The History of the Natural Community Conservation Planning Act

The NCCP program began under the State's Natural Community Conservation Planning Act of 1991 (PDF).

Guidelines were developed to supplement the NCCP Act, including the

• Southern California Coastal Sage Scrub NCCP Process Guidelines -1993 (PDF)
• Southern California Coastal Sage Scrub NCCP Conservation Guidelines -1993 (PDF)
• NCCP General Process Guidelines - 1998 (PDF)

Amendments were added to the Act in 1996 and 2000. It was then superseded by the NCCP Act of 2003 (PDF), which was subsequently amended in 2003, 2011 and 2012, the current version of the NCCP Act.