CHAPTER 4. Definitions

Chapter 4 added by Stats. 2009, 7th Ex. Sess., Ch. 5, Sec. 39.

§§ 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…