Parimal M. Rohit
August 20, 2020
Assembly Bill 3030, which proposes to protect at least 30 percent of state and national waters, now heads to appropriations committee despite opposition by boating and angling interests.
SACRAMENTO—A proposal to implement protections for at least 30 percent of California waters and 30 percent of the ocean off the state’s coast was approved by a committee in the State Senate, Aug. 12 – despite vocal oppositions by dozens of recreational boating and fishing interests.
Members if the State Senate’s Committee on Natural Resources and Water approved Assembly Bill 3030 (AB 3030) by a 6-2 vote, allowing the proposal to move forward to the upper house’s Appropriations Committee.
Several organizations have actively campaigned against AB 3030 during these past few months.
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