I wish to express the conviction that any transfer of lands by means of the Tribal Land Transfer Policy, of which I strongly approve, include a conservation easement to require the permanent protection of sustainable public access and natural resources. We don't want such transfers to facilitate movement of land from public into private for-profit ownership.

Additionally, it seems clear that there must be a pause in this process involving the Diablo Canyon Lands to allow for a workshop in San Luis Obispo after the Covid-19 crisis has declined. The residents of the Diablo Canyon area should be informed and be able to participate in this discussion process before adoption of new policy guidelines.

The construction of a nuclear power plant on the California coast adjacent to earthquake faults both on land and in the ocean has endangered these people for decades. They should be involved in the resolution of this matter and assured their lives won’t be further impacted by any land transfer agreement lacking a conservation easement.

As a native Californian I had the pleasure of traveling up beautiful Highway 1 many times throughout my childhood to camp in northern California’s redwood parks. It was appalling to me to see a nuclear power plant built on our coast, and sited similarly to the Fukushima nuclear power plant which continues to poison our small planet’s land and oceans. Great care needs to be taken in the decommissioning of this power plant to ensure no further harm comes from it.