San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority.

(1) The San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority Act establishes the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority to raise and allocate resources for the restoration, enhancement, protection, and enjoyment of wetlands and wildlife habitat in the San Francisco Bay and along its shoreline. Existing law repeals the act on January 1, 2029. The act establishes a governing board of the authority composed of specified local and regional governmental officials, including one member who is an elected official of a bayside city or county in the East Bay, which is defined as consisting of the portion of Contra Costa County that is west of the City of Pittsburgh and a specified portion of Alameda County. This bill would revise that definition of the East Bay, for purposes of that appointment, to provide that it consists of the whole Contra Costa County, as well as that specified portion of Alameda County, excluding the Delta primary zone, as defined. (2) The act authorizes the authority to raise funds and award grants to public and private entities for eligible projects, including projects that, among other things, restore, protect, or enhance tidal wetlands, managed ponds, or natural habitat on the San Francisco Bay shoreline. The act defines the term "San Francisco Bay Area" as including a specified area within the State Coastal Conservancy's San Francisco Bay Area Conservation Program. This bill would revise that requirement to instead make eligible projects that restore, protect, or enhance tidal wetlands, managed ponds, or natural habitat on the shoreline in the San Francisco Bay Area, excluding the Delta primary zone.