California Coastal Trail (CCT)

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Summary

The California Coastal Trail is a project to create a California Coast network of public trails for walkers, bikers, equestrians, wheelchair riders, and others.

History

records of individuals or groups hiking the entirety of the California Coastline go back as far as 1911. The dream of connecting the coastline in one uninterrupted trail for the public took its first steps in 1972 when Proposition 20 was passed by congress. Proposition 20 stated the desire to build “a hiking, bicycle, and equestrian trails system shall be established along or near the coast” and that “ideally the trails system should be continuous and located near the shoreline.” [A LITTLE ABOUT PROPOSITION 20]

Originally set to expire in three years, the Coastal Act of 1976 was made permanent with the California Coastal Act. [INFORMATION ABOU THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT OF 1976] That Proposition provided that The Coastal Act of 1976 required local jurisdictions to identify an alignment for the California Coastal Trail in their Local Coastal **Programs.

Legislators passed SB 908 in 2001 which solidified the California Coastal trail into "THE BOOKS" AND assigned the California Coastal conservancy as its overseer.

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June 2003, a group of hikers, CTE '03, aimed to hike the 1200-mile coastline of California. They recorded their experience, recording sites that required significant inland detours, or sites that were inaccessible due to private land or along dangerous highways. Of the 10, 9 of the hikers made it to Mexico. Of the 1200 miles of coastline, 700 had established trails, and 500 miles failed to meet the requirements established by Proposition 20 and the Coastal Act of 1976.

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