose a regional commission permit system on all citizens living within or owning property within approximately three -fifths of a mile of the ocean, a strip called the "Permit area"; and WHEREAS, regional commission permits would be exceeding- ly difficult to obtain under the procedures provided by Proposition 20, a fact which purposely would result in a virtual four-year moratorium on private and public improvements in the permit area; and WHEREAS, the Proposition's extremely broad definition of "developments" which would not be allowed without regional permits includes the placement or erection of any solid material or structure, includes the discharge or disposal of any dredged material, includes the discharge or disposal of waste gas, liquids, solids or heat, includes grading, dredging, mining, mineral extraction and the removal of any materials, includes acts which would change the density or intensity of land use, including any division of land by lot splits, subdivision or otherwise, includes changes in the intensity of use of water, includes changes in the ecology of water, includes changes in access to water, and includes construction, reconstruction, demolition or alteration of the size of any private, public or utility structure, including roads, pipes, telephone lines and electrical lines; and WHEREAS, purported exemptions from the regional commission permit requirements are so qualified by the language of the proposition that they are largely illusory; and WHEREAS, administration of this permit system will require the appointment of huge regional bureaucracies to cope with the great volume of permit applications which under this act would be generated by the normal economic and social activities of the highly developed urban and industrial areas that lie within the permit area; and WHEREAS, neither the huge new regional staff, nor the regional commission it serves, would have the kind of knowledge and expertise regarding local conditions and problems that a planning and permit body should have; and WHEREAS, planning and permit agencies which already exist in the framework of elective local government are fully capable of coordinating their activities according to any state-wide criteria or any state-wide master plan that may be developed, and stand ready to participate in the creation and administration of a system that would intelligently establish state-wide criteria and priorities as a guide to local planning and permit administration; and WHEREAS, the City of National City has supported past proposed legislation that would have created an effective state and local partnership for the establishment of planning and permit criteria and priorities in the coastal zone, and supports legislation this year which the Legislature still may pass; and WHEREAS, Proposition 20 is drafted in a manner that will necessarily promote extensive litigation to test its many ambiguities; and WHEREAS, the effect of Proposition 20 would be to make the planning and permit processes less accessible to the people it would affect, and to insulate the decision makers from the electorate; and WHEREAS, Proposition 20 would place a large portion of the City of National City under the immediate land use control of appointive state and regional commissions not familiar with the needs of the citizens of the City of National City; and WHEREAS, Proposition 20 would substantially curtail appropriate and necessary public development and redevelopment; and WHEREAS, Proposition 20 would create a form of de facto moratorium on coastal economic and social activities in a manner that might result in serious social consequences; and WHEREAS, Proposition 20 would, in many instances, bar both large and small property owners from making appropriate use of their property, but would do so without providing com- pensation for their loss, NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of National City resolves as follows: Section 1. That the members of the City Council of the City of National City oppose the enactment of Proposition 20 on the November, 1972, ballot, the so-called "California Coastal Zone Conservation Act". Section 2. That the City Council of the City of National City urges that the citizens and elected representa- tives of the City of National City oppose said Proposition 20 and that the City Manager and the City Attorney act to make known the views of the City regarding Proposition 20 in such manner as will from time to time be appropriate. Section 3. That the City Clerk be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to furnish a copy of this resolution to each of the newspapers of this City, and to forward certified copies of this resolution to such persons as the Mayor and the City Manager shall request, including the League of California Cities and the California Supervisor's Association. PASSED AND ADOPTED. this 3rd day of October, 1972. ATTEST: