CHAPTER 1. Findings and Declarations of Policy

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1162.

§§ 66600–66607 · 11 sections

• § 66600 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the public interest in the San Francisco Bay is in its beneficial use for a variety of purposes; that the public…
• § 66601 The Legislature further finds and declares that uncoordinated, haphazard filling in San Francisco Bay threatens the bay itself and is therefore inimical to the…
• § 66602 The Legislature further finds and declares that certain water-oriented land uses along the bay shoreline are essential to the public welfare of the bay area,…
• § 66602.1 The Legislature further finds and declares that areas diked off from the bay and used as saltponds and managed wetlands are important to the bay area in that,…
• § 66603 The Legislature further finds and declares that the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, treating the entire bay as a unit, has made a…
• § 66604 The Legislature further finds and declares that in order to protect the present shoreline and body of the San Francisco Bay to the maximum extent possible, it…
• § 66605 The Legislature further finds and declares: (a) That further filling of San Francisco Bay and certain waterways specified in subdivision (e) of Section 66610…
• § 66605.1 The Legislature finds that in order to make San Francisco Bay more accessible for the use and enjoyment of people, the bay shoreline should be improved,…
• § 66606 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that this title is not intended, and shall not be construed, as authorizing the commission to exercise its power to…
• § 66606.6 Nothing in this title shall deny the right of private property owners and local governments to establish agricultural preserves and enter into contracts…
• § 66607 If any provision of this title or the application thereof in any circumstance or to any person or public agency is held invalid, the remainder of this title or…