The Commission voted unanimously to approve a historic settlement agreement with CEMEX that ends coastal sand mining in Monterey County and in the continental United States. The Commission's approval set in motion the process that will end sand mining at this location and preserve the beach and restore public access. The parties to this milestone agreement, the State Lands Commission, California Coastal Commission, city of Marina, and CEMEX, the sand mine operator, worked assiduously to negotiate an agreement that averts protracted, expensive litigation and that results in shuttering the coastal sand mining operation.