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Committee backs bill to require monarch-overwintering protections in coastal plan updates
Summary
AB 22 54 would require coastal local governments updating Local Coastal Plans to incorporate monarch overwintering-site protections; conservation groups urged action citing steep monarch declines, while cities and counties urged amendments to limit local burden. The committee passed the bill as amended to Water, Parks and Wildlife.
Assemblymember Addis presented AB 22 54, the Coastal Monarch Protection Act, proposing that jurisdictions within the coastal zone that hold monarch overwintering sites include overwintering-site protection policies when they next update their Local Coastal Plans. "Western monarchs are incredibly important," said Scott Black of the Xerces Society, noting dramatic declines and saying overwintering groves are…
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