The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, 1964-1973
By: Joseph E. Bodovitz, Melvin B. Lane, and E. Clement Shute, Jr. interviews conducted by Malca Chall ; under the auspices of the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Lane, Melvin Bell, 1922-; Chall, Malca.; Shute, E. C.; Bodovitz, Joseph E.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Publisher: University of California
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Berkeley, California
Subjects: McAteer, Eugene.; Reagan, Ronald.; San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission.; California Coastal Zone Conservation Commission.; Save San Francisco Bay Association.; McAteer-Petris Act.; Marine resources conservation -- Law and legislation -- California.; Fills (Earthwork) -- Law and legislation -- California.; Environmental law -- California.
Other titles: Government history documentation oral history series.; Ronald Regan Gubernatorial Era Oral History Project
Description: Interviews with three men instrumental in shaping policy and administration during The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission's formative first decade.

The Commission's first executive director discusses: Senator Eugene McAteer and the Study Commission; the McAteer-Petris Act and the 1965-1969 planning/permit process; passage of the 1969 Act; administrative and policy decisions.

The Commission's first chairman discusses: theories and practice of chairmanship; relationships with commission members, staff, and pressure groups; passage of the 1969 Act.

The Commission's first legal counsel discusses representing the attorney general discusses: decisions on legal issues to be resolved in the courts--fill, the public trust, police power, mitigation, public access.