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California Beach Restoration Study
In conformance with AB 64 (Ducheny), Chapter 798, Statutes of 1999, Section 69.8 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, the Department of Boating and Waterways and the State Coastal Conservancy submitted a report to the Legislature that discusses the following required subjects:
- Activities Undertaken Under the California Public Beach Restoration Act Program
- Need for Continued Funding of the Public Beach Restoration Program
- Effectiveness of the Program
- Ways to Increase the Natural Sediment Supply
The following links are the downloadable chapters of the study.
These documents require Adobe Acrobat Reader. Avaliable to download from the link below.
- Cover
- Acknowledgments and Executive Summary
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - California Beach Setting
- Chapter 3 - The Benefits of California's Beaches (Economics)
- Chapter 4 - Nourishment Concepts
- Chapter 5 - Public Beach Restoration Program Overview
- Chapter 6 - Effectiveness Of The Program
- Chapter 7 - Impediments To Fluvial Delivery Of Sediment To The Shoreline
- Chapter 8 - Contributions From Coastal Cliff Erosion To The Littoral Budget
- Chapter 9 - Summary
- Chapter 10 - Recommendations
- Appendix A Sedimentation Rate Data For Selected Dams
- Appendix B Debris Basin Data
- Appendix C Stream Channelization Data
- Appendix D Bluff Contribution Data


