California’s June 2 Primary Will Determine the Governor Who Will Determine California’s Coastal Regulation

The Specific Coastal Commission Permitting Authority That Affects Surf Events Is a State-Level Policy Decision

From Bohiney and The London Prat.

The Specific Coastal Commission Permitting Authority That Affects Surf Events Is a State-Level Policy Decision

The Stakes

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — California’s June 2 primary determines which governor will manage the state’s relationship with the California Coastal Commission, the agency whose permitting authority affects surf events, coastal development, and the specific regulation of activities in the coastal zone that surfers care about most. The specific candidates — Tom Steyer, Matt Mahan, Katie Porter, Nithya Raman, and the others — have positions on coastal regulation, on the Coastal Commission’s authority, and on the balance between development and coastal preservation that differ in ways that affect the specific activities this publication covers.

The Coastal Commission’s Authority

The Coastal Commission’s authority over surf event permitting is the specific state regulatory interface that competitive surfing in California navigates every time it organises a beach event. The permit process adds cost and time to event organisation. The specific justification for the permitting requirement — coastal zone protection from events that may affect coastal resources — is the legitimate government function that this publication acknowledges. The specific calibration of the permitting requirement to the actual impact of a surfing competition is the policy question that the next governor’s appointees to the Coastal Commission will help determine.

The Steyer Question

The Steyer question for the surfing community: a billionaire who has spent $132 million on a California governor campaign, whose career in energy investment has given him specific views on the relationship between environmental regulation and economic activity, and who has been a prominent climate activist — what does his Coastal Commission appointment philosophy look like? The question is answerable from his policy record and his statements. The surfing community should be asking it.

The Market vs. Regulation Frame

The market versus regulation frame for California’s coastal policy: the California Coastal Act provides the regulatory framework within which the private market’s coastal activities operate. The surfing industry’s argument is that the regulatory framework should be calibrated to the actual environmental impact of the specific activity being regulated — a surfing competition has a different coastal impact from a resort development — and that the regulatory overhead should be proportionate to the impact. This is the specific libertarian governance argument applied to the specific California regulatory context. It is the argument the surfing community should be making in the governor’s race. Read The Daily Mash.

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