Now in its 23rd year, California Coast & Ocean is dedicated to balanced, in-depth reporting on conservation and development issues along the state's entire coastline, in its watersheds, and the ocean. Each quarterly issue contains timely articles with insider perspectives and a sense of history about trends, issues, and controversies that are shaping the future of the coast.

In keeping with the mandate of the California Coastal Act of 1976 and the "Save Our Coast" voter initiative of 1972, we inform readers about beach and trail improvements, controversies about barriers to public access, about commercial fishing and farming along the coast, as well as about places to explore, habitat restoration, wildlife, open space, and about people, especially those whose individual actions within their communities help to protect the coast for everyone. The magazine is published by the Coastal Conservancy Association with a grant from the Coastal Conservancy