Title GOV, California Gov. Code

(a) The time and place of the first meeting of the board shall be at a time and place within the bay area region fixed by the chair of the board, but no later than April 1, 2008. (b) After the first meeting described in subdivision (a), the board shall hold meetings at times and …

The board is the legislative body of the authority and, consistent with the provisions of this title, shall determine all questions of authority policy. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)

The board shall determine what water transportation services facilities should be acquired or constructed for the common benefit of the bay area region as a whole. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)

(a) The board shall supervise and regulate every water transportation services facility owned, operated, maintained, or controlled by the authority, including the establishment of rates, rentals, charges, and classifications, and the making and enforcement of rules, regulations, …

(a) The board may act either by ordinance or resolution in order to regulate the authority and undertake all acts necessary and convenient for the exercise of the authority’s powers. (b) The board may adopt and enforce rules and regulations for the administration, maintenance, op…

(a) Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting any business of the board. (b) Except as otherwise specifically provided to the contrary in this title, a recorded majority vote of the total authorized membership of the board is required on …

The authority may do any and all things necessary to carry out the purposes of this title. (Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)

The commission shall make a continuing review of all the matters referred to in Section 66603 and Section 66651. (Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 413, Sec. 2.5.)

In making the review, the commission shall cooperate to the fullest extent possible with the Association of Bay Area Governments; and shall, to the fullest extent possible, coordinate its planning with planning by local agencies, which shall retain the responsibility for local la…

(a) Any person or governmental agency wishing to place fill, to extract materials, or to make any substantial change in use of any water, land or structure, within the area of the commission’s jurisdiction shall secure a permit from the commission and, if required by law or by or…

Nothing in this title shall apply to any project where necessary local governmental approval and a Department of the Army Corps of Engineers permit have been obtained to allow commencement of the diking or filling process, and where such diking or filling process has commenced pr…

(a) The owner or operator of any public service facilities need not obtain a permit from the commission for the construction within or upon any public highway or street of any public service facilities to provide service to persons or property located within the area of the commi…

Within any portion or portions of the shoreline band that are located outside the boundaries of water-oriented priority land uses, as fixed and established pursuant to Section 66611, the commission may deny an application for a permit for a proposed project only on the grounds th…

The commission may: (a) Accept grants, contributions, and appropriations from any public agency, private foundation, or individual. (b) Appoint committees from its membership and appoint advisory committees from other interested public and private groups. (c) Contract for or empl…

The Legislature finds and declares that because the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission must rely on the expertise provided by volunteer members of advisory boards to make decisions which relate to the public safety, members of the advisory boards should be …

The commission shall, in addition to any funds which the Legislature may appropriate for planning activities of the commission, take whatever steps are necessary to attempt to obtain money available of such planning activities from any federal, state, or local sources. (Added by …

The commission shall appoint an executive director who shall have charge of administering the affairs of the commission, subject to the direction and policies of the commission. The executive director shall, subject to approval of the commission, appoint such employees as may be …

Within a reasonable time, but not to exceed one year from the date of the first meeting of the commission, the chairman of the commission, in collaboration with and with the concurrence of the commission, shall appoint a citizens’ advisory committee to assist and advise the commi…

(a) When the executive director determines that a person or governmental agency has undertaken, or is threatening to undertake, an activity that (1) may require a permit from the commission without securing a permit; or (2) may be inconsistent with a permit previously issued by t…

(a) When the commission, after public hearing, determines that a person or governmental agency has undertaken, or is threatening to undertake, an activity that (1) requires a permit from the commission without securing a permit, or (2) is inconsistent with a permit previously iss…

(a) Within 30 days after service of a copy of a cease and desist order issued by the executive director under Section 66637 or the commission under Section 66638, any aggrieved party may file with the superior court a petition for writ of mandate for review thereof pursuant to Se…

(a) Upon the failure of a person to comply with a permit or a cease and desist order issued by the executive director or the commission, or with any provision of this title, the Attorney General, upon request of the commission, shall petition the superior court for the issuance o…

The commission shall create and implement all of the following by the end of the 2020–21 fiscal year: (a) A procedure to ensure that managers perform a documented review of staff decisions in enforcement cases. (b) Timelines for resolving enforcement cases. (c) A penalty matrix f…

(a) Any person or governmental agency who intentionally or negligently violates any cease and desist order issued, reissued, or amended by the commission or the executive director may be liable civilly in a sum of not to exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000) for each day in which …

(a) In addition to any other penalties, any person or entity who violates this title is subject to a civil penalty of not to exceed thirty thousand dollars ($30,000). In determining the amount of a civil penalty, the court shall consider the factors listed in subdivision (a) of S…

(a) The executive director of the commission may issue a complaint to any person or entity on whom administrative civil liability may be imposed pursuant to this article. The complaint shall allege the act or failure to act that constitutes a violation of law, the provision of la…

(a) Within 30 days after service of an order issued under Section 66641.6, any aggrieved party may file with the superior court a petition for writ of mandate for review thereof pursuant to Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure. If no aggrieved party petitions for a writ …

No person shall be subject to both civil liability imposed under Section 66641.6 and civil liability imposed by the superior court under Section 66641.5 for the same act or failure to act. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 519, Sec. 10.)

(a) In determining the amount of administrative civil liability, the commission shall take into consideration the nature, circumstance, extent, and gravity of the violation or violations, whether the violation is susceptible to removal or resolution, the cost to the state in purs…

(a) Every civil action brought under the provisions of this division at the request of the commission shall be brought by the Attorney General in the name of the people of the State of California and any such actions relating to the same violation may be joined or consolidated. (…

The commission may hold any hearings and conduct any investigations in any part of the state necessary to carry out the powers vested in it, and for such purposes shall have the same power to conduct investigations and hearings as those conferred upon the heads of state departmen…

(a) In addition to the provisions of Sections 25302, 25500, 25507, 25508, 25514, 25516.1, 25519, 25523, and 25526 of the Public Resources Code, the provisions of this section shall apply to the commission and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission with…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, except subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 66645, and notwithstanding any provision of Division 19 (commencing with Section 29000) of the Public Resources Code, new or expanded thermal electric generating plants may be constructe…

The Legislature finds that the State Water Resources Control Board and the California Regional Water Quality Control Board for the San Francisco Bay Region have the responsibility for establishing the beneficial uses of the waters of San Francisco Bay and setting water quality ob…

The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, in coordination with local governments, regional councils of government, and other agencies and interested parties, may develop regional strategies, as needed, for addressing the impacts of, and adapting to, the effec…

(a) There is in the State Treasury a Bay Fill Clean-up and Abatement Fund. All moneys from the following sources are to be paid into the fund: (1) All moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the fund. (2) All moneys contributed to the fund by any person or entity and accepted …

Fees collected by the commission pursuant to conditions imposed on permit applicants to mitigate the adverse impacts of permitted development, and any funds paid into the Bay Fill Clean-up and Abatement Fund established by Section 66647, may be transferred to the subaccount of th…

(a) The authority shall be governed by a board composed of seven voting members, as follows: (1) One member shall be an elected official of a bayside city or county, or an elected member of a special district, with expertise in the implementation of Chapter 4.5 (commencing with S…

The members of the board are subject to the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section 81000)). (Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 690, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009. Repealed as of January 1, 2049, pursuant to Section 66706.)

A member shall exercise his or her independent judgment on behalf of the interests of the residents, the property owners, and the public as a whole in furthering the intent and purposes of this title. (Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 690, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009. Repealed as …

(a) A member appointed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 66703 may receive a per diem for each board meeting that he or she attends. The board shall set the amount of that per diem for a member’s attendance, but that amount shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per mee…

The board shall elect from its own members a vice chair who shall preside in the absence of the chair. (Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 690, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009. Repealed as of January 1, 2049, pursuant to Section 66706.)

(a) The time and place of the first meeting of the board shall be at a time and place within the San Francisco Bay Area fixed by the chair of the board. (b) After the first meeting described in subdivision (a), the board shall hold meetings at times and places determined by the b…

(a) Not later than six months after the date of the board’s first meeting described in subdivision (a) of Section 66703.6, the board shall convene a Bay Restoration Advisory Committee to assist and advise the board in carrying out the functions of the board. The advisory committe…

(a) The board is the legislative body of the authority and, consistent with this title, shall establish policies for the operation of the authority. (b) The board may act either by ordinance or resolution in order to regulate the authority and to implement this title. (c) Four vo…

The governing body shall determine the qualification of, and it shall appoint and fix the salary of, the executive officer of the agency, and shall employ such other staff pursuant to the State Civil Service Act as may be necessary to execute the powers and functions provided for…