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2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 5 - Coastal Restoration Projects › Section 31205.

31205. The conservancy shall request the commission, local public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and other public and private groups to assist in the development of criteria and guidelines for the submission, evaluation, and determination of priority of coastal restoration projects. After considering comments received from such sources and ensuring that adequate opportunity for public review and comment has been provided, the conservancy shall adopt guidelines and criteria for the administration of the coastal program authorized under this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 67, Sec. 6. Effective February 28, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 5 - Coastal Restoration Projects › Section 31206.

31206. In accordance with procedures adopted by the conservancy, public agencies and nonprofit organizations may submit proposed coastal restoration projects for consideration by the conservancy.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 958, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 5 - Coastal Restoration Projects › Section 31207.

31207. In connection with proposed coastal restoration projects, the conservancy may fund up to three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) of the cost of preparing coastal restoration plans.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 958, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 5 - Coastal Restoration Projects › Section 31207.1.

31207.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy may enter into an option to acquire an interest in real property in connection with a restoration project, when the Legislature appropriates funds for purposes of carrying out the objectives of this division. The cost of the option may not exceed six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000).
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 958, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 5 - Coastal Restoration Projects › Section 31208.

31208. (a) Following completion of a coastal restoration plan, the conservancy shall forward the proposed plan to the commission for determination of conformity of the plan with the policies and objectives of Division 20 (commencing with Section 30000). The commission shall have 60 days to review the project and transmit the findings on such plan to the conservancy. If no comments are received within that period, the coastal restoration plan shall be deemed to be in accord with Division 20 (commencing with Section 30000).
(b) Following the certification of a local coastal program, the city or county or city and county with jurisdiction over the certified area, rather than the commission, shall review the coastal restoration plan where: (1) the proposed restoration plan will be implemented entirely within one local public agency’s jurisdiction; (2) the area proposed for restoration is identified pursuant to the provisions of Section 31201; and (3) implementation of the coastal restoration plan does not require an amendment to the certified local coastal program. The local public agency shall review the coastal restoration plan to determine consistency with the certified local coastal program within 60 days after transmittal of the plan from the conservancy and shall transmit its findings to the conservancy immediately upon completion of plan review. If no comments are received at the end of the 60-day period, the plan shall be deemed to be in accord with the provisions of the certified local coastal program.
Where the coastal restoration plan will be implemented in whole or in part in an area in which the commission retains coastal development permit jurisdiction pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 30519, or in an area in which two or more local governments have coastal development permit jurisdiction, or where a local coastal program amendment is required to implement the plan, the commission shall be responsible for coastal restoration plan review and shall conduct the review in the following manner. The commission shall review the coastal restoration plan for consistency with the policies and objectives of Division 20, as provided in subdivision (a), for an area subject to retained coastal development permit jurisdiction pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 30519 and where a local coastal program amendment is required, and shall review the plan for consistency with certified local coastal programs for areas under local government coastal development permit jurisdiction.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 505, Sec. 3. Effective July 13, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 5 - Coastal Restoration Projects › Section 31208.5.

31208.5. In the case of San Francisco Bay projects, the conservancy shall forward a proposed coastal restoration plan to the bay commission for determination of conformity with the bay plan, and, where relevant, with the Suisun Marsh Protection Plan. The bay commission shall have 60 days to review the plan and transmit its findings on such plan to the conservancy. If no comments are received within such period, the restoration plan shall be deemed to be in accord with the bay plan and, where relevant, the Suisun Marsh Protection Plan.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 967, Sec. 8.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 5 - Coastal Restoration Projects › Section 31209.

31209. Following approval of a restoration plan as provided in Section 31208, the conservancy shall so notify the local public agency and shall authorize the agency to proceed with actions required to implement the plan.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1441.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 5 - Coastal Restoration Projects › Section 31210.

31210. Costs of providing parks, open space, or other public areas and facilities may be included as project costs within coastal restoration areas, if they are designed to serve the residents of the restoration area and do not constitute a disproportionate share of the total project cost. Costs of providing public coastal access sites and scenic easements serving the public may be permitted as project costs where such features are part of a coastal restoration plan approved as provided in Section 31208.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 930.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 5 - Coastal Restoration Projects › Section 31211.

31211. The conservancy, local public agencies, and nonprofit organizations, in undertaking coastal restoration projects as provided in this chapter, shall be subject to the provisions of Division 24 (commencing with Section 33000) of the Health and Safety Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 67, Sec. 8. Effective February 28, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 5 - Coastal Restoration Projects › Section 31212.

31212. Any funds over and above eligible project costs which remain after completion of a coastal restoration project as provided in this chapter shall be transmitted by the recipient to the state and deposited with the conservancy and shall be available for expenditure when appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of funding the programs specified in this division.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 67, Sec. 9. Effective February 28, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 5 - Coastal Restoration Projects › Section 31213.

31213. Where a local public agency is unable or unwilling to undertake restoration of any area, the conservancy may undertake the restoration or authorize a nonprofit organization to do so after notification to the local public agency, if a coastal restoration plan for the area has been prepared by the conservancy and approved as provided in Section 31208.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 67, Sec. 10. Effective February 28, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 5 - Coastal Restoration Projects › Section 31213.5.

31213.5. In the case of San Francisco Bay, the conservancy may undertake restoration of an area only upon formal request by resolution of a local public agency or the bay commission, except that, with respect to lands within Contra Costa County, such restoration or other action may be undertaken only upon the formal request by resolution of the local public agency having jurisdiction over such lands; provided, however, that a restoration plan for the area has been prepared by the conservancy and approved in accordance with Section 31208.5.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 967, Sec. 9.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 5 - Coastal Restoration Projects › Section 31214.

31214. A restoration plan prepared for a project to be carried out by the conservancy as provided in Section 31213, shall, before any lands are acquired or other implementation actions taken, be submitted to the local public agency which exercises land use regulation over the area of the proposed project. The local public agency shall have 90 days to review and comment on the proposed coastal restoration project. If, during that period, that local public agency or an appropriate nonprofit organization agrees to carry out the project within the guidelines established in the restoration plan, the conservancy may authorize the local public agency or nonprofit organization to carry out the restoration project, which shall then be subject to all provisions of this division.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 67, Sec. 11. Effective February 28, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 5.5 - Integrated Coastal and Marine Resources Protection › Section 31220.

31220. (a) In order to improve and protect coastal and marine water quality and habitats, the conservancy may undertake coastal watershed and coastal and marine habitat water quality, sediment management, and living marine resources protection and restoration projects or award grants for those projects, consistent with this chapter. Except for projects described in paragraph (7), (8), (9), or (10) of subdivision (b), the conservancy shall consult with the State Water Resources Control Board in the development of the project or grant to ensure consistency with Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 30915) of Division 20.4 of the Public Resources Code.
(b) The conservancy may undertake a project or award a grant for a project under this section only if the project does one or more of the following:
(1) Reduces contamination of waters within the coastal zone or marine waters.
(2) Protects or restores fish and wildlife habitat within coastal and marine waters and coastal watersheds, including, but not limited to, permit coordination projects for watershed restoration.
(3) Reduces threats to coastal and marine fish and wildlife.
(4) Reduces unnatural erosion and sedimentation of coastal watersheds or contributes to the reestablishment of natural erosion and sediment cycles.
(5) Provides for monitoring and mapping of coastal currents, marine habitats, and marine wildlife, in order to facilitate the protection and enhancement of resources within the coastal zone. A project considered under this paragraph shall be implemented in consultation with the Department of Fish and Game.
(6) Acquires, protects, and restores coastal wetlands, riparian areas, floodplains, and other sensitive watershed lands, including watershed lands draining to sensitive coastal or marine areas.
(7) Reduces the impact of population and economic pressures on coastal and marine resources.
(8) Provides for public access compatible with resource protection and restoration objectives.
(9) Provides for the construction or expansion of nature centers or research facilities that emphasize conservation education or research activities focusing on the marine portion of the coastal zone or the land and ocean interface.
(10) Provides for projects and activities consistent with Division 26.5 (commencing with Section 35500).
(c) Projects funded pursuant to this section shall include a monitoring and evaluation component and shall be consistent with the following, if available and relevant to the project:
(1) Integrated Watershed Management Program established pursuant to Section 30947.
(2) Local watershed management plans.
(3) Water quality control plans adopted by the State Water Resources Control Board and regional water quality control boards.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 383, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 6 - Coastal Resource Enhancement Projects › Section 31251.

31251. The conservancy may award grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of enhancement of coastal resources that, because of indiscriminate dredging or filling, improper location of improvements, natural or human-induced events, or incompatible land uses, have suffered loss of natural and scenic values. Grants under this chapter shall be utilized for the assembly of parcels of land within coastal resource enhancement areas to improve resource management, for relocation of improperly located or designed improvements, and for other corrective measures that will enhance the natural and scenic character of the areas. As provided in this chapter, the cost of acquisition of certain lands within coastal resource enhancement areas may be funded through the conservancy. Grants under this section may not be utilized as a method of acquisition of public park, wildlife, or natural areas, except as those uses may be incidental to a coastal resource enhancement project.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 958, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 6 - Coastal Resource Enhancement Projects › Section 31251.2.

31251.2. (a) In order to enhance the natural or scenic character of coastal resources within the coastal zone, the conservancy may undertake a project or award a grant, consistent with subdivision (a) of Section 30200 and pursuant to this chapter, to enhance a watershed resource that is partly outside of the coastal zone. Any of these projects or grants which involve the management of fish shall be approved by the Department of Fish and Game.
Neither the conservancy nor any other state agency shall undertake a project affecting an area partly inside and partly outside the coastal zone under this chapter, except at the request of the local public agency or agencies having jurisdiction over the entire project area.
(b) Any enhancement activity carried out pursuant to this section shall not be subject to any commission review, as set forth in Section 31258, for that portion of the activity located outside the coastal zone. However, the commission through its executive director and the Department of Fish and Game may review and comment on the enhancement plan’s consistency with the policies and objectives of Division 20 (commencing with Section 30000).
(c) No funds set forth in subdivision (c) of Section 5096.151 of the Public Resources Code, shall be expended on enhancement activities that are outside the coastal zone.
(d) This section shall not apply to any portion of the Santa Monica Mountains Zone as set forth in Division 23 (commencing with Section 33000).
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1551, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 6 - Coastal Resource Enhancement Projects › Section 31252.

31252. All areas proposed for resource enhancement by a state agency, local public agency, or nonprofit organization shall be identified in a certified local coastal plan or program as requiring public action to resolve existing or potential resource protection problems or shall be so identified in other local plans which the commission determines to be consistent with the policies and objectives of Division 20 (commencing with Section 30000). In the case of San Francisco Bay, the lands shall be so identified in the bay plan, the Suisun Marsh Protection Plan, or in any other local plan which the bay commission determines to be consistent with such plans.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 67, Sec. 13. Effective February 28, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 6 - Coastal Resource Enhancement Projects › Section 31253.

31253. The conservancy may provide up to the total of the cost of any coastal resource enhancement project, including the state or local share of federally supported projects. The amount of funding provided by the conservancy shall be determined by the total amount of funding available for coastal resource enhancement projects, the fiscal resources of the applicant, the urgency of the project relative to other eligible coastal resource enhancement projects, and the application of other factors prescribed by the conservancy for the purpose of determining project eligibility and priority in order to more effectively carry out the provisions of this division.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1441.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 6 - Coastal Resource Enhancement Projects › Section 31254.

31254. The conservancy shall request the commission, local public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and other public and private groups to assist in the development of criteria and guidelines for the submission, evaluation, and determination of priority of coastal resource enhancement projects. After considering comments received from such sources and ensuring that adequate opportunity for public review and comment has been provided, the conservancy shall adopt guidelines and criteria for the administration of the coastal program authorized under this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 67, Sec. 14. Effective February 28, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 6 - Coastal Resource Enhancement Projects › Section 31255.

31255. In accordance with procedures adopted by the conservancy, state agencies, local public agencies, and nonprofit organizations may submit proposed coastal resource enhancement projects for consideration by the conservancy.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 67, Sec. 15. Effective February 28, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 6 - Coastal Resource Enhancement Projects › Section 31255.1.

31255.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy may enter into an option to acquire an interest in real property in connection with an enhancement project, when the Legislature appropriates funds for purposes of carrying out the objectives of this division. The cost of the option may not exceed six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000).
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 958, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 6 - Coastal Resource Enhancement Projects › Section 31257.

31257. In connection with proposed coastal resource enhancement projects, the conservancy may fund up to three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) of the cost of preparing coastal resource enhancement plans.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 958, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 6 - Coastal Resource Enhancement Projects › Section 31258.

31258. (a) Following the completion of a coastal resource enhancement plan, the conservancy shall forward the plan to the commission for determination of conformity of the plan with the policies and objectives of Division 20 (commencing with Section 30000). The commission shall have 60 days to review the project and transmit the findings on the plan to the conservancy. If no comments are received within the period, the restoration plan shall be deemed to be in accord with Division 20 (commencing with Section 30000).
(b) (1) Following the certification of a local coastal program, the city, county, or city and county with jurisdiction over the certified area, rather than the commission, shall review the coastal resource enhancement plan if all of the following circumstances apply:
(A) The proposed enhancement plan will be implemented entirely within one local public agency’s jurisdiction.
(B) The area proposed for enhancement is identified pursuant to Section 31251.
(C) Implementation of the enhancement plan does not require an amendment to the certified local coastal program.
(2) The local public agency shall review the enhancement plan to determine consistency with the certified local coastal program within 60 days after transmittal of the plan from the conservancy and shall transmit its findings to the conservancy immediately upon completion of plan review. If no comments are received at the end of the 60-day period, the plan shall be deemed to be in accord with the provisions of the certified local coastal program.
(c) If the enhancement plan will be implemented in whole or in part in an area in which the commission retains coastal development permit jurisdiction pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 30519, in which two or more local governments have jurisdiction, or where a local coastal program amendment is required to implement the plan, the commission shall be responsible for enhancement plan review and shall conduct the review in the following manner. The commission shall review the enhancement plan for consistency with the policies and objectives of Division 20 (commencing with Section 30000), as provided in subdivision (a), for the area subject to retained coastal development permit jurisdiction pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 30519 and where a local coastal program amendment is required, and shall review the plan for consistency with certified local coastal programs for areas under local government coastal development permit jurisdiction.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 596. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 6 - Coastal Resource Enhancement Projects › Section 31258.5.

31258.5. In the case of San Francisco Bay projects, the conservancy shall forward a coastal resource enhancement plan to the bay commission for determination of conformity with the bay plan, and, where relevant, with the Suisun Marsh Protection Plan. The bay commission shall have 60 days to review the plan and transmit its findings on such plan to the conservancy. If no comments are received within such period, the resource enhancement plan shall be deemed to be in accord with the bay plan, and, where relevant, the Suisun Marsh Protection Plan.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 967, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 6 - Coastal Resource Enhancement Projects › Section 31259.

31259. Following review and approval of a resource enhancement plan as provided in Section 31258, the conservancy shall so notify the agency and shall authorize the agency to proceed with actions required to implement the plan.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1441.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 6 - Coastal Resource Enhancement Projects › Section 31262.

31262. Any funds over and above eligible project costs which remain after completion of a resource enhancement project as provided in this chapter shall be transmitted to the state and be deposited with the conservancy and shall be available for expenditure when appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of funding the programs specified in this division.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1441.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 6 - Coastal Resource Enhancement Projects › Section 31263.

31263. If a local public agency or state agency is unable or unwilling to undertake improvement of a deteriorating area, the conservancy may undertake the coastal resource enhancement or authorize a nonprofit organization to do so after notification to the local public agency, if a coastal resource enhancement plan for the area has been prepared by the conservancy and approved as provided in Section 31258.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 67, Sec. 16. Effective February 28, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 6 - Coastal Resource Enhancement Projects › Section 31263.5.

31263.5. In the case of San Francisco Bay, the conservancy may undertake resource enhancement of an area only upon formal request by resolution of a local public agency or the bay commission, except that, with respect to lands within Contra Costa County, such resource enhancement or other action may be undertaken only upon the formal request by resolution of the local public agency having jurisdiction over such lands; provided, however, that a resource enhancement plan has been prepared and approved as provided in Section 31258.5.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 967, Sec. 12.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 6 - Coastal Resource Enhancement Projects › Section 31264.

31264. A resource enhancement plan prepared for a project to be carried out directly by the conservancy as provided in Section 31263, shall, before any lands are acquired or other implementation actions taken, be submitted to the local public agency which exercises land use regulation over the area of the proposed project and to any state agency which exercises resource management responsibility in the project area. The local public agency and state agency shall have 90 days to review and comment on the proposed coastal resource enhancement project. If, during that period that local public agency, a nonprofit organization, or the state agency agrees to carry out the project within the guidelines established in the resource enhancement plan, the conservancy may authorize the local public agency, a nonprofit organization, or the state agency to carry out the project, which shall then be subject to all provisions of this division.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 67, Sec. 17. Effective February 28, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 6 - Coastal Resource Enhancement Projects › Section 31270.

31270. Notwithstanding the geographic limitations of this division or Division 20 (commencing with Section 30000), the conservancy may undertake a coastal resource enhancement project in the City of San Diego, within the area known as Famosa Slough and bounded by West Point Loma Boulevard and the seaward side of the right-of-way of Famosa Boulevard and the seaward side of the right-of-way of Adrian Street.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1128.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 7 - Urban Waterfront Restoration › Section 31301.

31301. The Legislature finds and declares that California’s urban waterfronts, being often the first part of an urban area to develop and, thus, the first to decay, are in need of restoration in order to be the vital economic and cultural component of the community which they once were. The Legislature further finds and declares that developing the state’s urban waterfronts into environmentally sound areas through, but not limited to, the creation of parks, open space, visitor serving facilities, and housing for all income levels will promote tourism, public access, and private sector development in these areas. The Legislature further finds and declares that the encouragement of tourism, public access to the coast, and planned private sector development to be a benefit to the citizens of the state, as well as the local citizenry in affected urban waterfront areas. It is, therefore, the intent of this chapter to promote the restoration of the state’s vital urban waterfronts.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1040, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 7 - Urban Waterfront Restoration › Section 31302.

31302. The conservancy shall administer the provisions of this chapter. The conservancy shall coordinate the activities of all other state agencies and all federal agencies that have programs affecting California’s urban waterfronts in order to increase the efficiency and minimize duplication of those programs.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1040, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 7 - Urban Waterfront Restoration › Section 31303.

31303. The conservancy shall request the commission, public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and other public and private groups to assist in the development of criteria and guidelines for the submission, evaluation, and determination of priority of projects. After considering comments received from those sources and ensuring that adequate opportunity for public review and comment has been provided, the conservancy shall adopt guidelines and criteria for the administration of the urban waterfront restoration program authorized under this chapter.
In accordance with procedures adopted by the conservancy, public agencies and nonprofit organizations may submit proposed urban waterfront projects for consideration by the conservancy for state or federal funding.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 958, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 7 - Urban Waterfront Restoration › Section 31305.

31305. In reviewing grant applications and urban waterfront restoration plans, the conservancy shall seek to promote excellence of design and shall stimulate projects which exhibit innovation in sensitively integrating man-made features into the natural coastal environment.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1040, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 7 - Urban Waterfront Restoration › Section 31306.

31306. (a) The conservancy shall propose capital projects and capital programs, generated by the conservancy, local public agencies, or state agencies for grants available under Section 306A of the federal Coastal Zone Management Improvement Act (Public Law 96-464). The commission shall not forward any application unless it has been proposed by the conservancy.
(b) Nothing in this chapter shall diminish the commission’s authority pursuant to Section 30330 of the Public Resources Code, which shall include determination of the allocation of federal financial assistance among the coastal management activities, coastal research activities, coastal energy impact activities, living marine resource activities, and natural resources enhancement and management activities, eligible for federal financial assistance under the Coastal Zone Management Improvement Act, or any amendment thereto, or any other federal act enacted up to this time or in the future, that relates to the planning and management of the coastal zone, except as provided in this section.
(c) (1) Prior to the commission’s determination of allocations under subdivision (b), the commission and the conservancy shall concur on the allocation for capital projects and capital programs generated by the conservancy, local public agencies, or state agencies for public access, agricultural preservation, enhancement of coastal resources, coastal restoration, urban waterfront restoration, reservation of significant coastal resource areas, and commercial fishing facilities. No allocation for these capital projects and capital programs shall be made unless they are proposed by the conservancy.
(2) Prior to the commission’s determination of allocations under subdivision (b), the commission and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission shall concur on the allocation for the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission to carry out its responsibilities under the federally approved California Coastal Management Program.
(3) In determining the allocations under subdivision (b), the commission shall consult with the conservancy, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, and the Department of Finance, and shall ensure that agencies eligible for federal financial assistance under the Coastal Zone Management Improvement Act are allocated sufficient assistance to carry out their required responsibilities under the federally approved California Coastal Management Program.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 225, Sec. 60. Effective August 16, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 7 - Urban Waterfront Restoration › Section 31307.

31307. The conservancy may award grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations for the restoration of urban coastal waterfront areas.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 958, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 7 - Urban Waterfront Restoration › Section 31308.

31308. The conservancy may provide up to the total cost of any urban waterfront project, including the local share of federally supported projects. The conservancy may also require local funding participation in urban waterfront projects. The amount of funding provided by the conservancy and the degree of local participation shall be determined by the total amount of funding available for urban waterfront projects, the fiscal resources of the applicant, the urgency of the project relative to other eligible urban waterfront projects, the degree to which the project meets the objectives set forth in Section 31305, and the application of other factors prescribed by the conservancy for the purpose of determining project eligibility and priority in order to more effectively carry out the provisions of this division.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1040, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 7 - Urban Waterfront Restoration › Section 31309.

31309. (a) Following approval of a proposed urban waterfront project by the conservancy, the conservancy may provide up to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of the cost of preparing urban waterfront restoration plans. In addition, the conservancy may make loans to public agencies or nonprofit organizations, or any combination thereof, for the full cost of preparing an urban waterfront restoration plan, if both of the following are satisfied:
(1) Funding for those loans is provided for in the Budget Act.
(2) The cost of preparation of a plan is included in the cost of a project approved for funding pursuant to Division 22 (commencing with Section 32000).
(b) The loans shall be repaid when the bonds funding the project are sold and upon terms and at a rate of interest which recovers the costs of the funds to the state.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 280, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 7 - Urban Waterfront Restoration › Section 31310.

31310. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy may enter into an option to acquire an interest in real property in connection with an urban waterfront project, when the Legislature appropriates funds for purposes of carrying out the objectives of this division. The cost of the option may not exceed six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000).
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 958, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 7 - Urban Waterfront Restoration › Section 31311.

31311. Costs of providing parks, open space, or other public areas and facilities may be included as project costs within urban waterfront restoration areas, if they are designed to serve the residents of the restoration area and do not constitute a disproportionate share of the total project cost. Costs of providing public coastal access sites and scenic easements serving the public may be permitted as project costs where such features are part of an approved urban waterfront restoration plan.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1040, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 7 - Urban Waterfront Restoration › Section 31311.5.

31311.5. Where the conservancy awards any grant for the purpose of providing new or expanded facilities to serve the commercial fishing industry, the financial terms and any reimbursement provisions of that grant shall be determined solely on the basis of protecting the long-term economic viability of the commercial fishing industry.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1618, Sec. 5. Note: Supersedes repeal by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1617.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 7 - Urban Waterfront Restoration › Section 31312.

31312. Local public agencies and nonprofit organizations, in undertaking urban waterfront restoration projects as provided in this chapter, shall be subject to the provisions of Division 24 (commencing with Section 33000) of the Health and Safety Code.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1040, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 7 - Urban Waterfront Restoration › Section 31313.

31313. Any funds over and above eligible project costs which remain after completion of an urban waterfront project as provided in this chapter shall be transmitted by the recipient to the state and deposited with the conservancy and shall be available for expenditure when appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of funding the programs specified in this division.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1040, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 7 - Urban Waterfront Restoration › Section 31314.

31314. Plans prepared pursuant to this chapter for the Port of San Francisco may seek to expedite the implementation of visitor serving commercial uses of port property not needed for maritime use, establish a system of open spaces and public access along the waterfront, provide for commercial fishing facilities, and provide for the rehabilitation of existing deteriorated wharfs and piers.
Upon the approval of the State Coastal Conservancy, funding of the Port of San Francisco pursuant to this chapter shall be given high priority and be available to implement plans prepared pursuant to this chapter and to increase the port’s ability to establish an ongoing land management program to encourage public access and tourist uses of the port.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1410, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 7 - Urban Waterfront Restoration › Section 31315.

31315. The conservancy, under its mandate for urban waterfront restoration, shall administer the distribution of state funds, when appropriated to the conservancy, for the improvement of the infrastructure of fishing harbors on public trust lands.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1279, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 7 - Urban Waterfront Restoration › Section 31316.

31316. Within the conservancy’s jurisdiction pursuant to this chapter and within urban coastal watershed areas, the conservancy may undertake projects and award grants for activities that are compatible with the preservation, restoration, or enhancement of ocean, coastal, or watershed resources, or that facilitate environmental education related to these resources. These projects or activities may include, but are not limited to, exhibits or events emphasizing coastal, watershed, or ocean resource education, or maritime history, or the development of amenities and infrastructure consistent with this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 383, Sec. 26. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 8 - Reservation of Significant Coastal Resource Areas › Section 31350.

31350. It is the policy of the Legislature to assure that significant coastal resource sites shall be reserved for public use and enjoyment. To achieve this objective, it is the intent of the Legislature to vest in the conservancy authority to acquire, hold, protect, and use interests in key coastal resource lands, as indicated in the chapters of this division, that otherwise would be lost to public use.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 958, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 8 - Reservation of Significant Coastal Resource Areas › Section 31351.

31351. (a) The conservancy shall cooperate with the commission, bay commission, and other public agencies and with nonprofit organizations in ensuring the reservation of interests in real property for purposes of this division, as well as for park, recreation, fish and wildlife habitat, historical preservation, or scientific study required to meet the policies and objectives of the California Coastal Act of 1976 (commencing with Section 30000), or a certified local coastal plan or program; or, in the case of San Francisco Bay, the sites identified in the bay plan, the Suisun Marsh Protection Plan, or in any other local plan that the bay commission determines to be consistent with those plans; or, in coastal areas not within the coastal zone or the San Francisco Bay, any other local plans.
(b) The provisions of this division shall not diminish or otherwise affect the authority of the bay commission to approve, deny, or modify permits as provided in Section 66632 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 958, Sec. 22. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 8 - Reservation of Significant Coastal Resource Areas › Section 31352.

31352. (a) If a public agency or nonprofit organization is unable, due to limited financial resources or other circumstances, to acquire, hold, protect, or use an interest in real property for a purpose provided in Section 31351, the conservancy may do either of the following:
(1) Award a grant to the public agency or nonprofit organization for a purpose provided in Section 31351.
(2) Acquire and hold the interest for subsequent conveyance to an appropriate public agency or nonprofit organization.
(b) The conservancy may provide the technical assistance required to aid a public agency or nonprofit organization in completing the acquisition or related functions described in subdivision (a).
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 958, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 8 - Reservation of Significant Coastal Resource Areas › Section 31352.5.

31352.5. Where a nonprofit organization is better situated than the conservancy to acquire temporarily an interest in real property for later acquisition by a public agency or nonprofit organization, the conservancy may loan the nonprofit organization the necessary funds to accomplish the acquisition. As a condition of that loan, the nonprofit organization shall adhere to the procedures and restrictions of this chapter in accomplishing the acquisition.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 958, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 8 - Reservation of Significant Coastal Resource Areas › Section 31353.

31353. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy may enter into an option to acquire an interest in real property in connection with a site-reservation project, when the Legislature appropriates funds for purposes of carrying out the objectives of this division. The cost of the option may not exceed six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000).
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 958, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 8 - Reservation of Significant Coastal Resource Areas › Section 31354.

31354. The conservancy may not hold fee interests acquired in accordance with this chapter for more than 10 years from the time of acquisition. A public agency shall have the right to acquire the fee interest at any time during this period for the public purposes indicated in this chapter. At any time during this period, a nonprofit organization may acquire the fee interest if the city or county where the lands are located approves the acquisition. The acquisition shall be deemed approved thirty days after the conservancy has mailed written notice, unless the city or county objects in writing within that time. When deemed appropriate by the conservancy, the instrument conveying an interest in real property to a nonprofit organization may include a restriction permanently limiting the use of those lands to the acquisition purposes. The price to public agencies or to nonprofit organizations that acquire interests in real property from the conservancy may include the cost of acquisition or the conservancy’s administrative and management costs in reserving and managing the land, or both. The payment of this acquisition price shall be either monetary or conservancy approved property of an equivalent value, or a combination thereof. The lands acquired under this section shall not be disposed of under Section 11011.1 of the Government Code. If, at the expiration of this 10-year period, no public agency or nonprofit organization is willing or able to acquire the lands, the conservancy shall request the Department of General Services to dispose of those lands at fair market value without restriction on subsequent land use under this division.
Any funds received by the state upon disposition of lands acquired in accordance with Section 31352 shall be deposited with the conservancy and shall be available for expenditure when appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of funding the programs specified in this division.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 958, Sec. 26. Effective January 1, 2003.)