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2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.4 - WATERSHED, CLEAN BEACHES, AND WATER QUALITY ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 30904.

30904. It is the intent of the Legislature that the purpose of maintaining clean beaches, clean water, and an integrated and coordinated watershed program is to protect beaches, coastal waters, rivers, lakes, and streams from contaminants, pollution, and other environmental threats.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 727, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.4 - WATERSHED, CLEAN BEACHES, AND WATER QUALITY ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 30905.

30905. It is the intent of the Legislature to invest in projects that will reduce beach contamination and increase visitor days, including, but not limited to, developing the comprehensive capability to monitor and analyze water quality and pollutant transport in coastal waters. This will be demonstrated by measurable improvements in water quality on and near the state’s beaches.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 727, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.4 - WATERSHED, CLEAN BEACHES, AND WATER QUALITY ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 30906.

30906. It is the intent of the Legislature to invest in clean water projects that will do all of the following:
(a) Assist small local communities in meeting water pollution control requirements.
(b) Improve agricultural water quality and reduce pollutants in agricultural drainage water.
(c) Implement urban stormwater treatment programs and reduce nonpoint sources of pollution.
(d) Provide comprehensive capability to monitor and analyze water quality in groundwater basins throughout the state.
(e) Improve water quality in coastal and marine waters, particularly those waters that affect marine protected areas and marine managed areas.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 714, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.4 - WATERSHED, CLEAN BEACHES, AND WATER QUALITY ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 30907.

30907. It is the intent of the Legislature to require state agencies to encourage and support both of the following:
(a) The development of coordinated and complementary strategies and solutions for watershed management across land ownership and agency jurisdictional boundaries.
(b) Coordinated program delivery from state and federal agencies to fit the needs of individual watersheds.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 727, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.4 - WATERSHED, CLEAN BEACHES, AND WATER QUALITY ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 30908.

30908. It is the intent of the Legislature that the state should coordinate and integrate its watershed programs and implement those programs by working with diverse interests at the local level. The state’s watershed management goals should include, but need not be limited to, maintaining and restoring healthy watersheds that support thriving communities, provide clean water, and sustain natural habitats for future generations.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 727, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.4 - WATERSHED, CLEAN BEACHES, AND WATER QUALITY ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 30909.

30909. It is the intent of the Legislature to invest in watershed management partnerships that use a community-based collaborative approach to meeting the state’s watershed management goals. Allocation of funding should be balanced among large and small watersheds, coastal and inland watersheds, and effluent reduction and source protection, and should be geographically balanced. Priority should be given to projects and programs that implement programs that have multiple benefits.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 727, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.4 - WATERSHED, CLEAN BEACHES, AND WATER QUALITY ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 30910.

30910. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter:
(a) “Board” means the State Water Resources Control Board.
(b)“Local public agency” means any city, county, city and county, or district.
(c) “Nonprofit organization” means any California corporation organized under Section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), or 501(c)(5) of the federal Internal Revenue Code.
(d) “Public agency” means a city, county, city and county, district, the state or any agency or department thereof, and applicants eligible for technical assistance under Section 319 of the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1329) or for grants under Section 320 of the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1330).
(e) “Regional board” means a regional water quality control board.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 727, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.4 - WATERSHED, CLEAN BEACHES, AND WATER QUALITY ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Clean Beaches Program › Section 30915.

30915. The purpose of this chapter is to provide authorization for projects that restore and protect the water quality and environment of coastal waters, estuaries, bays, and near shore waters.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 727, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.4 - WATERSHED, CLEAN BEACHES, AND WATER QUALITY ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Clean Beaches Program › Section 30917.

30917. The board shall provide opportunity for public review and comment in awarding funds pursuant to this chapter, and may, in consultation with the State Coastal Conservancy, adopt regulations to implement this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 727, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.4 - WATERSHED, CLEAN BEACHES, AND WATER QUALITY ACT › CHAPTER 3.5 - Marine Managed Areas Program › Section 30920.

30920. (a) The purpose of this chapter is to provide authorization for projects that restore and protect the water quality and environment of marine managed areas, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 36602, including areas of special biological significance, as defined in the California Ocean Plan adopted pursuant to Section 13170.2 of the Water Code.
(b) The board shall give priority to projects that treat or otherwise remove existing waste discharges, or prevent probable waste discharges, into areas of special biological significance.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 714, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.4 - WATERSHED, CLEAN BEACHES, AND WATER QUALITY ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Integrated Clean Water Programs › ARTICLE 1 - Small Community Wastewater Grant Program › Section 30925.

30925. (a) For the purposes of this article, “small community” means a municipality with a population of 20,000 persons or less, a rural county, or a reasonably isolated and divisible segment of a larger municipality where the segment of the population is 20,000 persons or less, with a financial hardship, as determined by the board.
(b) The board may award grants under this article to assist small communities in meeting water pollution control requirements.
(c) The board may award grants under this article to projects that meet the definition of “eligible project” in Section 79120 of the Water Code.
(d) The board shall give priority to both of the following types of projects:
(1) Projects to install or replace sewer systems in communities that lack adequate sewers.
(2) Projects to assist communities with population growth pressures, to assist in the redesign and expansion of existing wastewater collection and treatment systems.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 727, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.4 - WATERSHED, CLEAN BEACHES, AND WATER QUALITY ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Integrated Clean Water Programs › ARTICLE 2 - Urban Storm Water Grant Program › Section 30930.

30930. The board may award grants under this article to local public agencies for projects designed to implement stormwater runoff pollution reduction and prevention programs, including, but not limited to, diversion of dry weather flows to publicly owned treatment works for treatment, acquisition, and development of constructed wetlands and the implementation of approved best management practices, as required by stormwater permits issued by the state board or a regional board.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 727, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.4 - WATERSHED, CLEAN BEACHES, AND WATER QUALITY ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Integrated Clean Water Programs › ARTICLE 4 - Agricultural Water Quality Grant Program › Section 30940.

30940. (a) The board may award grants to public agencies or nonprofit organizations for the purposes of improving agricultural water quality through monitoring, demonstration projects, research, construction of agricultural drainage improvements, and for projects to reduce pollutants in agricultural drainage water through reuse, integrated management, or treatment. Grants made pursuant to this section may be used to provide matching funds for federal grant programs. The board, in consultation with the Department of Food and Agriculture and the program advisory review board established pursuant to Section 593 of the Food and Agricultural Code, shall develop criteria for evaluating projects considered for grants under this section.
(b) (1) On or before June 30, 2005, the board, in consultation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, shall adopt guidelines for a dairy water quality improvement grant program that provides competitive grants for projects, including water quality planning and regional and on-farm projects, and projects undertaken by dairy operators, to reduce threats to, or impairment of, water quality from dairy operations.
(2) In order to be eligible for a grant pursuant to this subdivision, a dairy operator shall have completed the environmental stewardship short course of the dairy quality assurance program, unless the board finds and determines that the operator has taken other similar actions to mitigate adverse environmental effects of its dairy operation.
(c) The board shall specify a matching fund requirement, as a condition of providing grants under subdivision (a) or (b).
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 230, Sec. 16. Effective August 16, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.4 - WATERSHED, CLEAN BEACHES, AND WATER QUALITY ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Integrated Clean Water Programs › ARTICLE 5 - Integrated Watershed Management Programs › Section 30945.

30945. The purpose of this article is to establish a program for integrated watershed management to improve water quality, protect and restore habitat and fisheries, reduce flooding, control erosion and sedimentation, and improve local water supply reliability through better groundwater monitoring, river corridor recreation, forest land and fuel management, and hydropower management.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 727, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.4 - WATERSHED, CLEAN BEACHES, AND WATER QUALITY ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Integrated Clean Water Programs › ARTICLE 5 - Integrated Watershed Management Programs › Section 30946.

30946. The California Environmental Protection Agency shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Resources Agency to ensure that the program established under this chapter is coordinated with other programs administered by those agencies, including, but not limited to, the grant process set forth in Section 30947. The memorandum of understanding shall establish a stakeholder advisory process to assist in setting priorities and allocating funds. The memorandum of understanding shall be completed and executed on or before April 30, 2003.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 727, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.4 - WATERSHED, CLEAN BEACHES, AND WATER QUALITY ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Integrated Clean Water Programs › ARTICLE 5 - Integrated Watershed Management Programs › Section 30948.

30948. Consistent with Section 30947, the board shall establish an accelerated selection and contracting procedure for projects that meet all of the following criteria:
(a) The project is part of an approved watershed management plan consistent with Section 30947.
(b) The project is fully permitted and ready to be implemented.
(c) Funding for the project includes matching funds or services donated from nonstate sources.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 727, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.4 - WATERSHED, CLEAN BEACHES, AND WATER QUALITY ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Integrated Clean Water Programs › ARTICLE 5 - Integrated Watershed Management Programs › Section 30949.

30949. No more than 50 percent of the funds made available to the board for the purposes of this article shall be used for the purposes of Section 30948.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 727, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.4 - WATERSHED, CLEAN BEACHES, AND WATER QUALITY ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Integrated Clean Water Programs › ARTICLE 6 - Small Community Groundwater Grant Program › Section 30950.

30950. (a) For the purposes of this article, “small community” means a municipality with a population of 20,000 persons or less, a rural county, or a reasonably isolated and divisible segment of a larger municipality where the segment of the population is 20,000 persons or less, with a financial hardship, as determined by the board.
(b) The board may award grants under this article to assist small communities in complying with groundwater contaminant level requirements.
(c) The board may award grants under this article to local public agencies and private not-for-profit water companies.
(d) The board shall give priority to the following types of projects:
(1) Projects to provide an alternate source of water or to treat water where the existing supply of groundwater exceeds the maximum contaminant level of arsenic.
(2) Projects to provide an alternate source of water or to treat water where the existing supply of groundwater exceeds the maximum contaminant level for nitrate.
(3) Projects identified by the board, in consultation with the State Department of Health Services, as having a priority to address the needs of small community water systems.
(e) The board may make funds available under this article in each fiscal year to provide technical assistance or planning grants, or both, to small communities.
(Amended (as added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 727) by Stats. 2003, Ch. 493, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.5 - OCEAN USE PLANNING › Section 30960.

30960. The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall initiate a comprehensive, long-range planning process for the use of ocean waters offshore of California, may use the advisory panel appointed pursuant to Section 6231 as the planning committee, and may use the California Sea Grant Program to promote sound scientific data analysis and assessment in this planning process.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 207. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.6.5 - California Sea Level Rise Mitigation and Adaptation Act of 2021 › Section 30970.

30970. This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Sea Level Rise Mitigation and Adaptation Act of 2021.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 236, Sec. 5. (SB 1) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.6.5 - California Sea Level Rise Mitigation and Adaptation Act of 2021 › Section 30971.

30971. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) California has 1,264 miles of coastline, and, if small bays and inlets are included, it has up to 3,000 miles of coastline located on the western seaboard of the United States, all of which is prone to the severe and pervasive effects of sea level rise.
(b) According to the “State of California Sea-Level Rise Guidance Document” issued by the Natural Resources Agency and the Ocean Protection Council, the impacts of sea level rise on the state will be significant and pervasive, and could occur as soon as within the next decade.
(c) (1) As with most impacts from climate change, the impacts of sea level rise are both environmental and economic, including losses to publicly owned infrastructure, such as airports, rail lines, streets and highways, pipelines, waste water treatment plants, schools, hospitals, and other facilities.
(2) For example, the catastrophic inundation, flooding, and property damage from a small rise in sea level, combined with a 1-in-10 likelihood of a Pacific storm, could amount to tens of billions of dollars in uninsured losses of structures and properties.
(3) A 2015 assessment by the Risky Business Project, led by former United States Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson and other business leaders, found that between eight billion dollars ($8,000,000,000) and ten billion dollars ($10,000,000,000) of existing property in the state is likely to be underwater by the year 2050 if current trends continue.
(4) According to the 2015 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report, The National Significance of California’s Coastal Economy, “California’s 19 coastal counties generated $662 billion in wages and $1.7 trillion in GDP in 2012” and “California’s ocean-related activities represent a substantial portion of the U.S. ocean economy as a whole—13 percent of the establishments, 14 percent of the employment and wages, and 12 percent of the GDP in 2012,” all of which would be adversely affected by sea level rise.
(5) Recent reports in periodicals, such as the Los Angeles Times, state succinctly that “Destruction from sea level rise in California could exceed worst wildfires and earthquakes.”
(d) For the economy, the natural environment, and the people of California, it is urgent that the state enact new statutes to plan for, anticipate, and respond to sea level rise.
(e) The purpose of this division is to establish new planning, assessment, funding, and mitigation tools for California to address and respond to sea level rise.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 236, Sec. 5. (SB 1) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.6.5 - California Sea Level Rise Mitigation and Adaptation Act of 2021 › Section 30972.

30972. (a) (1) There is hereby created within the Ocean Protection Council the California Sea Level Rise State and Regional Support Collaborative.
(2) In its role as the collaborative, the Ocean Protection Council shall coordinate with the other state planning and coastal management agencies, including, but not limited to, the Office of Planning and Research, the Strategic Growth Council, the State Lands Commission, the California Coastal Commission, the State Coastal Conservancy, and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, to administer the grants and on the kind of information and support it provides local, regional, and other state agencies consistent with their statutory authority.
(b) The collaborative shall provide state and regional information to the public and support to local, regional, and other state agencies for the identification, assessment, planning, and, where feasible, the mitigation of the adverse environmental, social, and economic effects of sea level rise within the coastal zone and the area under the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, pursuant to Section 66610 of the Government Code. The support the collaborative provides to local and regional agencies shall include, but not be limited to, technical assistance on updating local and regional land use plans to take into account sea level rise.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 236, Sec. 5. (SB 1) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.6.5 - California Sea Level Rise Mitigation and Adaptation Act of 2021 › Section 30973.

30973. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, the collaborative shall expend not more than one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) annually from appropriate bond funds and other sources for the purposes of making grants to local and regional governments to update local and regional land use plans to take into account sea level rise, and for directly related investments to implement those plans. Priority shall be given to those local and regional governments that have agreed most effectively and urgently to plan for and implement actions to address sea level rise.
(b) As part of the adoption of the annual Budget Act, the Secretary of Environmental Protection and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall annually appear before the budget committees of both houses of the Legislature regarding the implementation of this division.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 236, Sec. 5. (SB 1) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.6.9 - SEA LEVEL RISE PLANNING AND ADAPTATION › Section 30985.

30985. (a) A local government lying, in whole or in part, within the coastal zone or within the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission shall develop a sea level rise plan as part of either of the following, as applicable:
(1) A local coastal program that is subject to approval by the California Coastal Commission consistent with the guidelines established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 30985.2.
(2) A subregional San Francisco Bay shoreline resiliency plan that is subject to approval by the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission consistent with the guidelines established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 30985.2.
(b) The sea level rise plan required pursuant to subdivision (a) shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:
(1) The use of the best available science.
(2) A vulnerability assessment that includes efforts to ensure equity for at-risk communities.
(3) Sea level rise adaptation strategies and recommended projects.
(4) Identification of lead planning and implementation agencies.
(5) A timeline for updates, as needed, based on conditions and projections and as determined by the local government in agreement with the California Coastal Commission or the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, as applicable.
(c) A timeline for sea level rise plan updates, as required pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (b), shall include economic impact analyses of, at a minimum, costs to critical public infrastructure and recommended approaches for implementing the sea level rise adaptation strategies and recommended projects pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b).
(d) All local governments subject to the requirements of subdivision (a) shall comply with this section by January 1, 2034.
(e) For purposes of this section, “critical public infrastructure” includes, but is not limited to, transit, roads, airports, ports, water storage, and conveyance, wastewater treatment facilities, landfills, powerplants, and railroads.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 384, Sec. 2. (SB 272) Effective January 1, 2024. Conditionally operative pursuant to Section 30985.6.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.6.9 - SEA LEVEL RISE PLANNING AND ADAPTATION › Section 30985.2.

30985.2. (a) On or before December 31, 2024, the California Coastal Commission, in close coordination with the Ocean Protection Council and the California Sea Level Rise State and Regional Support Collaborative, shall establish guidelines for the preparation of the sea level rise plan required pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 30985. The guidelines shall recognize and build upon the baseline policies as described in the “Sea Level Rise Working Group: 2021 Work Products” as published by the California Coastal Commission on December 3, 2021.
(b) On or before December 31, 2024, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, in close coordination with the California Coastal Commission, the Ocean Protection Council, and the California Sea Level Rise State and Regional Support Collaborative, shall establish guidelines for the preparation of the sea level rise plan required pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 30985. The guidelines shall recognize and build upon the “guiding principles of the joint platform” as described on page 16 of the “Bay Adapt Regional Strategy for a Rising Bay Joint Platform” adopted by the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission on October 21, 2021.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 384, Sec. 2. (SB 272) Effective January 1, 2024. Conditionally operative pursuant to Section 30985.6.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.6.9 - SEA LEVEL RISE PLANNING AND ADAPTATION › Section 30985.4.

30985.4. This division does not reduce, alter, or diminish the authority of a state or local agency.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 384, Sec. 2. (SB 272) Effective January 1, 2024. Conditionally operative pursuant to Section 30985.6.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.6.9 - SEA LEVEL RISE PLANNING AND ADAPTATION › Section 30985.5.

30985.5. Local governments that receive approval by the California Coastal Commission or the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, as applicable, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 30985 shall be prioritized for funding, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the implementation of sea level rise adaptation strategies and recommended projects in the local government’s approved sea level rise plan.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 384, Sec. 2. (SB 272) Effective January 1, 2024. Conditionally operative pursuant to Section 30985.6.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.6.9 - SEA LEVEL RISE PLANNING AND ADAPTATION › Section 30985.6.

30985.6. The operation of this division is contingent upon an appropriation for its purposes by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 384, Sec. 2. (SB 272) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.6.9 - SEA LEVEL RISE PLANNING AND ADAPTATION › Section 30985.8.

30985.8. For purposes of this division, the following definitions apply:
(a) “California Sea Level Rise State and Regional Support Collaborative” means the California Sea Level Rise State and Regional Support Collaborative created pursuant to Section 30972.
(b) “Coastal zone” has the same meaning as defined in Section 30103.
(c) “Jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission” means the area described in Section 66610 of the Government Code.
(d) “Local coastal program” has the same meaning as defined in Section 30108.6.
(e) “Local government” has the same meaning as defined in Section 30109.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 384, Sec. 2. (SB 272) Effective January 1, 2024. Conditionally operative pursuant to Section 30985.6.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.7 - SANTA MONICA BAY RESTORATION › Section 30988.

30988. (a)The Legislature finds and declares that Santa Monica Bay is a public trust for present and future generations of Californians, and an invaluable element in the ecosystem of southern California.
(b) The biological health and recreational resources of Santa Monica Bay are threatened by the historical accumulation of DDT, PCBs and other toxic pollutants, pathogens, nutrients, stormwater and urban runoff, nonpoint pollutant sources, oil spills, and industrial discharges, increasing with population pressures in the region.
(c) Santa Monica Bay’s Palos Verdes Shelf has been identified as a federal Superfund site, and designated under the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s National Estuary Program. Since 1988, the United States Environmental Protection Agency has designated the former Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project as an agency to plan for the Santa Monica Bay’s restoration, and to oversee implementation of the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Plan. The State of California has expended millions of dollars for the administration of the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project, and the Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air, and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2000 (the Villaraigosa-Keeley Act; Chapter 1.692 (commencing with Section 5096.300) of Division 5 of the Public Resources Code) earmarks up to twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) for Santa Monica Bay restoration projects, as identified by the former Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project.
(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission be a nonregulatory, locally based state government entity that will monitor, assess, coordinate, and advise all state programs, and oversee funding that affects the beneficial uses, restoration, and enhancement of Santa Monica Bay and its watershed.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 598, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.7 - SANTA MONICA BAY RESTORATION › Section 30988.2.

30988.2. (a) The Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project is hereby renamed the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission. The commission shall independently execute the duties described in this section, and the State Water Resources Control Board shall provide administrative services to the commission. Any reference in any statute to the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project shall be deemed to be a reference to the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission.
(b) (1) The Secretary for Environmental Protection, the Secretary of the Resources Agency, and the Chair of the Bay Watershed Council of the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission shall enter into a memorandum of understanding that ensures the coordination of state programs affecting Santa Monica Bay, and that delineates the authority of that commission, and its governance structure with respect to the implementation of those state programs. The commission membership shall be prescribed in the memorandum of understanding, and shall include federal, state, and local public agency officials and employees, and representatives of other stakeholder interests.
(c) The commission may do all of the following:
(1) Request and receive federal, state, local, and private funds from any source, and expend those moneys for the restoration and enhancement of Santa Monica Bay and its watershed.
(2) Award and administer grants for the restoration and enhancement of Santa Monica Bay and its watershed.
(3) Enter into contracts and joint powers authority agreements, as necessary, to carry out the purposes of the commission.
(4) Monitor, assess, and coordinate activities among federal, state, and local agencies and, where appropriate, private firms, to restore and enhance Santa Monica Bay and its watershed.
(d) (1) The Santa Monica Bay Restoration Account is hereby created in the State Treasury, and moneys in the account may be expended, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to support the activities of the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission.
(2) The balance of any funds previously appropriated by the Legislature, prior to January 1, 2003, from the General Fund or from bond proceeds to support the activities of the former Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project shall be transferred into the account.
(3) (A) Funds transferred to the account that are derived from an appropriation from the General Fund are available for expenditure only for the duration originally authorized and only for a purpose authorized by this division as it read on December 31, 2002.
(B) Funds transferred to the account that are derived from an appropriation of bond proceeds are available for expenditure only for the duration originally authorized and may be expended for any purpose authorized by this division on and after January 1, 2003.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 598, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20.7 - SANTA MONICA BAY RESTORATION › Section 30988.3.

30988.3. The Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission shall prioritize in its educational, monitoring, and bond proceeds expenditure decisions, proposals, or projects designed to achieve bay restoration objectives including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(a) The reduction or elimination of stormwater, urban runoff, and point and nonpoint source pollution.
(b) The reduction or prevention of the threat of oil and sewage spills and leaks.
(c) The reduction and prevention of beach erosion.
(d) The reduction and prevention of public health threats from pollution.
(e) The prevention and restoration of, and protection against, loss of wetlands, coastal and riparian habitats, and Santa Monica Bay’s natural and living resources.
(f) Effective enforcement of appropriate environmental laws.
(g) Public education and warnings of any dangers of consuming contaminated seafood.
(h) Increased public education concerning the Santa Monica Bay in collaboration with universities and grades K-12 schools.
(i) Assuring that ocean resources are accessible to all Californians regardless of socioeconomic status, and are preserved and enhanced for future generations.
(Added by renumbering Section 30988.4 by Stats. 2002, Ch. 598, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 31001.

31001. “Certified local coastal plan or program” means any plan or program or land use plan of a local program adopted by the commission pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 30500) of Division 20.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 807.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 31005.

31005. “Bay commission” means the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, established under Title 7.2 (commencing with Section 66600) of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 967, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 31006.

31006. (a) “Coastal zone” means that area of the state as defined in Section 30103. Only for purposes of conservancy action in San Francisco Bay, the “coastal zone” also includes areas that are within the permit jurisdiction of the bay commission, as described in Section 66610 of the Government Code, with the exception of Contra Costa County lands from the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge north and east to the termination of the bay commission boundary, except as provided in subdivision (b), as well as any uplands, wetlands, marshes, diked lands, and other watershed lands that significantly affect the environmental quality of the bay or are directly related to the public’s use and enjoyment of the bay, and other watershed lands within the nine counties adjacent to the bay that have waters that flow directly into the bay or the ocean.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), with respect to lands within Contra Costa County that are included within the permit jurisdiction of the bay commission, as described in Section 66610 of the Government Code, or that consist of any uplands, wetlands, marshes, diked lands, or other watershed lands that significantly affect the environmental quality of the bay or are directly related to the public’s use and enjoyment of the bay, the local public agency having jurisdiction over any such lands may formally request conservancy action by resolution.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 896, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 31007.

31007. “Coastal restoration project” means an action taken by a public agency, including the conservancy, or a nonprofit organization, to correct undesirable development patterns in the coastal zone.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 958, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 31008.

31008. “Coastal resource enhancement project” means an action taken by a public agency, including the conservancy, or a nonprofit organization, to restore, as nearly as possible, degraded natural areas to their original condition or to enhance the resource values of a coastal zone.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 958, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 31010.

31010. “Local public agency” includes, but is not limited to, a city, county, city and county, district, association of governments, or joint powers agency.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 958, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 31011.

31011. Any funds received by the department pursuant to this division shall be deposited in the State Parks and Recreation Fund. Unless otherwise provided in this division, any funds received by the conservancy pursuant to this division shall be deposited in the State Coastal Conservancy Fund. The conservancy and the Controller shall establish separate accounts within the State Coastal Conservancy Fund for the purpose of separating deposits into the fund according to their origin.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1551, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 31013.

31013. “Nonprofit organization” means any private, nonprofit organization that qualifies under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 469, Sec. 8. (SB 785) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 31016.

31016. “Local plan” means any land use plan of a local public agency, port district, regional park or open-space district, or recreation and park district whose jurisdiction is included, in whole or in part, within the jurisdiction of the conservancy within San Francisco Bay in the areas described in Section 31006.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 967, Sec. 4.5.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 31017.

31017. “Public agency” includes, but is not limited to, local public agencies, state agencies, federal agencies, colleges and universities, intergovernmental bodies, and federally recognized Indian tribes.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 958, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 2 - Declaration of State Policy and General Provisions › Section 31051.

31051. The Legislature further finds and declares that agricultural lands located within the coastal zone should be protected from intrusion of nonagricultural uses, except where conversion to urban or other uses is in the long-term public interest.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1441.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 2 - Declaration of State Policy and General Provisions › Section 31052.

31052. The Legislature further finds and declares that lands within the coastal zone, principally in rural areas, are vacant or improperly utilized because of inadequate circulation patterns, poor lot layout, scattered ownerships, lack of recreation and open space, and other conditions which adversely affect the coastal environment and reduce opportunities for orderly development.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1441.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 2 - Declaration of State Policy and General Provisions › Section 31053.

31053. The Legislature further finds and declares that important fish and wildlife habitat, natural areas, and scenic and environmental resources within the coastal zone have been degraded due to indiscriminate dredging, filling, and the intrusion of incompatible land uses.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1441.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 2 - Declaration of State Policy and General Provisions › Section 31054.

31054. It is the policy of the state and the intent of the Legislature to provide for the State Coastal Conservancy, which should report to the Governor and to the Legislature, with responsibility for implementing a program of agricultural protection, area restoration, and resource enhancement in the coastal zone within policies and guidelines established pursuant to Division 20 (commencing with Section 30000).
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1441.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 2 - Declaration of State Policy and General Provisions › Section 31056.

31056. (a) The conservancy is not required to provide funding for projects within the San Francisco Bay in the areas described in Section 31006, until the Legislature appropriates funds for such purposes.
The conservancy shall expend funds specifically identified for the San Francisco Bay, whether from public or private sources, in the San Francisco Bay.
(b) The bay commission may annually prepare and adopt a list of priority areas and concerns which are essential to the orderly implementation of the bay plan and the Suisun Marsh Protection Plan. The priority list shall provide guidance to the conservancy in its selection of San Francisco Bay projects.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 967, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Establishment and Functions of the State Coastal Conservancy › Section 31100.

31100. There is in the Resources Agency the State Coastal Conservancy, consisting of the following seven members:
(a) The chairperson of the commission.
(b) The Secretary of the Resources Agency.
(c) The Director of Finance.
(d) Four members of the public, of which two shall be appointed by the Governor, one shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and one shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly. Of the members appointed by the Governor, not more than one may be an elected official of a local government, and the official shall have been elected to an office in a local government whose territory is located wholly or partially in the coastal zone.
Except for members appointed pursuant to subdivision (d), the members of the conservancy may designate one of their employees to serve on the conservancy in their absence.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1224, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Establishment and Functions of the State Coastal Conservancy › Section 31100.5.

31100.5. Three Members of the Senate, appointed by the Senate Rules Committee, and three Members of the Assembly, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, shall meet with the conservancy and participate in its activities to the extent that such participation is not incompatible with their respective positions as Members of the Legislature.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 930.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Establishment and Functions of the State Coastal Conservancy › Section 31101.

31101. (a) The members appointed under subdivisions (a) and (d) of Section 31100 shall serve for a term of four years. However, if a member is appointed under subdivision (d) by reason of his or her status as a locally elected official, his or her membership shall cease 60 days after his or her term of office as a locally elected official ceases, and the Governor may appoint another person to complete the remainder of his or her term. Any person appointed under subdivision (d) of Section 31100 shall not be disqualified for membership and may complete his or her term in the event he or she is elected to a local office after his or her appointment.
(b) Members appointed under subdivisions (a) and (d) of Section 31100 shall be compensated for attendance at regular meetings of the conservancy at the rate of one hundred dollars ($100) per day, and shall be reimbursed for the actual and necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, incurred in the performance of their duties.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 248, Sec. 210.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Establishment and Functions of the State Coastal Conservancy › Section 31102.

31102. The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall select one of the public members to serve as the chair of the conservancy. The public member shall serve as chair at the pleasure of the secretary. A majority of the total authorized membership of the conservancy shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business under this division. The conservancy shall adopt its own regulations.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 213, Sec. 20. (AB 2768) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Establishment and Functions of the State Coastal Conservancy › Section 31103.

31103. The conservancy shall determine the qualifications of, and it shall appoint and fix the salary of, the executive officer of the conservancy, who shall be exempt from civil service, and shall appoint such other staff as may be necessary to carry out the powers and functions set forth in this division. To the maximum extent possible, the conservancy shall utilize the staff of the commission for purposes of planning and project evaluation, and the staff of the Real Estate Services Division of the Department of General Services in carrying out acquisition, leasing, disposal, and other real property transactions authorized under this division.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1441.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Establishment and Functions of the State Coastal Conservancy › Section 31103.1.

31103.1. Pursuant to Section 1090 of the Government Code, an officer or employee of the conservancy shall not be deemed to be financially interested in a contract made in their official capacity when all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The financial interest in question is limited to the individual’s salary, per diem, or reimbursement for expenses as an officer or employee of the conservancy.
(b) The individual is performing staff functions for the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority as part of their employment by the conservancy.
(c) The contract involves a grant of funds by the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority to the conservancy.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 258, Sec. 25. (SB 155) Effective September 23, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 21 - STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Establishment and Functions of the State Coastal Conservancy › Section 31104.

31104. The conservancy may apply for and accept federal grants and receive gifts, donations, subventions, rents, royalties, and other financial support from public and private sources.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1441.)