The CCC was worried about the environmental impacts of the launches, which disturb wildlife, such as threatened species, and people enjoying the California coast who have to leave every time there is a launch.
The CCC eventually agreed to the plan of 36 launches in August on the condition that the Space Force take environmental protection and coastal access seriously, which military officials did not commit to at the meeting, upsetting the CCC.
“Space Force came here and intentionally disrespected us,” Bochco said at the August meeting in which the vote was decided.
The two groups came together in agreement in September when the Air Force said the Space Force would adhere to the CCC's seven conditions, which include increasing wildlife monitoring and decreasing sonic booms. There was a push toward an agreement by a group of bipartisan state and federal lawmakers who said California should take advantage of the DOD's embrace of the commercial space industry. Yet the welcoming attitude toward the Space Force fell away when the actions of Musk, the head of SpaceX, were called into play. Here we’re dealing with a company, the head of which has aggressively injected himself into the presidential race, and he’s managed a company in a way that was just described by Commissioner Newsom that I find to be very disturbing.”
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