California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 5.5 - California Coastal Commission
Chapter 8 - Implementation Plans
Subchapter 1 - Local Coastal Programs (LCPs) and State University or College Long Range Development Plans (LRDPs)
Article 2 - Issue Identification
Section 13504 - Commission Review of Issue Identification

(a) Except as may be modified by an alternative methodology approved pursuant to Section 13503(b), each local government or governing authority shall submit an issue identification to the Commission for review before formal submittal of the LCP or LRDP for review and certification.

(b) Any local government requesting funding assistance shall submit its issue identification as part of its work program proposal, and the Commission shall review it, together with the work program, as provided in Section 13505.

(c) The governing authority (and any local government that does not request funding assistance) shall transmit copies of its issue identification, including a statement regarding the manner in which the local government or governing authority intends to address coastal planning issues organized into an outline of major tasks to be performed, to interested persons and agencies and the Commission before beginning any substantial work on its LCP or LRDP but in no event less than seventy-five (75) days prior to the submission of its LCP or LRDP to the city council, board of supervisors, or Board of Regents or the Board of Trustees for preparation of the resolution for submittal pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 30510(a). The Commission shall hold at least one public hearing on the issue identification. The Commission public hearing shall take place within sixty(60) days of the receipt of the issue identification. The Commission, after public hearing, shall transmit its Commission comments to the local government or governing authority, interested persons and public agencies.

(d) A local government or governing authority that intends to submit existing plans as all or a portion of the LCP or LRDP shall submit the issue identification together with such existing plans and a discussion of the manner in which such plans meet the requirements of the Coastal Act of 1976; this may be combined with a submittal for preliminary review pursuant to Section 13517.