Title PRC, California Pub. Res. Code

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 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 dupli…

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 comment…

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 St…

(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…

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.)

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 conservanc…

(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 …

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 c…

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 p…

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…

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, S…

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 …

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 com…

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…

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 r…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Current justifiable needs for the acquisition of property for environmental purposes substantially exceed state-approved bond funds available for these purposes. (b) The Natural Heritage Preservation Tax Credit Act of 2…

(a) For bond provisions listed in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (c) of Section 37032, “purpose” means scheme and design. (b) For bond provisions listed in paragraphs (4) to (11), inclusive, of subdivision (c) of Section 37032, “purpose” means scope and effect. …

(a) If a department or local government identifies property that may be acquired pursuant to this division and determines that the acquisition would comply with the purpose of a bond provision listed in subdivision (c) and any applicable guidelines developed for that bond provisi…

(a) (1) If a department determines that property is available for acquisition by donation, and that the acquisition of the property would comply with the requirements of an applicable bond provision specified in subdivision (c) of Section 37032 and any applicable guidelines devel…

(a) (1) If a department determines that a designated nonprofit organization, in lieu of the department, should accept property that the department applies to acquire pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 37034, and determines that the acceptance by the designate…

(a) The Natural Heritage Preservation Tax Credit Reimbursement Account is established in the General Fund to receive moneys paid pursuant to this chapter. (b) Moneys in the Natural Heritage Preservation Tax Credit Reimbursement Account shall be used only to reimburse the General …

If the board is the department that receives moneys pursuant to any of the bond provisions listed in subdivision (c) of Section 37032 and the board wishes to use those bond funds to acquire property pursuant to this division using those bond funds, the board shall make separate d…

(a) The board shall notify the Controller, the Treasurer, and the relevant department of the information listed in subdivision (b) after the board receives notification from the Franchise Tax Board pursuant to Section 19560 of the Revenue and Taxation Code that a person is claimi…

The Legislature finds and declares that the expenditure of bond funds pursuant to this chapter does not constitute the use of bond proceeds or other indebtedness to pay a year-end state budget deficit, as prohibited by subdivision (c) of Section 1.3 of Article XVI of the Californ…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Keene-Nejedly California Wetlands Preservation Act. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 462.)

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The remaining wetlands of this state are of increasingly critical economic, aesthetic, and scientific value to the people of California, and that the need exists for an affirmative and sustained public policy and…

As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, the following terms mean: (a) “Agency” means the Resources Agency. (b) “Departments” means the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Department of Fish and Game, and the California Coastal Conserv…

(a) Nothing in this chapter abrogates or supersedes any existing local, state, or federal law or policy pertaining to wetlands, or establishes maximum or minimum standards or any other requirement for wetlands fill or mitigation. Additionally, nothing in this chapter shall be con…

(a) The agency shall update all of the state’s existing wetlands inventory resources in order to prepare a study to accomplish the following goals: (1) To identify the restoration and enhancement opportunities in the state for wetlands in public ownership. (2) To identify means o…

The agency, in preparing the wetlands priority plan and program pursuant to Section 5814, shall give particular recognition to the conservation, recreation, and open-space plans and programs of local agencies, and shall, wherever feasible and appropriate, identify and devise coop…

In compiling data for the wetlands inventory required by Section 5814, the agency and the departments shall, as a first priority, rely on existing sources of information and data. If the agency determines that ground surveys are needed to supplement or correct aerial and satellit…

The agency shall give particular recognition to opportunities for protecting and preserving wetlands lying within, or adjacent to, existing units of the state park system or other state-owned lands protected and managed primarily as wildlife habitat. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. …

Any of the departments may enter into operating agreements with cities, counties, and districts for the management and control of wetlands, or interests in wetlands, acquired pursuant to this chapter. However, any agreement shall ensure the protection and preservation of the wetl…

All acquisitions made pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the Property Acquisition Law (Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850), Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code). (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 462.)

(a) The Coastal Wetlands Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury and shall be an interest-bearing fund administered by the Department of Fish and Game. (b) Effective June 30, 2024, the Coastal Wetlands Fund, established pursuant to subdivision (a), is abolished and any r…

Any person or persons claiming any interest in or to real property which is alleged to be claimed by the State of California to be situated in the former bed of a navigable river or stream in this State, may bring suit against the State of California, in accordance with law in an…

Service of summons in a suit shall be upon the chair of the State Lands Commission and the Attorney General and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to represent the state in the suit. (Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 213, Sec. 12. (AB 2768) Effective January 1, 2011.)

Any person or persons claiming title under a patent of tideland, issued by the State of California, may bring suit against the State, or against the State with others, in accordance with law in any court of competent jurisdiction of the State, to quiet title or otherwise determin…

Any person or persons claiming title to land adjoining tide or submerged land, herein called “adjoining land,” under a patent issued by the United States of America or the State of California, may bring suit against the State, or against the State with others, in accordance with …

The complaint in any action pursuant to this chapter shall, on request, contain a plat of the property to which the action relates which shows the location of the property in relation to a monument in a survey of record. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 359.)

The sum of five hundred forty million dollars ($540,000,000) shall be available for the protection of beaches, bays and coastal waters and watersheds, including projects to prevent contamination and degradation of coastal waters and watersheds, projects to protect and restore the…

(a) The sum of one hundred sixty-two million dollars ($162,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for grants pursuant to the California River Parkways Act of 2004 (Chapter 3.8 (commencing with Section 5750) of Division 5) and the Urban Streams Restora…

To the maximum extent feasible, the Natural Resources Agency is encouraged, when developing guidelines for grants awarded under this chapter, to utilize existing programs where communities enter into partnerships with state agencies for multibenefit projects to enhance and restor…

The sum of three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for improving climate resilience and sustainability of agricultural lands. (Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 83, Sec. 2. (SB 867) Approved in Proposition 4 at the November …

Of the funds made available by Section 93500, one hundred five million dollars ($105,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the Department of Food and Agriculture’s Office of Environmental Farming and Innovation for improvements in climate resilien…