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overnor Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2021-22 budget, released Jan. 8, includes a proposal to raise the vessel renewal fee from $20 every two years to $70 every two years to annual help stabilize a $52 million with deficit in the he tournament Harbors and Watercraft Revolving Fund. P. 8
T Proposed Budget Includes Potential 250% Increase In Vessel Registration Fee DANA POINT BLEEDING YOUR RECOGNIZED BOAT’S DIESEL ENGINE AS A WHALE A HERITAGE SITE
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PORT OF SAN DIEGO TESTING OUT NEW TIDE POOL ARMOR AS COASTAL PROTECTION ON HARBOR ISLAND
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he three-year pilot project launched by the port district and eco-engineering company ECOncrete will demonstrate and study a new design of ECOncrete’s interlocking Coastalock Tide Pool Armor in two different locations on Harbor Island, a man-made peninsula only a few hundred feet wide. P. 11
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