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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1656
Author: Fong (D)
Amended: 7/3/12 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE GOVERNANCE & FINANCE COMMITTEE : 6-3, 6/28/12
AYES: Wolk, DeSaulnier, Hernandez, Kehoe, Liu, Yee
NOES: Dutton, Fuller, La Malfa
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 51-25, 5/29/12 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority
SOURCE : San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority
DIGEST : This bill makes minor changes to the San
Francisco Bay Restoration Authority (SFBRA), to better
accomplish its charge to restore, enhance, and protect the
wetlands and wildlife habitat in the San Francisco Bay and
along its shoreline. This bill extends the eastern
boundary of the SFBRA to include all of Bay-related
shoreline of Solano and Contra Costa counties, excluding
the Delta primary zone, and reverses the inadvertent
exclusion of the northeastern Contra Costa County shoreline
from representation on the governing board.
ANALYSIS : Existing law creates the SFBRA as a regional
entity with jurisdiction extending throughout the San
Francisco Bay Area (AB 2954, Lieber, Chapter 690, Statutes
of 2008). SFBRA's purpose is to raise and allocate
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resources for the restoration, enhancement, protection, and
enjoyment of wetlands and wildlife habitats in the San
Francisco Bay and along its shoreline.
Existing law requires one member of SFBRA's governing board
to be an elected official of a bayside city or county in
the East Bay, which statute defines as "the portion of
Contra Costa County that is west of the City of Pittsburg
and the portion of Alameda County that is north of the
southern boundary of the City of Hayward."
This bill expands the area from which the East Bay
representative on the Authority's board can be selected to
include all of Contra Costa County, except for the Delta
primary zone.
Existing law allows the SFBRA to raise funds and award
grants to owners or operators of San Francisco Bay
shoreline parcels for eligible projects, which can include
restoring, protecting, or enhancing tidal wetlands, managed
ponds, or natural habitats on the San Francisco Bay
shoreline.
This bill expands the territory in which SFBRA can fund
eligible projects to any shoreline in the San Francisco Bay
Area, excluding the Delta primary zone.
This bill cross-references an existing statute that defines
the Delta primary zone as the delta land and water area of
primary state concern and statewide significance situated
within the boundaries of the delta, as described in state
law, but that is not within either the urban limit line or
sphere of influence line of any local government's general
plan or existing studies, as of January 1, 1992. The
precise boundary lines of the primary zone includes the
land and water areas as shown on the map titled "Delta
Protection Zones" on file with the State Lands Commission.
Where the boundary between the primary zone and secondary
zone is a river, stream, channel, or waterway, the boundary
line is the middle of that river, stream, channel, or
waterway.
Comments
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This bill makes some minor changes to the San Francisco Bay
Restoration Authority Act, to allow SFBRA to better
accomplish its mission of restoring, protecting, and
enhancing tidal wetlands and shoreline habitat. The
current boundaries of the area represented by an "East Bay"
member on SFBRA's board do not include northeastern Contra
Costa shoreline communities, like Antioch and Oakley. The
Act also limits SFBRA's authority to the shoreline of the
San Francisco Bay, excluding delta shoreline areas in both
Contra Costa and Solano counties.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 7/6/12)
San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority (source)
Association of Bay Area Governments
San Francisco Estuary Partnership
Save Mount Diablo
Save the Bay
Trust for Public Land
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 51-25, 5/29/12
AYES: Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, Block,
Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan,
Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos, Carter, Chesbro, Davis,
Dickinson, Eng, Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Galgiani,
Gatto, Gordon, Hayashi, Roger Hernández, Hill, Huber,
Hueso, Huffman, Lara, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza,
Mitchell, Monning, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez,
Portantino, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres,
Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez
NOES: Achadjian, Bill Berryhill, Conway, Cook, Donnelly,
Beth Gaines, Garrick, Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Halderman,
Harkey, Jeffries, Jones, Logue, Mansoor, Miller, Morrell,
Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Silva, Valadao, Wagner
NO VOTE RECORDED: Cedillo, Fletcher, Hall, Knight
AGB:n 7/6/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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