# Environmental Commission Meeting Livestream 11/12/2026


**Body:** City of Encinitas
**Date:** November 11, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Environment


The City of Encinitas Environmental Commission met on November 12, 2026. Public comments addressed cigarette smoke and support for a smoke-free multi-unit housing ordinance, as well as protecting osprey nesting sites. Commissioners reviewed the fiscal-year work plan, including environmental education, a local-artist environmental awards program, native habitat, waste reduction, and climate planning. Staff said updating population data in the nearly final Climate Action Plan could require substantial consultant work and cost; the level of effort remains for Council to decide. No contract award, procurement approval, or spending vote was identified. The commission also discussed seeking grants and community matching funds for beach projects, without taking funding action.

Commissioners presented a proposal to prohibit future offshore oil and gas drilling and seabed mining support infrastructure in the city. The commission voted to recommend that the proposal go to the City Council for consideration. Other updates included bringing Encinitas’s hotel-smoking rules into alignment with state law and planning the environmental awards program, for which an artist has been selected to create four awards; no amount was stated.

**Source:** City of Encinitas