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The California Ocean Protection Council
was established pursuant to the requirements of the California
Ocean Protection Act that was signed into law in 2004 by
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The council consists of the Secretary for Resources Mike
Chrisman (Chair); State Lands Commission Chair, State Controller John
Chiang; Secretary for Environmental Protection Linda
Adams; two public members, Susan
Golding, CEO and President of the Golding Group, and Geraldine
Knatz, Executive Director of the Port of Los Angeles; and
two non voting members, Senator
Darrell Steinberg and Assemblymember
Pedro Nava. The council will help coordinate and improve
the protection and management of California's ocean and coastal
resources and implement the Governor's 'Ocean
Action Plan' released in October 2004.
The council is tasked with the following responsibilities:
- Coordinate activities of ocean-related state agencies to improve the effectiveness of state efforts to protect ocean resources within existing fiscal limitations.
- Establish policies to coordinate the collection and sharing of scientific data related to coast and ocean resources between agencies.
- Identify and recommend to the Legislature changes in law.
- Identify and recommend changes in federal law and policy to the Governor and Legislature.
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