Hollister Ranch
Gaviota State Park, Santa Barbara County

MV Cape Orlando
Undergoing a hull cleaning evaluated by the Marine Invasive Species Program staff in Alameda County.

Owens Lake
Inyo County

Northern CA Coast
View of the north coast on Highway 1

Clark Mountain
Old Mine Site, San Bernardino County

Emerald Bay
Golden Hour at Emerald Bay (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Golden_Hour_at_Emerald_Bay.jpg) by Frank Schulenburg ((https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57175365) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).

Redwood City
Kayakers in Redwood City, California (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kayakers_in_Redwood_City,_California.jpg) by GalliBM (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/GalliBM) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en).

Meetings and News

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February 25 at 1 p.m.

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News

Valiant tugboat being removed from navigable waters.

Valiant safely removed from the water at Mare Island

On January 12, the VALIANT, a 107 ton abandoned WWII-era steel tugboat, broke free from its mooring in Sevenmile Slough, Sacramento County, and drifted into the San Joaquin River navigation...

Tower Bridge in Sacramento, from elevated position (2011)

December 08, 2021 Meeting Highlights

The staff reports and comment letters associated with our final meeting of 2021 are available in our Archives. The Executive Officer's report with updates and links to supplementary materials for a...

Container ships at the Port of Los Angeles.

COVID-19 Fiscal Recovery Funds

In May 2021, Governor Newsom announced a one-time $250 million allocation from Federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) funding to California’s ports to mitigate the negative economic impacts resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021-22 State budget appropriates the...

Aerial photo of The MV Cape Orlando (in Alameda) was undergoing a hull cleaning that the Marine Invasive Species Program was evaluating.

California adopts federal ballast water discharge standards

The Commission has adopted regulatory amendments that will implement the federal ballast water discharge standards for vessels arriving at California ports, among other provisions. These changes will become effective on...

Vandenberg Offshore Wind Energy Projects

The Commission has released the Final Preliminary Environmental Assessment for the proposed Vandenberg Offshore Wind Energy Projects. Please visit our Offshore Wind Applications in State Waters page for more information.

This work, Unified command continues response to oil spill off Orange County beaches [Image 5 of 5], by PO1 Richard Brahm, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright.

Southern California Spill Response

The State has established a website for the oil spill response efforts associated with the spill offshore Orange County. Please visit www.socalspillresponse.com for the latest updates and news on cleanup...