CHAPTER 5. Resource Management Plan [29760. - 29767.]

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC 5.
in effect

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 29760. Section 29760.

(a) Not later than October 1, 1994, the commission shall prepare and adopt, by a majority vote of the membership of the commission, and thereafter review and maintain, a comprehensive long-term resource management plan for land uses within the primary zone of the delta. The resource management plan shall consist of the map of the primary zone and text or texts setting forth a description of the needs and goals for the delta and a statement of the policies, standards, and elements of the resource management plan. (b) The resource management plan shall meet the following requirements: (1) Protect and preserve the cultural values and economic vitality that reflect the history, natural heritage, and human resources of the delta. (2) Conserve and protect the quality of renewable resources. (3) Preserve and protect agricultural viability. (4) Restore, improve, and manage levee systems by promoting strategies, including, but not limited to, methods and procedures which advance the adoption and implementation of coordinated and uniform standards among governmental agencies for the maintenance, repair, and construction of both public and private levees. (5) Preserve and protect delta dependent fisheries and their habitat. (6) Preserve and protect riparian and wetlands habitat, and promote and encourage a net increase in both the acreage and values of those resources on public lands and through voluntary cooperative arrangements with private property owners. (7) Preserve and protect the water quality of the delta, both for instream purposes and for human use and consumption. (8) Preserve and protect open-space and outdoor recreational opportunities. (9) Preserve and protect private property interests from trespassing and vandalism. (10) Preserve and protect opportunities for controlled public access and use of public lands and waterways consistent with the protection of natural resources and private property interests. (11) Preserve, protect, and maintain navigation. (12) Protect the delta from any development that results in any significant loss of habitat or agricultural land. (13) Promote strategies for the funding, acquisition, and maintenance of voluntary cooperative arrangements, such as conservation easements, between property owners and conservation groups that protect wildlife habitat and agricultural land, while not impairing the integrity of levees. (14) Permit water reservoir and habitat development that is compatible with other uses. (c) The resource management plan shall not supersede the authority of local governments over areas within the secondary zone. (d) To facilitate, in part, the requirements specified in paragraphs (8), (9), (10), and (11) of subdivision (b), the commission shall include in the resource management plan, in consultation with all law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction in the delta, a strategy for the implementation of a coordinated marine patrol system throughout the delta that will improve law enforcement and coordinate the use of resources by all jurisdictions to ensure an adequate level of public safety. The strategic plan shall identify resources to implement that coordination. The commission shall have no authority to abrogate the existing authority of any law enforcement agency. (e) To the extent that any of the requirements specified in this section are in conflict, nothing in this division shall deny the right of the landowner to continue the agricultural use of the land.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 29761. Section 29761.

The commission shall adopt, by a majority vote, the economic sustainability plan and each plan update after at least three public hearings, with at least one hearing held in a community in the north Delta, one hearing in the south Delta, and one hearing in the west Delta.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 29761.5. Section 29761.5.

(a) The commission shall review, and, as determined to be necessary, amend the economic sustainability plan every five years on or before December 31 in years ending in six or one. (b) The commission shall transmit copies of the economic sustainability plan and any subsequent amendments to the Governor, Legislature, each local government as defined in Section 29725, and Delta Stewardship Council within 60 days of adoption or amendment. Within 180 days of the commission’s adoption or amendment of the economic sustainability plan, the Delta Stewardship Council shall review the economic sustainability plan for consistency with the Delta Plan.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 29763. Section 29763.

Within 180 days from the date of the adoption of the resources management plan or any amendments, changes, or updates, to the resources management plan by the commission, each local government shall submit to the commission proposed amendments to its general plan that are intended to make the general plan consistent with the resources management plan with respect to land located within the primary zone.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 29763.5. Section 29763.5.

The commission shall act on proposed local government general plan amendments within 60 days from the date of submittal of the proposed amendments. The commission shall approve the proposed general plan amendments by a majority vote of the commission membership, with regard to lands within the primary zone, only after making all of the following written findings as to the potential impact of the proposed amendments, to the extent that those impacts will not increase requirements or restrictions upon agricultural practices in the primary zone, based on substantial evidence in the record: (a) The general plan, and any development approved or proposed that is consistent with the general plan, are consistent with the resource management plan. (b) The general plan, and any development approved or proposed that is consistent with the general plan, will not result in wetland or riparian loss. (c) The general plan, and development approved or proposed that is consistent with the general plan, will not result in the degradation of water quality. (d) The general plan, and any development approved or proposed that is consistent with the general plan, will not result in increased nonpoint source pollution. (e) The general plan, and any development approved or proposed that is consistent with the general plan, will not result in the degradation or reduction of Pacific Flyway habitat. (f) The general plan, and any development approved or proposed that is consistent with the general plan, will not result in reduced public access, provided the access does not infringe on private property rights. (g) The general plan, and any development approved or proposed that is consistent with the general plan, will not expose the public to increased flood hazard. (h) The general plan, and any development approved or proposed that is consistent with the general plan, will not adversely impact agricultural lands or increase the potential for vandalism, trespass, or the creation of public or private nuisances on public or private land. (i) The general plan, and any development approved or proposed that is consistent with the general plan, will not result in the degradation or impairment of levee integrity. (j) The general plan, and any development approved or proposed that is consistent with the general plan, will not adversely impact navigation. (k) The general plan, and any development approved or proposed that is consistent with the general plan, will not result in any increased requirements or restrictions upon agricultural practices in the primary zone.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 29764. Section 29764.

Land use authority granted to the commission by this division is limited to the primary zone, and shall not preempt local government general plans for lands within the secondary zone.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 29765. Section 29765.

Prior to the commission approving the general plan amendments of the local government, the local government may approve development within the primary zone only after making all of the following written findings on the basis of substantial evidence in the record: (a) The development will not result in wetland or riparian loss. (b) The development will not result in the degradation of water quality. (c) The development will not result in increased nonpoint source pollution or soil erosion, including subsidence or sedimentation. (d) The development will not result in degradation or reduction of Pacific Flyway habitat. (e) The development will not result in reduced public access, provided that access does not infringe upon private property rights. (f) The development will not expose the public to increased flood hazards. (g) The development will not adversely impact agricultural lands or increase the potential for vandalism, trespass, or the creation of public or private nuisances on private or public land. (h) The development will not result in the degradation or impairment of levee integrity. (i) The development will not adversely impact navigation. (j) The development will not result in any increased requirements or restrictions upon agricultural practices in the primary zone.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 29766. Section 29766.

Nothing in this division shall deny the right of private or public property owners and local governments to establish agriculture preserves and enter into contracts pursuant to the California Land Conservation Act of 1965 (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 51200) of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code) or apply other enforceable restrictions or zoning within the primary zone or the secondary zone.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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