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FRM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Contra
Costa
DATE . July 2, 1987 Co^
S.UBJECLYalifornia Desert Protection Actof 1987
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMIENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
Recommendation:
Take no position on the request of the Inyo County. Board of
Supervisors that the Board oppose the "California ,Desert
Protection fact of 1987" by Senator Alan Cranston and authorize
the Clerk of the Board to so advise the Inyo County Board of
Supervisors.
Background:
.The Inyo County Board of Supervisors has written to the Board of
Supervisors requesting the Board to join the Inyo County Board in
opposing the California Desert Protection Act of 1987 . In 1986
the Inyo County Board of Supervisors made a similar request.
After receiving extensive written materials on the content of the
legislation from Senator Alan Cranston, this office recommended
that the Board take no position on the Inyo County Board' s
request. In response to this year' s request the Mt. Diablo
Audubon Society has urged the Board to take no position on the
"California Desert Protection Act of 1987" rather than opposing
it.
The act is lengthy, extremely complex and has little direct
impact on Contra Costa County. This is not to minimize its
direct impact on Inyo County nor its overall impact on the
environmental. and recreational needs of California. However,
taking all of these factors into account it appears that a
thorough analysis of the act might .well lead one to support the
Act as an effort -on Senator Cranston' s part to protect much of
the California Desert by designating it a National Park and to
expand the Wilderness areas. As a result, and out of respect to
the. strong feelings of the Inyo County Board of Supervisors and
their concerns about the. impact Senator Cranston' s bill would
have on the economy of Inyo County it is recommended that the
Board of Supervisors take no position on the California Desert
Protection Act of 1987 .
CC: County Administrator
Inyo County Board of Supervisors
Senator Alan Cranston.
Mt. Diablo Audubon Society_
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD-COMMITTEE
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ACTION OF BOARD ON __71/1�187 'A'IPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X_ UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SRHOWN.
CC: ATTESTED JUL ��"
PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY
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