This collection consists of the working files from Melvin B. Lane's service on the California Coastal Commission and California Coastal Zone Conservation Commission, ca. 1972-1980. The files contain correspondence, reports, maps, newspaper clippings, notes, and other materials.

Melvin B. Lane (1922-2007) served as the first chairman of the California Coastal commission. He served on the CCC from 1973-1977. He also served on the California Coastal Zone Conservation Commission. Lane was the co-owner and publisher of Sunset Magazine and was also a trustee of Stanford University.

2.8 Linear Feet (7 manuscript storage boxes)

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