The California Coastal Conservancy to disperse $25,000 to program that addresses sea level rise and coastal flooding

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 16, 2014

Assemblymember Muratsuchi Releases Statement on Announcement of Grant Funding for Program to Address Sea Level Rise

SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Muratsuchi (D – Torrance) released the following statement following the California Coastal Conservancy’s announcement to disburse up to $25,000 to the University of Southern California Sea Grant Program to address sea level rise and coastal flooding:

“Preparing our coastal communities for the impacts of sea level rise is critical in order to protect our coastal infrastructure, businesses, and homes. The research that will be made possible by USC’s Sea Grant Program is an important step to help us do that,” said Muratsuchi, a member of the California Coastal Conservancy.

The grant funding will be used to look at beach profiles during winter storm events to provide surveys of beach profile changes and high-water mark data along the Santa Monica Bay. The USC Sea Grant Program is conducting research to collect this data which could be used for modeling and preparing for sea level rise and coastal flooding along our beach cities.

The funding came from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the California Coastal Conservancy is administering the grant.

For more information, please refer to the project summary:

http://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2014/1410/20141002Board3A_Beach_Data_Collection.pdf

Assemblymember Muratsuchi’s website: http://asmdc.org/members/a66/