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Surfrider and community groups split on managed‑retreat tool; committee defers and requests clarity
Summary
SB 3034, a bill to create a coastal resilience acquisition/leaseback program, drew strong support from Surfrider and science advocates and criticism from groups who said it focused too narrowly on managed retreat; the committee deferred further work on implementation details and moved some related items to Ways and Means.
Supporters of SB 3034 described the measure as a statutory tool to implement recommendations from statewide resilience studies and to enable voluntary buyouts or leasebacks of shoreline properties that are no longer defensible. Hannah Lilly of Surfrider Foundation told the committee that the bill operationalizes an OPSD recommendation…
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