California Government Code

§ 66605

GOV § 66605 Effective Jan 1, 2000Title 7.2 · Ch. 1

Statute text

The Legislature further finds and declares:

(a)That further filling of San Francisco Bay and certain waterways specified in subdivision (e) of Section 66610 should be authorized only when public benefits from fill clearly exceed public detriment from the loss of the water areas and should be limited to water-oriented uses (such as ports, water-related industry, airports, bridges, wildlife refuges, water-oriented recreation, and public assembly, water intake and discharge lines for desalinization plants and power generating plants requiring large amounts of water for cooling purposes) or minor fill for improving shoreline appearance or public access to the bay;

(b)That fill in the bay and certain waterways specified in subdivision (e) of Section 66610 for any purpose should be authorized only when no alternative upland location is available for such purpose;

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 774, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.