SECTIONS 66704.5 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 66704.5

66704.5. (a) The authority may raise funds and award grants to
public and private entities, including, but not limited to, owners or
operators of San Francisco Bay shoreline parcels, for eligible
projects in the counties within the authority's jurisdiction.
(b) An eligible project shall do at least one of the following:
(1) Restore, protect, or enhance tidal wetlands, managed ponds, or
natural habitats on the San Francisco Bay shoreline.
(2) Build or enhance shoreline levees or other flood management
features that are part of a project to restore, enhance, or protect
tidal wetlands, managed ponds, or natural habitats identified in
paragraph (1).
(3) Provide or improve public access or recreational amenities
that are part of a project to restore, enhance, or protect tidal
wetlands, managed ponds, or natural habitats identified in paragraph
(1).
(c) In awarding grants pursuant to subdivision (a), the authority
shall give priority to projects that, to the greatest extent
possible, meet the selection criteria of the State Coastal
Conservancy's San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy Program in
accordance with subdivision (c) of Section 31163 of the Public
Resources Code, and are consistent with the San Francisco Bay
Conservation and Development Commission coastal management program
for the San Francisco Bay segment of the California coastal zone and
the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture implementation strategy updated
list of Ongoing and Potential Wetland Habitat Projects.
(d) In reviewing and assessing projects, the authority shall
solicit input from the advisory committee convened pursuant to
Section 66703.7. The authority shall adopt a procedure for evaluating
proposals in consultation with the advisory committee.
(e) Grants awarded pursuant to subdivision (a) may be used to
support all phases of planning, construction, monitoring, operation,
and maintenance for projects that are eligible pursuant to
subdivision (b).