California\u2019s 1,100-mile coastline divides land from sea\u2014but our coast, like our state, connects more than it divides. It is where California meets the world, and where the world comes to meet California. Home to one of the most biodiverse marine ecosystems on Earth, our ocean waters support a vast web of life that has thrived here for millions of years.<\/p>\n
Our coast powers a $51 billion coastal economy, supporting hundreds of thousands of Californians through fishing, recreation, tourism, research, and shipping. The communities built along our shoreline\u2014from remote fishing towns to world-class ports\u2014represent the diversity and dynamism that make California the fourth-largest economy in the world.<\/p>\n
Long before California was a state, the ocean provided a source of life, ceremony, and culture for the Native peoples of this land. Since time immemorial, California\u2019s tribal communities have stewarded these coastlines and coastal waters with profound care and wisdom\u2014a relationship we are committed to revitalizing as we face the environmental challenges ahead.<\/p>\n
A healthy ocean is not a luxury; it is a necessity. These waters make life on this planet possible: producing oxygen, absorbing carbon, and regulating the climate in ways that sustain life on this planet.<\/p>\n
We have long fought to protect our oceans. Last year, the International Union for Conservation of Nature recognized California\u2019s statewide Marine Protected Area Network as the gold standard and model for effective marine conservation. We have committed to conserving 30% of the state\u2019s coastal waters by 2030, ensuring our ocean remains healthy, abundant, and accessible. And this year, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the California Coastal Act, one of the most consequential environmental laws ever enacted, which enshrined public access to the shore and set a national standard for coastal stewardship that endures to this day.<\/p>\n
California Ocean Day is a call to action, a reminder that our work is far from over. Climate change, offshore oil drilling, sea level rise, pollution, biodiversity loss, and habitat degradation pose real and urgent threats to everything California values. We owe it to ourselves, to our ancestors, to future generations, and to the land we call home to protect our oceans.<\/p>\n
NOW THEREFORE I, GAVIN NEWSOM,\u00a0Governor of the State of California, do hereby proclaim April 28, 2026, as \u201cCalifornia Ocean Day.\u201d<\/p>\n
IN WITNESS WHEREOF\u00a0I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of California to be affixed this 27th day of April 2026.<\/p>\n
GAVIN NEWSOM
Governor of California<\/p>\n
ATTEST:
SHIRLEY N. WEBER, Ph.D.
Secretary of State<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"California\u2019s 1,100-mile coastline divides land from sea\u2014but our coast, like our state, connects more than it divides. It…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":613082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-613081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}