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)

 Introduction and Background

 In 1965 the California Legislature created the 27-member Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) in response to broad public concern over the future of the Bay. The McAteer-Petris Act,BCDC’s enabling legislation, required BCDC to prepare “a comprehensive and enforceable plan for the conservation of San Francisco Bay and the development of its shoreline.” In 1969,BCDC submitted the completed San Francisco Bay Plan to the Governor and the Legislature. The McAteer-Petris Act was subsequently amended to give the Bay Plan the force of law.

The law directs BCDC to:

• Regulate through a permit process all filling and dredging in San Francisco Bay (which includes San Pablo and Suisun Bays, sloughs and certain creeks and tributaries that are part of the Bay system, salt ponds and certain other areas that have been diked-off from the Bay).
  

• Protect the Suisun Marsh, the largest remaining wetland in California, by administering the Suisun Marsh Preservation Act in cooperation with local governments.
  

• Regulate through a permit process new development within the first 100 feet inland from the Bay to ensure that maximum feasible public access to the Bay is provided.
  

• Minimize pressures to fill the Bay by ensuring that the limited amount of shoreline area suitable for high priority water-oriented uses is reserved for ports, water-related industries, water-oriented recreation, airports and wildlife areas.
  

• Pursue an active planning program to study Bay issues so that Commission plans and policies are based upon the best available scientific and current information.
  

• Administer the federal Coastal Zone Management Act within the San Francisco Bay segment of the California coastal zone to ensure that federal activities reflect Commission policies.
  

• Participate in the region wide state and federal program to prepare and implement a Long Term Management Strategy (LTMS) for dredging and dredge material disposal in San Francisco Bay.
  

• Participate in California’s oil spill prevention and response planning program.
  

• Designate areas within its jurisdiction that are unsuitable for power plants and participate

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