California Public Beach Restoration Act

Section 69.5 names this chapter as the California Public Beach Restoration Act. Section 69.6 established the California Public Beach Restoration Program. The department is required to administer the program for six specified reasons.

In addition, prior to funding any project under this section, the department is required to develop guidelines that include application requirements and criteria for evaluating a project. The guidelines must be consistent with the Resources Agency’s policies for shoreline erosion protection. Only beaches that are in public ownership and that are open and accessible to the public are eligible for funding under this section.

Section 69.9 created the Public Beach Restoration Fund, which is available for expenditure by the department only for the purposes of the California Public Beach Restoration Program established pursuant to this article. In addition, 60% is available for allocation by the department to projects south of the point at which the Pacific Ocean meets the border between the County of San Luis Obispo and the County of Monterey and 40% is available for allocation to projects located north of that point.