CONTRA COSTA – California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced a $42.2 million dollar settlement agreement with Hanson Building Materials, a multi-national mining corporation. This settlement resolves allegations that the company improperly mined... Read MoreRead more about Brown announces stolen sand settlement
SACRAMENTO — The California State Lands Commission today adopted a resolution urging the Congress and the President to maintain the existing federal offshore California oil and gas leasing moratorium that was first established more than twenty years ago. The... Read MoreRead more about Commission urges continuation of federal offshore oil & gas leasing moratorium
EL SEGUNDO — The California State Lands Commission today secured public ownership of a coastal access easement in the Malibu area of Los Angeles County. The Commission’s action means Californians will obtain additional public access to a portion of Carbon Beach... Read MoreRead more about Commission increases coastal access – accepts 200th access easement
SACRAMENTO — The California State Lands Commission today announced its intent to do its part to assist in the state budget problem by studying options for the sale of its Huntington Beach field office and the relocation of staff and its oil and gas laboratory. The... Read MoreRead more about Commission studies sale of Huntington Beach office in response to state budget problem
584-Acre Project Largest in Southern California History HUNTINGTON BEACH — The State Lands Commission announced today the start of work to restore 584 acres of the Bolsa Chica Wetlands, the largest such project in southern California history. At a groundbreaking... Read MoreRead more about Bolsa Chica Wetlands Restoration begins