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Ocean Protection Council Meeting – June 16, 2026 – Teleconference and Public Forum
The Ocean Protection Council will hold a hybrid public meeting via teleconference and in a public forum on Tuesday, June 16, 2026. The agenda is available. Meeting materials will be available starting June 5.
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Healthy Ocean California
In the morning before the August 27th OPC public meeting, the California Ocean Protection Council and California Ocean Science Trust co-hosted a workshop that brought together scientists, decision makers, tribal representatives, and constituents to share perspectives about what ‘ocean health’ means across our diverse coastal communities. We are pleased to…
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DCTF Executive Committee Meeting Agenda – October 15, 2014
DCTF Executive Committee Conference Call Wednesday, October 15, 2014 1:00pm Call-in #: 1-626-677-3000 Participant Code for Public and Non-EC DCTF Members: 7927150 Meeting Agenda Goal of the Executive Committee (EC): To help streamline and inform anticipated discussions surrounding the trap limit program, latent permits, season openers, etc. at the October…
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Single-use plastic bag ban signed in California
On September 30, 2014 California became the first state in the nation to enact a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags. In this precedential moment, Secretary for Natural Resources and Ocean Protection Council Chair John Laird applauds the legislature and Governor Jerry Brown for ushering in this ban.
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Summary of Resolutions Passed at the August 27, 2014 OPC Meeting
On August 27, 2014, the California Ocean Protection Council passed two resolutions: one to support the State Water Resource Control Board’s adoption of a trash policy, and one to support implementation of the “Safeguarding California Plan for Reducing Climate Risk.”
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LOCATION CHANGE: Ocean Protection Council Meeting and Ocean Health Workshop, August 27th, 2014
NOTE MEETING AND WORKSHOP LOCATION CHANGE There has been a last-minute location change of the California Ocean Protection Council public meeting Wednesday, August 27, 2014. The meeting will now take place at the following location, 1.5 blocks away: Legislative Office Building, Room 100, 1020 N Street, Sacramento, California. The public…
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New Resources for Responding to Coastal Climate Change in California
Building on the growing momentum to address climate change impacts to coastal California, there are many funding, training and capacity-building events upcoming. These include Coastal Climate Change featured at the California Adaptation Forum, a free workshop on Sea-level Rise and Shoreline Change Planning Tools, 4th Climate Assessment Public Meetings, CivicSpark…
Categories: Strategic Goal 1: Climate Change