San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission  (BCDC) Disclosure

(Applicable only in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma Counties)

Legal Mandate

The BCDC is the federally-designated state coastal management agency for San Francisco Bay and has jurisdiction in the greater San Francisco Bay area to administer the State's McAteer-Petris Act, the San Francisco Bay Plan, and the Suisun Marsh Preservation Act. In all decisions involving wetlands, the BCDC and its staff evaluate projects in light of the McAteer-Petris Act (the BCDC's primary law), the San Francisco Bay Plan, the Suisun Marsh Preservation Act, the Suisun Marsh Protection Plan, the federal Coastal Zone Management Act, and the California Environmental Quality Act.

SB 1568

	Requires disclosure of BCDC's jurisdiction and a specified 
 notice stating that the property may be subject to special 
 regulations, restrictions, and permit requirements to a 
 prospective purchaser (mirroring existing law's notice of an 
 airport in the vicinity) under the following conditions:

 a) When a person intends to offer subdivided lands for sale 
 or lease, and notice thereof is made after July 1, 2005;

 b) When a person intends to offer residential property 
 (disclosure will limit transferor liability); and,

 c) When a property is being offered within a common 
 interest development, and notice of BCDC's jurisdiction is 
 through a declaration recorded on or after January 1, 2006.

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