El Capitan, Refugio, and Gaviota General Plan Update

El Capitan, Refugio, and Gaviota General Plan Update

The Gaviota Coast Units currently have three separate General Plans documents that were approved in 1979. These general plans do not meet the current General Plan requirements. Updating these General Plans has become a priority due to significant damage from recent severe winter storms, effects of sea-level-rise, long-standing infrastructure challenges, acquisition of new property at El Capitan State Beach, high-recreation demand, and the need to protect natural, cultural, and recreational resources. State Parks is preparing a consolidated General Plan for the Gaviota Coast Units to update the long-term management framework set in the 1979 General Plans and establish the foundation for future park improvements. The General Plan Update will be based on extensive resource and user information developed during the prior planning effort and through ongoing management and operations. The General Plan Update will document existing conditions and establish goals and guidelines that guide Gaviota Coast Units management and provide long-term direction for the development of future facilities. Where appropriate, the location and extent of future facilities will be disclosed, and associated impacts analyzed in the EIR. If approved, the General Plan Update will supersede the 1979 General Plans and guide long-term and day-to-day management at the Gaviota Coast Units.

Unincorporated

Santa Barbara

Southern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marin Region 7 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality

Recreational (El Capitan State Beach, Refugio State Beach, Gaviota State Park)

General Plan Update

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Coastal Zone, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Recreation, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire