PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS [85000. - 85067.]

Part 1 added by Stats. 2009, 7th Ex. Sess., Ch. 5, Sec. 39.

§§ 85000–85067 · 27 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. Short Title and Legislative Findings §§ 85000–85004 · 5 sections

   • § 85000 This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009.
   • § 85001 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watershed and California’s water infrastructure are in crisis and…
   • § 85002 The Legislature finds and declares that the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, referred to as “the Delta” in this division, is a critically important natural…
   • § 85003 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Originally, the Delta was a shallow wetland with water covering the area for many months of the…
   • § 85004 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The economies of major regions of the state depend on the ability to use water within the Delta…
2. CHAPTER 2. Delta Policy §§ 85020–85023 · 4 sections

   • § 85020 The policy of the State of California is to achieve the following objectives that the Legislature declares are inherent in the coequal goals for management of…
   • § 85021 The policy of the State of California is to reduce reliance on the Delta in meeting California’s future water supply needs through a statewide strategy of…
   • § 85022 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that state and local land use actions identified as “covered actions” pursuant to Section 85057.5 be consistent with…
   • § 85023 The longstanding constitutional principle of reasonable use and the public trust doctrine shall be the foundation of state water management policy and are…
3. CHAPTER 3. Miscellaneous Provisions §§ 85031–85034 · 3 sections

   • § 85031 (a) This division does not diminish, impair, or otherwise affect in any manner whatsoever any area of origin, watershed of origin, county of origin, or any…
   • § 85032 This division does not affect any of the following: (a) The Natural Community Conservation Planning Act (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 2800) of Division…
   • § 85034 (a) (1) The council shall administer all contracts, grants, easements, and agreements made or entered into by the California Bay-Delta Authority under Division…
4. CHAPTER 4. Definitions §§ 85050–85067 · 15 sections

   • § 85050 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
   • § 85051 “Acquisition” means the acquisition of a fee interest or any other interest, including easements, leases, and development rights.
   • § 85052 “Adaptive management” means a framework and flexible decisionmaking process for ongoing knowledge acquisition, monitoring, and evaluation leading to continuous…
   • § 85053 “Bay Delta Conservation Plan” or “BDCP” means a multispecies conservation plan.
   • § 85054 “Coequal goals” means the two goals of providing a more reliable water supply for California and protecting, restoring, and enhancing the Delta ecosystem. The…
   • § 85055 “Commission” means the Delta Protection Commission established in Division 19.5 (commencing with Section 29700) of the Public Resources Code.
   • § 85056 “Conservancy” means the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy established in Section 32320 of the Public Resources Code.
   • § 85057 “Council” means the Delta Stewardship Council established in Section 85200.
   • § 85057.5 (a) “Covered action” means a plan, program, or project as defined pursuant to Section 21065 of the Public Resources Code that meets all of the following…
   • § 85058 “Delta” means the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta as defined in Section 12220 and the Suisun Marsh, as defined in Section 29101 of the Public Resources Code.
   • § 85059 “Delta Plan” means the comprehensive, long-term management plan for the Delta as adopted by the council in accordance with this division.
   • § 85060 “Delta watershed” means the Sacramento River Hydrologic Region and the San Joaquin River Hydrologic Region as described in the department’s Bulletin No. 160-05.
   • § 85064 “Public water agency” means a public entity, as defined in Section 514, that provides water service, as defined in Section 515.
   • § 85066 “Restoration” means the application of ecological principles to restore a degraded or fragmented ecosystem and return it to a condition in which its biological…
   • § 85067 “Strategic Plan” means both the “Delta Vision Strategic Plan” issued by the Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force on October 17, 2008, and the “Delta Vision…