Title PRC, California Pub. Res. Code

(a) The conservancy shall, upon the request of a city or county, waive subdivision (b) of Section 33207 if it finds any of the following: (1) The property is shown as commercial or manufacturing on the general plan, area plan, or local coastal program of the city or county having…

(a) The executive director, on behalf of the conservancy, shall, contemporaneously with the Los Angeles Unified School District completing all procedures and transfers in accordance with subdivisions (b) and (c), waive and release all the conservancy’s right, title, or interest t…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon receipt of a resolution of the Board of Education of the Las Virgenes Unified School District, the conservancy shall exchange for the district, under terms mutually agreed upon by the district and the conservancy, an acceptable sub…

Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, upon mutual agreement of the conservancy and the governing body of each local government or special district, conservancy funds provided to that jurisdiction and proceeds of sales of excess properties acquired from that jurisdiction…

The conservancy shall annually, beginning on January 1, 1981, transmit to the Governor and the Legislature a two-part report as follows: (a) The first part of the report shall include all of the following: (1) A listing of, and justification for, the projects proposed to be under…

Every project submitted for funding pursuant to Section 33208 shall have an adopted project plan developed by, or in coordination with, the applicable local government or other state agency. The conservancy shall by regulation specify the content of project plans. Maximum public …

Upon the request of a city, county, or recreation and park district within the zone, upon the request of the National Park Service, or on its own initiative, the conservancy may, after public hearings and findings, and consistent with this division, amend the plan and submit it t…

The conservancy may: (a) Accept any gifts, donations, or bequests from individuals, corporations, or organizations, or accept grants of funds from private or public agencies. A gift of personal property otherwise required to be approved by the Director of Finance pursuant to Sect…

(a) The following conditions of use apply to property owned or subject to the management of the conservancy: (1) Opening and closing hours shall be posted on any property upon which public use is permitted. (2) Property may be closed to public use only when fire, mudslide, landsl…

(a) Dumping any refuse matter, except by permit signed by the executive director or the executive director’s authorized representative, on property owned or managed by the conservancy, and posted against that dumping, shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than o…

(a) The executive director of the conservancy shall be exempt from civil service and shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the conservancy. The executive director serving on the effective date of the amendments to this section enacted at the 1981–82 Regular Session…

(a) The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Advisory Committee is hereby created. The advisory committee consists of 26 members, as follows: (1) Fifteen representatives of local governments from jurisdictions including the Santa Monica Mountains, one of whom shall be appointed by …

The conservancy and any city, county, or recreation and park district, in undertaking any project pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 33204, shall be subject to the provisions of Division 24 (commencing with Section 33000) of the Health and Safety Code. (Added by Stats. 1979, …

The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Fund is hereby established. Money deposited in the fund pursuant to Sections 33202, 33203, 33204, 33205, and 33206 shall be available for the purposes of this division, upon appropriation therefor by the Legislature. A separate federal grant…

The conservancy’s jurisdiction is limited to the Sierra Nevada Region. (Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)

The conservancy shall carry out projects and activities to further the purposes of this division throughout the region. The board shall make every effort to ensure that, over time, conservancy funding and other efforts are spread equitably across each of the various subregions an…

In carrying out this division, the conservancy shall cooperate with and consult with the city or county where a grant is proposed or an interest in real property is proposed to be acquired; and shall, as necessary or appropriate, coordinate its efforts with other state agencies, …

(a) The conservancy may make grants or loans to public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and tribal organizations in order to carry out the purposes of this division, including grants or loans provided to acquire an interest in real property, including a fee interest in that pro…

In the case of a grant of funds to a nonprofit organization or tribal organization to acquire an interest in real property, including, but not limited to, a fee interest, the agreement between the conservancy and the recipient nonprofit organization shall require all of the follo…

The conservancy shall adopt guidelines setting priorities and criteria for projects and programs, based upon its assessment of program requirements, institutional capabilities, and funding needs throughout the region, and federal, state, and local plans, including general plans, …

(a) The Sierra Nevada Watershed Improvement Program is hereby established, to be administered by the conservancy, to protect, conserve, and restore the health and resilience of the watersheds and communities of the region, in support of the purposes and programs described in Sect…

(a) The conservancy may expend funds and award grants and loans to facilitate collaborative planning efforts and to develop projects and programs that are designed to further the purposes of this division. (b) The conservancy may provide and make available technical information, …

The conservancy may apply for and receive grants to carry out the purposes of this division. (Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)

(a) The conservancy may acquire from willing sellers or transferors, an interest in any real property, in order to carry out the purposes of this division. However, the conservancy shall not acquire a fee interest in real property by purchase. (b) The acquisition of an interest i…

Notwithstanding Section 11005.2 of the Government Code or any other provision of law, the conservancy may lease, rent, sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer, an interest, option, or contractual right in real property, as well as a vested right severable therefrom, that has been a…

(a) The conservancy shall take whatever actions are reasonably necessary and incidental to the management of lands or interests in lands under its ownership or control, and may initiate, negotiate, and participate in agreements for the management of those lands or interests with …

(a) The conservancy shall make an annual report to the Legislature and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency regarding expenditures, land management costs, and administrative costs. (b) The conservancy shall include, in its report regarding expenditures, land management c…

The conservancy may expend funds under this division to conduct research and monitoring in connection with development and implementation of the program administered under this division. (Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)

(a) The conservancy may receive gifts, donations, bequests, devises, subventions, grants, rents, royalties, and other assistance and funds from public and private sources. (b) Except as provided in Section 33347, the conservancy may receive an interest in real or personal propert…

The conservancy may fix and collect a fee for a direct service it renders, provided the service is rendered at the request of the individual or entity receiving the service. The amount of a fee shall not exceed the conservancy’s reasonable costs and expenses of providing the serv…

Proceeds from a lease, rental, sale, exchange, or transfer of an interest or option in real property, and all other income, shall be deposited in the fund for expenditure for the purposes of this division. (Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)

The Sierra Nevada Conservancy Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, only for the purposes of this division. (Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)

Nothing in this division grants to the conservancy: (a) Any of the powers of a city or county to regulate land use. (b) Any powers to regulate any activities on land, except as the owner of an interest in the land, or pursuant to an agreement with, or a license or grant of manage…

(a) As used in this chapter, “mountainous lands” means all lands, irrespective of their angle of slope or other natural or manmade terrain features, within the territory of the conservancy that lie above the floor of the Coachella Valley, if there is no alluvial fan, or that lie …

The conservancy may not exercise the power of eminent domain. The conservancy may request the State Public Works Board to exercise the power of eminent domain on behalf of the conservancy pursuant to the Property Acquisition Law (Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850) of Divisio…

(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the acquisition of real property or interests in real property under this division is subject to the Property Acquisition Law (Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code). (b) Any acq…

The conservancy may enter into an option to purchase real property in fee or any lesser interest and may transfer an option subject to the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 33702. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 676, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1993. Operative January 1, 199…

This division is not intended to infringe on the existing authority of the County of Riverside or the cities lying within the conservancy’s territory to plan and control land uses, and no provision of this division shall be construed as conferring on the conservancy the authority…

The Legislature hereby acknowledges the role of the former Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy, a California nonprofit corporation, and its successor, the Coachella Valley Mountains Trust, a California nonprofit corporation, in providing the leadership within the community tha…

(a) The Salton Sea Conservancy is hereby created as a state agency within the Natural Resources Agency for both of the following purposes: (1) To operate, maintain, and manage projects, as they are completed, that are planned or built under the authority of the Salton Sea Managem…

The conservancy shall carry out programs, projects, and activities to further the conservancy’s purposes specified in Section 33812. This may include any one, any combination, or all of the following: (a) Expending funds and awarding grants and loans to develop and implement prog…

(a) The secretary, after consulting with the California Coastal Commission and the State Lands Commission concerning offshore energy activities, shall award grants to coastal counties and cities to be used for the purposes of planning, assessment, mitigation, permitting, monitori…

Any funds appropriated in accordance with this chapter and not expended as described in Section 35030, may be awarded by the secretary for technical and financial assistance to coastal counties and cities with approved local coastal programs to help them exercise effectively thei…

On or before April 15, 1997, the secretary, in cooperation with the California Coastal Commission, shall develop and implement a competitive application process to award coastal counties and cities financial and technical assistance pursuant to this chapter. Thereafter, the secre…

Any financial assistance provided to local governments under this chapter may not exceed 90 percent of the cost of carrying out the project. Commencing in the 1997 calendar year and in each calendar year thereafter, 50 percent of the amount of funds received by the state pursuant…

On an annual basis, the secretary shall review and assess county and city expenditures under this program. Not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of the funds appropriated annually pursuant to this chapter may be used by the secretary to defray administrative costs…