Dr. Charles Lester is the director of the Ocean and Coastal Policy Center in the Marine Science Institute at UC Santa Barbara. Lester is leading a team of researchers from five institutions and organizations to develop the California Beach Resiliency Plan. The plan will cover beach resiliency from the community level up to the state for the entire Californian coast. UC Santa Barbara sociology professor Summer Gray is also involved and is working with local communities to understand the human aspect of coastal use and access.