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Design a new WHALE TAIL^SM license plate!

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WHALE TAIL^SM License Plate
Design Contest.

See the winning entries
from our
2008 Amateur Coastal Photography Contest.

"Yoga Tide"
East Beach, Santa Barbara, California,
by George Welik

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Press Release (June 25, 2008): WHALE TAIL^SM License Plates Are Still Afloat

Did you know that beach wheelchairs are offered for use at various locations?

Check on where you can borrow one.

The second volume in our new series of coastal guidebooks is now available!

Find out more!

Each in this series is devoted to a portion of the coast. This volume includes sections on Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties.

See a sample chapter.

See the press release about this guide.

The first volume (North Coast) in our coastal guide book series is also available!

Documents formerly listed here are now on our publications page. You may also use our search tool above.

Most of the documents on our site are available in PDF (portable document format). To read and/or print these, you need Adobe Reader plug-in for your browser; the latest version is 8.0. To get it, click here, then follow the installation instructions.

Any attachments, exhibits or appendices not available online are available for inspection at the offices of the Commission during normal business hours.

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