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October 19, 2023 Audio Transcript

UNDER TELECONFERENCE RULES ESTABLISHED BY THE BAGLEY-KEENE OPEN MEETING ACT.

COMMISSIONERS ARE LOCATED BOTH AT METRO CENTER AND AT PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE

VENUES THROUGHOUT THE BAY AREA AS SPECIFIED ON THE MEETING NOTICE.

COMMISSIONERS WHO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY WILL KEEP THEIR CAMERAS ON THROUGHOUT

THE MEETING SO THEY WILL BE VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

ATTENDING VIRTUALLY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER DURING THE PUBLIC

COMMENT PERIOD, WHICH IS ITEM THREE ON THE AGENDA OR DURING A PERIOD RESERVED

FOR PUBLIC COMMENT DURING ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM YOU WILL NEED TO DO SO IN

ONE OF TWO WAYS. FIRST IF YOU ARE ATTENDING VIRTUALLY ON ZOOM, PLEASE

RAISE YOUR HAND IN ZOOM. TO DO SO CLICK THE PARTICIPANTS ICON

AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN, FIND YOUR NAME AND THE SMALL HAND TO THE LEFT

AND CLICK ON THAT HAND. IF YOU ARE JOINING OUR MEETING VIA PHONE, YOU

MUST PRESS STAR SIX ON YOUR KEY PAD TO UNMUTE YOUR PHONE TO MAKE A COMMENT.

INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE RAISED THEIR HANDS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THEY HAVE

BEEN RAISED AND THEY WILL BE UNMUTED. ATTENDING THIS MEETING IN-PERSON

EITHER AT METRO CENTER OR AT A PUBLICLY NOTICED TELECONFERENCE LOCATION WHO

WANT TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION SHOULD FOLLOW THE PROTOCOL AT YOUR LOCATION.

THOSE ATTENDING THE MEETING AT THE

METRO CENTER WILL USE THE PODIUM ON THEIR RIGHT.

WHEREVER YOU CHOOSE TO ATTEND FROM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME TO PROVIDE YOUR

COMMENTS. ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO

ADDRESS THE COMMISSION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR.

COMMENTS MUST BE RESPECTFUL AND FOCUSED EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY

TO ACT IN A CIVIL MANNER WITHOUT USING HATE SPEECH DIRECTOR, INDIRECT

THREATS, AND/OR ABUSIVE LANGUAGE. BCDC HAS ALSO ESTABLISHED AN E-MAIL ADDRESS

TO COMPILE PUBLIC COMMENTS ITS ADDRESS PUBLIC COMMENT AT BCDC@CA.GOV.

E-MAILS RECEIVED BEFORE TEN THIS MORNING HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE

COMMISSIONERS AND ANY RECEIVED SINCE THEN WILL ALSO BE SHARED WITH THE

COMMISSIONERS AND THE PUBLIC. WELCOME TO THIS MEETING OF THE SAN FRANCISCO

BAY CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: GOOD AFTERNOON, ALL. AND WELCOME TO

OUR HYBRID BCDC COMMISSION MEETING. MY NAME IS ZACK WASSERMAN, AND I AM THE

CHAIR OF BCDC. BEFORE WE START, I DO WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE

WILL POSTPONE OUR DISCUSSION OF THE STATE’S NEW RISING SEA LEVEL GUIDANCE

BECAUSE THE OCCASION PROTECTION COUNCIL HAS NOT YET PUBLISHED ITS DRAFT OF

THAT POLICY. WE HOPE TO LEARN ABOUT THAT FORECAST AND HOW BCDC MAY

IMPLEMENT IT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS AS ALWAYS IS TO CALL THE ROLL.

COMMISSIONERS IF YOU ARE PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF WHEN

YOU ARE CALLED THEN UNMUTE YOURSELF AFTER RESPONDING. REYLINA, WELCOME

BACK. IT’S GOOD TO HAVE YOU. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT ANUP DID A SPLENDID

JOB IN YOUR ABSENCE. PLEASE CALLING THE ROLL

>>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: CHAIR >>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: CHAIR

WASSERMAN? >>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

HERE. >>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: VICE CHAIR

EISEN? >>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN:

HERE. >>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ:

COMMISSIONER ADDIEGO? >>MARK ADDIEGO: HERE.

>>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: COMMISSIONER AHN?

>>EDDIE AHN: HERE. >>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ:

COMMISSIONER AMBUEHL? >>DAVID AMBUEHL: HERE.

>>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: COMMISSIONER BEACH?

>>SPEAKER: PRESENT. >>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ:

COMMISSIONER ECKERLY? >>JENN ECKERLE: HERE.

>>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: COMMISSIONER GORIN?

>>SUSAN GORIN: HERE. >>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ:

COMMISSIONER HASZ? >>V. CHAIR, KARL HASZ: HERE.

>>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: COMMISSIONER JOHN-BAPTISTE?

>>SPEAKER: HERE. >>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ:

COMMISSIONER PESKIN? >>AARON PESKIN: HERE.

>>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: RAMOS? >>BELIA RAMOS: HERE, 95 THIRD STREET.

>>CLERK OF THE BOARD:

COMMISSIONER VAZQUEZ? >>JOHN VASQUEZ: HERE.

>>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: DID I FORGET ANYONE? BAR.

>>LARRY GOLDZBAND: >>SPEAKER: COMMISSIONER NELSON IS HERE.

>>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: THANK YOU. WE HAVE A QUORUM.

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: NEXT ITEM IS THREE PUBLIC COMMENT IF

ANYONE WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON A MATTER THAT IS NOT ON OUR AGENDA

OR ON WHICH WE HAVE NOT YET HELD A PUBLIC HEARING, YOU WILL HAVE THREE

MINUTES TO DO SO. PRIOR TO STARTING PUBLIC COMMENT I WANT TO REEMPHASIZE

ONE OF THE COMMENTS IN THE VIDEO INTRODUCTION. AND WANT TO MAKE SURE

THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THE INCREASE IN A PHENOMENON THAT UNFORTUNATELY NOW

HAS ITS OWN NAME, ZOOM BOMBING, IT IS MAKING RACIST OR HATE COMMENTS BY ZOOM

AT PUBLIC AND LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEETINGS.

AS STATED IN THAT VIDEO, WE WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY FORM OF HATE SPEECH OR

THREATS AGAINST ANY GROUP OR ANY INDIVIDUALS. AND AS CHAIR, I WANT TO

LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT I WILL ENFORCE THAT RIGIDLY.

I HOPE NOT TO HAVE TO DO SO. I AM GOING TO START WITH MEMBERS OF

THE PUBLIC WHO ARE HERE. REYLINA, DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS FROM

PEOPLE IN THE ROOM? >>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: NO CARDS.

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: NO PUBLIC CARDS.

AND ANY HANDS FROM PEOPLE ON ZOOM WHO WISH TO ADDRESS US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?

>>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: ALLISON

MADDEN. LET ME GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE YOURSELF.

>>SPEAKER: OKAY THANK YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME?

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: YES.

>>SPEAKER: THANK YOU. I’M REALLY SAD ABOUT THE ZOOM BOMBING TOO. I WANTED

TO BE THERE IN-PERSON TODAY BECAUSE I WANTED TO THANK YOU, AND I WANTED TO

SHOW THAT EXTRA EFFORT TO BE THERE IN-PERSON. NOT ONLY BECAUSE I’M

INTERESTED IN ALL OF THE CONTENT OF YOUR MEETINGS, BUT DUE TO HOW

COMPASSIONATE YOUR DISCUSSION WAS ON SEPTEMBER 7TH, AGENDA ITEM 11 NOT JUST

ON LIVEABOARD POLICIES BUT ON OYSTER COVE SITUATION IN GENERAL ALSO THE

DISCUSSION THAT HAPPENED AFTER THE PRESENTATION WAS REALLY SOPHISTICATED

POLICY ANALYSIS THAT SHOWS THE LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING YOU ALL HAVE OF THE

PUBLIC TRUST AS POLICY MAKERS BOTH ELECTED AND APPOINTED, AND OF THE

NUANCES, NOT JUST OF THE PUBLIC TRUST, BUT THE BCDC UNDERLYING POLICIES.

AND, SO, WERE REALLY ENCOURAGED BY THAT. DURING THIS YEAR, WHICH IS

BOOKENDED BY SEPTEMBER 15TH OF 2022 WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT OYSTER COVE

AND TALKING ABOUT THE LIVEABOARD POLICIES IN SEPTEMBER 7TH OF THIS

YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TRIED TO SHOP AND SPEAK, NOT TOO MUCH, AND NOT TOO

LITTLE BUT TO ASK FOR THAT PUBLIC PROCESS BUT BECAUSE SO MUCH OF THE

INFORMATION THAT IT SEEMS LIKE COMMISSIONERS WERE ASKING ABOUT THE

DATA WOULD REALLY COME FORTH IN A PUBLIC PROCESS THAT INCLUDES THE

PUBLIC ACCIDENT UPLANDOWNERS, LIVEABOARDS, HASH BORE AND MARINA

OWNERS AND OPERATORS AT HARBOR MASTERS ET CETERA, AND THOSE OF US WHO HAVE

BEEN SPEAKING WERE AN UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION OF DOZENS OF LIVEABOARDS

WE HAVE BEEN MEETING FOR OVER A YEAR AND SOME OF US WORKING ON THIS FOR

EVEN OVER A DECADE AND REALLY WANTED TO PARSE OUT IN THAT PUBLIC PROCESS HOW

MUCH LIVEABOARD COMMUNITIES SERVE THE PUBLIC TRUST WHICH IS WHY I’M KIND OF

SAD HOW PRIMARILY IT’S TIED TO THE RECREATION POLICY.

BECAUSE A LOT OF LIVEABOARDS HAVE A SEPARATE RECREATIONAL BOAT THAT THEY

TAKE OUT. SO THERE, IS SO MUCH INFORMATION TO CONVEY. BUT ONE OF THE

THINGS I WANT TO SAY IS, ONE OF THE LAST THINGS THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA DID,

THE LAST BILLS HE SIGNED BEFORE HE LEFT OFFICE WAS A FUNDING BILL FOR THE

COAST GUARD AND THE ARMY CORP OF ENGINEER THAT PRESERVED 1500

HOUSEBOATS ON THE TVA PROPERTIES ON THE 13 SOUTHEASTERN STATES IN THE UNITED

STATES, AND AT FIRST IT WAS THE REPUBLICS THAT CAME TO THE AID OF THE

PEOPLE THAT WERE GOING TO BE DISPOSSESSED, AND THEN THE DEMOCRATS

DID IT TOO, BIPARTISAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS UNANIMOUSLY OVERWHELMINGLY

THEY GRAND FATHERED TO PRESERVE ALL OF THAT WHICH AVOIDED THE KIND OF CARNAGE

THAT HAS HAPPENED WITH OUR LOSS OF MARINAS SO WE’RE OFFERING TO BE A

CONDUIT OF THE INFORMATION WE HAVE BEEN COLLECTING ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT

THE MARINAS AND LIVEABOARDS OVER THE LAST YEAR SO WE WOULD APPRECIATE

CONTINUING THE DISCUSSION YOU HAD LAST TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: ANY OTHERS?

>>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT.

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT

PERIOD. YOU, CERTAINLY, WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE COMMENTS ON SPECIFIC

ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AS THEY COME UP. ITEM FOUR IS THE APPROVAL OF THE

MINUTES OF OUR SEPTEMBER 7TH MEETING. WE HAVE ALL BEEN FURNISHED DRAFT

MINUTES OF THAT MEETING. I WOULD APPRECIATE A MOTION AND SECOND TO

APPROVE THE MINUTES. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE

MOTION. >>SPEAKER: SO MOVED.

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: COMMISSIONER PESKIN MOVES. AND?

>>SPEAKER: [INDISCERNIBLE]. >>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

[LAUGHTER] COMMISSIONER ADDIEGO SECONDS.

DO I HEAR ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OR ABSTENTIONS?

>>SPEAKER: CAN I ABSTAIN? CHAIR, [INDISCERNIBLE] HAS ABSTAINED.

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

THAT BRINGS US TO — >>SPEAKER: THIS IS THE COURT

REPORTER, WHO WAS THE FIRST ABSTENTION?

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: COMMISSIONER ZEPEDA, THE NEW

COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSIONER ECKERLE.

>>SPEAKER: THANK YOU. >>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: MY FIRST

ITEM IS TO RECOGNIZE TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS. COMMISSIONER JESSE

ARREQUIN WILL NO LONGER BE REPRESENTING THE EAST BAY ON BEHALF OF ABAG, AND

ABAG HAS APPOINTED RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER SEIZURE CESAR ZEPEDA AS

THE REPLACEMENT, NO STRANGER TO BCDC HE IS A MEMBER OF OUR LOCAL ELECTED TASK

FORCE THAT HAS BEEN HELPING OUR BCDC PREPARE OUR REGIONAL SHORELINE

ADAPTATION PLAN STARTING WITH OUR GUIDELINES I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT HIS

ALTERNATE IS RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER HELIA BANA, AND WE WILL BE

HEARING MORE ABOUT THE REGIONAL SHORELINE ADAPTATION PLAN LATERED IN

THE MEETING. CESAR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?

>>CESAR ZEPEDA: I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYONE.

RICHMOND DOES HAVE 32 MILES OF SHORELINE THE MOST OUT OF ANY OTHER

BAY AREA CITY. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER.

THANK YOU. >>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

THANK YOU. THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE HAS

APPOINTED STEVEN BEN SENAS ITS NEW COMMISSIONER, THE DEPARTMENT’S NEW

PRINCIPAL PROGRAM BUDGET ANALYST FOR THE SECTION THAT INCLUDES BCDC. WE

LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING CLOSELY WITH HIM AND HIS STAFF.

>>SPEAKER: HE TOLD ME BEFORE THE MEETING HE CANNOT ATTEND THIS MEETING.

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: HE CANNOT

ATTEND THIS MEETING BUT I AM SURE HE WILL ATTEND FUTURE ONES.

I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT OF SOME SADNESS, BUT NOT TOTALLY SAD, TO SAY A

FEW WORDS ABOUT DIANNE FEINSTEINFEINSTEIN. WITH HER PASSING,

WE HAVE LOST A TRUE PUBLIC SERVANT. ONE OF HER MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE

BAY AND ITS PEOPLE WAS HER INVOLVEMENT IN MEASURE AA. TO THE FRUSTRATION OF

SOME OF ITS SUPPORTERS. SHE PUSHED TO MAKE IT BETTER. AND SHE DID MAKE IT

BETTER AND SHE HELPED SUPPORT IT AND TO PASS IT AND IT’S A VERY IMPORTANT PART

OF OUR EFFORTS TO BOTH PRESERVE THE BAY AND TO PROTECT IT.

I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOME LESS RECOGNIZED CONTRIBUTIONS THAT SHE MADE

OVER THE YEARS TO A NUMBER OF BLACK ORGANIZATIONS.

SHE HOSTED THE FIRST ANNUAL RETREAT FOR BLACK WOMEN ORGANIZED FOR POLITICAL

ACTION. ONE OF THE — A STRONG LOCAL AND LONG

INVOLVED ORGANIZATIONS. AND SHE, WHICH HAS BEEN A STRONG VOICE

FOR BLACK WOMEN THROUGH THE OUR COMMUNITIES AND SHE WAS ONE OF THE

ORIGINAL SUPPORTERS OF BLACK AMERICAN POLITICAL ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA

FOUNDATIONED BY PERCY PINKNEY WHO WORKED ON HER STAFF. BUT MOST OF ALL,

I WANT TO RECOGNIZE HER STEADY, COMMITTED, AND DEDICATED LEADERSHIP,

AS SAN FRANCISCO’S MAYOR AND AS OUR UNITED STATES SENATOR. TO SOME SHE

WAS NOT AS AGGRESSIVE OR PROGRESSIVE AS THEY WOULD LIKE YET SHE WAS NOT ONLY

THE AUTHOR BUT REALLY THE CHAMPION OF THE 1994 FEDERAL ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN

AND HEAVEN ARE KNOWS WE NEED MORE OF THOSE. SHE BROKE THROUGH SO MANY

GLASS SEALINGS, I CAN’T COUNT THEM SHE WAS A CHAMPION OF THE PEOPLE AND SHE

WILL BE MISSED. AS YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR SIGNED THE LAIRD BILL SB272,

AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATIONS WHO HELPED SUPPORT THAT

AND PERSUADE THE GOVERNOR THAT THIS TIME ROUND, YOU REALLY SHOULD SIGN IT

AND IT WORKED. AND WE WILL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT

IN THIS MEETING AND IN FUTURE MEETINGS. IT’S GOING GIVE US SOME VERY NEEDED

HELP IN BOTH PROVIDING GUIDANCE, BUT, ALSO, BEING ABLE TO PUSH LOCAL

JURISDICTIONS TO ADOPT THE PLANS THAT ARE VERY NECESSARY TO PROTECT OUR BAY.

I WANT TO ALSO NOTE THAT LARRY AND I

HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE LEADERS OF MTC AND ABAG AND THE CALIFORNIA

CONSERVANCY TO COASTAL CONSERVANCY, TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN COORDINATE

EFFORTS IN SEEKING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ADAPTING TO RISING SEA LEVEL. THE

GOAL IS TO MAKE US MORE EFFECTIVE AND TO ENSURE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THAT

LOCAL COMPETITION DOESN’T HURT US. WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLE OF THIS WITH

THE APPLICATION TO NOAA FOR LOCAL FUNDS THAT WE ARE HOPEFUL WILL BE SUCCESSFUL

SO WE KNOW IT CAN WORK BUT WE NEED TO MAKE IT MUCH MORE VIGOROUS AND MUCH

MORE THOUGHTFULLY COORDINATED. YOU WILL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THESE

EFFORTS AT FUTURE MEETINGS. I HOPE WE’LL GET A MAJORITY OF OUR

COMMISSIONERS HERE IN PHYSICAL PRESENCE FOR OUR NOVEMBER 2ND MEETING. I’LL BE

HOSTING A GET-TOGETHER HERE AT 375 BEALE STREET AFTER OUR COMMISSION

MEETING, FOR OUR COMMISSIONERS, AND SENIOR STAFF, SO THAT WE CAN TALK A

LITTLE, AND SOCIALIZE AND RENEW OUR BONDS WITH EACH OTHER AS WE, MORE OR

LESS, COME OUT OF COVID. SO, HOPEFULLY THAT YOU CAN COME FOR

THAT. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON NOVEMBER

2ND, AND AT THAT MEETING, WE EXPECT TO TAKE UP THE FOLLOWING MATTERS.

CONSIDERATION OF A CONTRACT WITH THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO REGARDING THE

SAN FRANCISCO WATERFRONT SPECIAL AREA PLAN, A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE UPDATED

DRAFT SEAPORT PLAN, A BRIEFING AND STATUS REPORT ON DEVELOPMENTS

CONCERNING HIGHWAY 37. AND THIS IS THE MOMENT IN TIME WHEN

COMMISSIONERS MAY REPORT ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS THAT YOU HAVE NOT

REPORTED IN WRITING, REMEMBERING THAT YOU DO NEED TO REPORT THEM IN WRITING

ANYWAY. SO, IF ANY COMMISSIONERS WISH TO MAKE A REPORT ON COMMUNICATIONS,

THEY HAVE RECEIVED FROM OUTSIDE ON MATTERS BEFORE THE COMMISSION, NOW IS

THE TIME TO DO SO. >>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: I DO NOT

SEE ANY HANDS. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM SIX, THE —

>>LARRY GOLDZBAND: THANK YOU CHAIR WASSERMAN. I WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO

CHAIR WASSERMAN’S REMARKS ON THE PASSING OF SENATOR FEINSTEIN. AS MANY

OF YOU KNOW I WAS SENIOR MEMBER OF SENATOR PETE WILSON’S GUBERNATORIAL

CAMPAIGN IN 1989 AND 1990 SO I LEARNED A GREAT DEAL ABOUT MAYOR FEINSTEIN

THEN WITHOUT TELLING LONGER STORIES I CAN SAY THAT EACH CANDIDATE HAD

RESPECT FOR OTHERS GIVEN THEY WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL BIG CITY MAYORS. MY

FAVORITE SENATOR FEINSTEIN STORY, HOWEVER, OCCURRED FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN

I WAS LAST IN WASHINGTON, D.C. I WAS WAITING FOR OUR FLIGHT BACK TO SAN

FRANCISCO WHEN THE SENATOR CAME INTO THE GATE AREA SHE WAS GREETED BY THE

VIRGIN AMERICA STAFF WHO OBVIOUSLY KNEW HER TRAVEL HABITS VERY WELL.

WHILE WE WERE WAITING FOR OUR BOARD DELAYED FLIGHT I SCREWED UP MY COURAGE

AND WALKED OVER TO HER AND INTRODUCED MYSELF AS BCDC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND

AS A FORMER FELLOW. NOT A SECOND AFTER I DID AND THANKED HER FOR BEING SUCH A

VISIBLE SUPPORTER OF THE COMMISSION SHE BROKE ENTER A BIG SMILE AND LET ME

KNOW IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS HOW MUCH SHE ADMIRED BCDC AND HOW MUCH SHE ENJOYED

BEING A COMMISSIONER SHE OBVIOUSLY LOVED THE BAY AND ASKED ME A COUPLE OF

QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR WORK DURING THE PAST 20 YEARS I HAVE MET WITH SEVERAL

STAFF MEMBERS AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS HELPED ME UNDERSTAND IMMEDIATELY THE

REPORTS THAT HER STAFF HAD TO WORK VERY HARD TO KEEP UP WITH HER. SHE WAS

TREMENDOUSLY GRACIOUS THAT EVENING AND MAY HER WORK AND DEVOTION TO WHAT WE

DO KEEP HER AS A BLESSED MEMORY FOR ALL ASSOCIATED WITH BCDC.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN BCDC HISTORY STAFF HAS COLLABORATED WITH THE

CALIFORNIA CONSERVATION CORP TO PLACE CORP MEMBER ROSE ONE VELAZQUEZ AT BCDC

AS AN INTERN TO BE PAID FOR BY THE CONSERVATION CORP. ROSE ONE HAS BEEN

A CORP MEMBER FOR 18 MONTHS DURING WHICH SHE HAS CANDIES EXPERIENCE IN

TRAIL BUILDING SALAMON RESTORATION AND FUEL REDUCTION AND NOW IS ON THE FIRE

CREW MAYBE WE COULD HAVE USED HER THIS MORNING DURING THE EARTHQUAKE DRILL.

A HORN ET FROM FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE GRAD FROM

>>MARY SACKETT: STATE UNIVERSITY FROM WHICH SHE EARNED BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES WITH MINOR IN SPANISH AND CERTIFICATE IN HEALTH CARE

SPANISH ROSY WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROGRAMS AND

WILL HELP US GROW OUR SMALL SOCIAL MEDIA PRINCES CONCURRENTLY AND WE’RE

PLEASED SHE VOLL TIERED TO JOIN US. ALSO INTRODUCING A MEMBER OF OUR

CLIMATE POLICY FOR THE STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL HARRIET ROSS HAS JOINED AS

BCDC REGULATORY DIRECTOR YOU WILL SEE HER IN A MOMENT SHE WONDERED WHETHER

THERE WILL BE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE LISTING. BCDC HAS

POWED TO PARTNER WITH THE COASTAL CONSERVANCY SAVE THE BAY, BAY

RESTORATION AUTHORITY SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY PROGRAM ESTUARY INSTITUTE

DUCKS UNLIMITED AND BAY JOINT VENTURE TO ISSUE A COLLABORATIVE COMPREHENSIVE

STATEMENT AFTER SENATOR FEINSTEIN’S PASSING IT’S BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO EACH

OF YOU AND IS POSTED ON OUR WEB SITE AS WELL. I WANT TO NOTE COMMISSIONER

JENN ECKERLE HAS BECOME A NUMBER OF THE NOAA’S NEW NA RENE AND COASTAL AREA

BASED MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE NATIONAL BODY ADVISES UNDER SECRETARY

OF COMMERCE FOR OCEANS ATMOSPHERE ON SCIENCE BASED APPROACHES TO AREA BASED

PROTECTION CONSERVATION RESTORATION MANAGEMENT COASTAL MARINE AREAS ITS

MEMBERSHIP REPRESENTS A WIDE SPECTRUM OF PERSPECTIVES ON AMERICA’S OCEAN

COASTAL AND GREAT LAKES COMMUNITIES RELYING ON INCLUDING RESOURCE MANAGERS

COMMERCIAL RECREATIONAL USERS AND SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS INDIAN TRIBES AND

INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES PHILANTHROPIC NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND EDUCATORS

IN SHORT A TERRIFIC PLACE FOR CALIFORNIA POLICY MAKERS AND WE LOOK

FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT ITS WORK LAST MONTH BCDC WAS PLEASED TO SUPPORT THE

COASTAL CONSERVANCY’S REQUEST TO THE CONGRESS US ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS

AUTHORIZING COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE NINE COUNTIES SHORELINE OF THE SAN

FRANCISCO BAY WHICH WOULD HELP THE REGION PREPARE AND ADAPT TO RISING SEA

LEVELS. OCTOBER 9TH IN THE ABSENCE OF CHAIR WASSERMAN VICE CHAIR EISEN

APPROVED AN EMERGENCY PERMIT APPLICATION FROM THE OWNERS OF A HOUSE

BUILT ON PILES OVER THE BAY IN TIBURON WHILE DOING OTHER WORK ON THE HOUSE

ENGINEERS FOUND THAT THE ROCK SEA WALL UNDER THEIR HOUSE HAD BEEN

DESTABILIZED ALONG ITS ENTIRE LENGTH DUE TO WAVE ACTION AND MAY FAIL

COMPLETELY AT ANY TIME WHICH WOULD RESULTED IN CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF

HOUSE FOUNDATION THE ENGINEERS ALSO ADVISED THE OWNERS TO VACATE THE HOUSE

IMMEDIATELY. I WANT TO THANK VICE CHAIR EISEN FOR WILLINGNESS TO STEP

INTO THE CHAIR’S SHOWALTER SHOES SO THE REPAIRS COULD BEGIN.

FINALLY I’M PLEASED TO LET THE COMMISSION KNOW THAT THE BCDC BOCCE

TEAM, THE MEAN HIGH TIDES EMERGED AS VICTORS IN THE WEDNESDAY FERRY

BUILDING BOCCE LEAGUE PLAY OFFS. BCDC’S TEAM WHICH INCLUDES STALWARTS

TOLL HALLENBECK, JIM, KATHARINE PAN AND STEVE GOLDBECK AMONG OTHERS THE PLAY

OFF GAMES AGAINST THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND POVERTY

SAN FRANCISCO WEREN’T GRUDGE MATCHES OR ANYTHING STEVE IS ACTUALLY SHOWING THE

MEDAL THAT EVERYBODY RECEIVED AFTER WINNING. HAPPY TO REPORT THAT OUR

FRIENDS WHO PLAY FOR THE COASTAL COMMISSION TEAM THERE’S A GRUDGE MATCH

LOANED BCDC SUPPORT IN A TERRIFIC DISPLAY OF COLLABORATION WHICH NO

DOUBT PRESTAGES COLLABORATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER TO IMPLEMENT

SB272. THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT, CHAIR

WASSERMAN. I’M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE EXECUTIVE

DIRECTOR ON HIS REPORT? >>SPEAKER: NOT A QUESTION. BUT A

COMPLIMENT. I WANT TO COMPLIMENT OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR COMING OUT TO

OUR MARIN MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS GATHERING LAST MONTH AND GIVING A

FABULOUS BCDC 101 AND THEN ENGAGING ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS AFTERWARDS. IT WAS

FANTASTIC, LARRY. THANK YOU. >>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: I WANT TO

MAKE A BRIEF COMMENT ON THE EMERGENCY PERMIT. I HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS

WITH SOME CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS, AND I THINK THE PROBLEM THAT CAUSED THE NEED

FOR THAT EMERGENCY PERMIT IS NOT UNCOMMON.

AND I’M NOT SURE THERE IS A LOT WE CAN DO. BUT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE

PURCHASED HOUSES OVER THE WATER, PARTICULARLY IN MARIN, NOT

EXCLUSIVELY, THERE ARE SOME IN CONTRA COSTA AND ELSEWHERE, DON’T EVEN KNOW

THEY HAVE PERMITS FROM BCDC OR THAT THEY’RE REQUIRED, AND THEY MAY WELL

NOT KNOW THAT THE WORK THAT WAS DONE PURSUANT TO THOSE PERMITS MAY HAVE

BEEN UNDERMINED. SO, I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE A LITTLE

BIT OF THOUGHT ABOUT HOW WE CAN PUBLICIZE THAT AND ALERT THEM SO THAT

WE DON’T FACE A RASH OF EMERGENCY PERMITS.

THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM SEVEN, CONSIDERATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE

MATTERS. WE RECEIVED A POSTING ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS AND AS LARRY

SAID, OUR NEW HEAD OF REGULATORY MATTERS, HARRIET ROSS IS HERE, EAGER

TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

NOBODY WANTS TO JUMP IN. ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC REYLINA?

>>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: YOU GET OFF EASY.

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM EIGHT, WHICH IS

CONSIDERATION OF A CONTRACT TO PROVIDE ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT FOR

THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVISERS PROGRAM.

PHOENIX ARMENTA, OUR SENIOR MANAGER FOR CLIMATE EQUITY AND COMMUNITY

ENGAGEMENT WILL PRESENT THE ITEM. >>PHOENIX ARMENTA: THANK YOU, CHAIR,

COMMISSIONERS. AGAIN I’M PHOENIX ARMENTA, SENIOR MANAGER FOR CLIMB

EQUITY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMING BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR CONSIDERATION OF

AN ENVIRONMENT JUSTICE ADVISERS ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT.

NEXT SLIDE. THE EJ ADVISORS PROGRAM RECENTLY

COMPLETED ITS SECOND YEAR THE PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED AFTER THE CREATION OF

OUR EJ AND SOCIAL EQUITY POLICIES IN 2019. BCDC CREATED THE PROGRAM

BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EJ POLICIES WERE IMPLEMENTED WITH THE

HELP OF OUR PARTNERS. THIS EJ ADVISERS PROGRAM IS A PILOT PROGRAM AND A

UNIQUE MODEL BEING EMULATED BY OTHER AGENCIES ACROSS THE STATE. THE

PROGRAM WAS CODEVELOPED WITH EJ ADVISORS AND OVER THE TWO YEARS HAS

SEEN MANY SUCCESSES WHICH INCLUDE HELPING US TO DEVELOP OUR RACIAL

EQUITY ACTION PLAN, ADVISING US ON CREATING AN EQUITY PROCESS AND BAY

ADAPT WORK, ALSO SEEN CHALLENGES OVER THE YEARS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE RECENT

RESIGNATION OF THREE ADVISORS. WITH ANY PROGRAM IT’S IMPORTANT TO

EVALUATE HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING AND ASSESS WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO

IN THE FUTURE, ISSUING RFP FOR ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT

TO CONDUCT ANALYSIS OF THE EJ PROGRAM AND HELP DESIGN THE PROGRAM FOR

MAXIMUM IMPACT. NEXT SLIDE. THROUGH A COMPETITIVE

BIDDING PROCESS STAFF HAS SELECTED MIG, INC. IN COLLABORATION WITH BENCHMARQ

CONSULTING LLC. MIG HAS FOUR DECADES OF PLANNING RESEARCH AND STRATEGY

SUPPORT TO A DIVERSE ARRAY OF PARTNERS THEIR BACKGROUND INCLUDES WORKING WITH

PUBLIC AGENCIES COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS FACILITATING THESE

INSTITUTIONS UNDERSTANDING EQUITY DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION WHILE LEADING

COLLECTIVE CULTURAL SHIFTS TO COLLABORATIVE DYNAMIC BETWEEN

GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS WORKING DIRECTLY WITH

BCDC AND EJ ADVISERS IN THE BAY AREA.

WORKING WITH 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN HIGH IMPLEMENTING SPECIALIZED TRAINING

SOLUTIONS FOCUSING ON CHANGE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AND OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

CONSULTING IS A FORM PARTNERING ON THIS CONTRACT. I’LL OPEN UP TO ANY

QUESTIONS.

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS MATTER? I WOULD

— I DO NOT HAVE A QUESTION. I WOULD MAKE ONE COMMENT. NOT SO MUCH

RECENTLY BUT OVER THE YEARS WITH A NUMBER OF PUBLIC AGENCIES I HAVE

REPRESENTED I WORKED WITH MIG AND FOUNDATION THEM TO BE AN EFFECTIVE

CREATIVE ORGANIZATION ASSISTING PUBLIC AGENCIES. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR

WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. SEEING NO QUESTIONS. STAFF —

OH, PUBLIC. THERE ARE NO PUBLIC — >>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: NO PUBLIC

COMMENTS. >>SPEAKER: NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

YOU CAN PUT UP THE SLIDE FOR THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION?

OKAY. THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE COMMISSION AUTHORIZES ITS

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT UP TO $45,000 CONTRACT WITH

MIG INC. PARTNERSHIP WITH BENCHMARQ CONSULTING

HLLC PROVIDING THE COMMISSION FACILITATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVISORS PROGRAM OVER A PERIOD

FROM OCTOBER 19TH, 2023 THROUGH MARCH 1ST, 2024 STAFF FURTHER RECOMMENDS

THAT THE COMMISSION AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO AMEND THE

CONTRACT AS NECESSARY INCLUDING REVISING THE AMOUNT AND DURATION OF

THE AGREEMENT. >>SPEAKER: I WILL MOVE THE ITEM.

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: COMMISSIONER PETERS MAKES THE MOTION.

COMMISSIONER AHN SECONDS. CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

>>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: COMMISSIONER ADDIEGO?

>>MARK ADDIEGO: YES. >>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ:

COMMISSIONER AHN? COMMISSIONER AMBUEHL?

>>DAVID AMBUEHL: YES. >>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ:

COMMISSIONER BEACH? >>SPEAKER: ABSTAIN.

>>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: COMMISSIONER BURKE?

>>SPEAKER: YES. >>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ:

COMMISSIONER ECKERLY? >>JENN ECKERLE: YES.

>>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: COMMISSIONER GORIN?

>>SUSAN GORIN: YES. >>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ:

COMMISSIONER HASZ? >>V. CHAIR, KARL HASZ: YES.

>>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: COMMISSIONER LEE?

>>OTTO LEE: YES. >>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ:

COMMISSIONER MOULTON-PETERS? >>STEPHANIE MOULTON-PETERS:

YES. >>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ:

COMMISSIONER NELSON?

>>BARRY NELSON: YES. >>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ:

COMMISSIONER PESKIN? >>AARON PESKIN: AYE.

>>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: COMMISSIONER RAMOS?

>>BELIA RAMOS: YES. >>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ:

COMMISSIONER SHOWALTER? >>PATRICIA SHOWALTER: YES.

>>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: COMMISSIONER VAZQUEZ?

>>JOHN VASQUEZ: YES. >>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ:

COMMISSIONER ZEPEDA? >>CESAR ZEPEDA: YES.

>>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: VICE CHAIR EISEN?

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: YES. >>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: CHAIR

WASSERMAN? >>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

YES. >>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: 17 YESES, AND

ONE ABSTENTION. NO-NOS HEARD.

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK GOING FORWARD.

>>SPEAKER: THANK YOU. >>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM TEN, SINCE ITEM NINE HAS BEEN POSTPONED. THIS IS AN

UPDATE ON THE REGIONAL SHORELINE ADAPTATION PLAN’S VISION AND GOALS

PHASE. JACKIE MENDOSKY OUR SENIOR CLIMATE

ADAPTATION PLANNER WILL PRESENT THE ITEM.

>>LARRY GOLDZBAND: BEFORE JACKIE STARTS, I JUST — I HAVE RECEIVED

QUESTIONS FROM, NOW, THREE COMMISSIONERS SAY WHEN ARE WE GOING TO

TALK ABOUT 272. [LAUGHTER]

PAY ATTENTION TO JACKIE, PLEASE. >>JACLYN MANDOSKE: ALL RIGHT LET ME

GO AHEAD AND GET MY SCREEN SLIDES UP. OOPS.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYONE.

GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR WASSERMAN AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JACLYN

MANDOSKE, I AM A SENIOR CLIMATE ADAPTATION PLANNER HERE AT BCDC AND

THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE REGIONAL SHORELINE ADAPTATION PLAN HERE TO

SHARE AN UPDATE ON OUR PROGRESS TOWARDS DEVELOPING GUIDELINES FOR O A REGIONAL

SHORELINE ADAPTATION PLAN. YOU LAST HEARD UPDATE ON THIS PROJECT BACK IN

FEBRUARY WHEN WE INTRODUCED THE REGIONAL SHORELINE ADAPTATION PLAN AND

WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF EXCITING WORK SINCE THEN. I WANT TO REMIND US

WHY WE’RE HERE AND WHAT WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE. AS WE ALL KNOW RISING SEA

LEVEL AND SHALLOW GROUNDWATER WILL AFFECT ALL OF US WHO LIVE NEAR AND

EVEN FAR FROM THE BAY SHORELINE AND WHILE LOCAL ADAPTATION IS OCCURRING

IT’S HAPPENING UNEVENLY AND DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SHORELINE FACE DIFFERENT

RISKS AND DIFFERENT RESOURCES TO RESPOND JURISDICTIONS ARE WELL ON

THEIR WAY WHILE OTHERS HAVE NOT YET GUN WHILE FLOODING DOESN’T CARE ABOUT

JURISDICTION AT BOUNDARIES PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITIES NOW AND IN THE FUTURE

WILL REQUIRE US TO ACT TOGETHER AS A CONNECTED REGION THAT WE ARE IN WAYS

THAT ARE COORDINATED AND CONSISTENT THIS IS WHY WE’RE DEVELOPING A

REGIONAL SHORELINE ADAPTATION PLAN AS A REMINDER THIS THIS PROJECT IS WOW OF

MANY WAYS WE’RE IMPLEMENTING THE BAY ADAPT JOINT PLATFORM IT’S FUNDED BY

THE OCEAN PROTECTION COUNCIL AND THE STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY AND IS

ENVISIONED TO SERVE AS A MODEL FOR HOW REGIONS IN CALIFORNIA CAN PLAN

COLLECTIVELY FOR CLIMATE IMPACTS AS COMMISSIONER WASSERMAN EXECUTIVE

DIRECTOR LARRY GOLDZBAND SAID IN THE OPENING REMARKS WE HAVE VERY EXCITING

NEWS ON OCTOBER 7TH GOVERNOR OF — HOW DOES THIS AFFECT OUR WORK WHAT DOES IT

CHANGE? THESE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS AND WE’LL ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS LATER IN

THE PRESENTATION. STAY TUNED. I’M GOING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE WORK

THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING TO DEVELOP THESE GUIDELINES.

WHEN WE USE THE TERM REGIONAL SHORELINE ADAPTATION PLAN WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT

IS THREE MAIN PARTS FIRST PART IS CREATING GUIDELINES THIS WORK WE’RE

DOING WILL INCLUDE STANDARDS AND CRITERIA THAT WILL BE REQUIRED IN THE

SUBREGIONAL PLANS FOLLOWING ADOPTION OF THE GUIDELINES THE NEXT STEP IS

SUPPORTING LOCAL JURISDICTION THROUGH POLICY AND TECHNICAL STANZAS IN

CREATING THEIR OWN SUBREGIONAL PLANS LASTLY DEVELOPING AN ONLINE MAPPING

PLATFORM TO SUPPORT LOCAL JURISDICTIONS AND COMMUNITIES TO ACCESS GUIDELINES

TO ALLOW US TO TRACK PROGRESS ON ADAPTATION SO WE CONDITIONED HOW AND

WHERE THE REGION IS WORKING TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE SHARED SUCCESS. WHERE ARE WE

IN THE PROCESS TO DEVELOP THE GUIDELINES? WE’RE HERE IN LATE

OCTOBER AND HAVE BEEN SPENDING THE LAST TWO MONTHS CONDUCTING OUTREACH WITH

PRACTITIONERS PLANNERING RESIDENTS AND MORE TO ASK PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR VISION

SUPERVISOR VALUES FOR THE FUTURE OF THE BAY SHORELINE WE HAVE HELD MEETINGS

WITH OUR EXPERT ADVISORY GROUP ATTENDED LOCAL COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CURRENTLY

HAVE A SURVEY OUT TOGETHER FOR FEEDBACK ON THE VISION WE’LL HOST OUR FIRST

PUBLIC WORKSHOP TO HELP US WRAP THE VISION A BIT LATER I’M LOOKING HERD

YOU CAN SEE IN THE TRANSITION DEPENDING GUIDELINES IN THE COMING MONTHS.

EQUITY STRATEGY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL

JUSTICE AND EQUITY SUBCOMMITTEE STRATEGY ALLOWS US TO TRANSPARENTLY

DOCUMENT PRACTICES OF EQUITY THAT WE’RE FOLLOWING IN THIS WORK IT CONTAINS TWO

PARTS, PROCESS HOW WE PAY OUR EQUITY REPRESENTATIVES, CONDUCT OUTREACH WORK

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITIES DEVELOP GUIDELINES AND SECOND PART IS ENSURING

THAT WE’RE EVALUATING AT EACH STAGE OF THE PROCESS AND HOW AND WHERE EQUITY

IS BEING INTEGRATED ACROSS THE OUTCOMES OF OUR WORK. DEVELOPING VISIONS FOR

THE FUTURE WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT IS TO ENSURE THAT THE GUIDELINES REFLECT OUR

VALUES AS A REGION AND ARE COLLECTIVE ACTIONS THROUGHOUT THE SUBREGIONAL

PLANS ADDING UP TO SHARED OUTCOMES WE HAVE DEFINED.

TOPICS AND ISSUES WE’RE PLANNING INCLUDE GUIDELINES, PEOPLE AND HEALTH

ECOSYSTEMS RESILIENCE DEVELOPMENT AND MORE WILL BE DEVELOPING VISION

STATEMENTS GUIDELINES WILL BE WRITTEN TO GET US TOWARDS THESE MEASURES,

CONTINUING TO ELEVATE EQUITY ALONG WITH EVALUATING PRIORITIES PRIORITIES SUCH

AS IMPROVING NATURE-BASED INITIATION AND ADAPTATION, ACHIEVING MULTIPLE

BENEFITS. WE HAVE ATTENDED NINE COMMUNITIES EVENTS IN THE LAST TWO

MONTHS AND WE HAVE ONE MORE COMING UP THIS WEEKEND WE HAVE BEEN OUT IN

COMMUNITIES EVERY WEEKEND SINCE SEPTEMBER. WE HAVE BEEN ALL OVER FROM

THE NORTH BAY TO THE CENTRAL BAY AND THE SOUTH BAY. AND I WANT TO NOTE

THAT WE WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN EACH OF THESE EVENTS THROUGH

PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDING THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF MANY OF OUR COMMISSIONERS,

AS WELL AS ADVISORY GROUP MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF OUR LOCAL ELECTED’S

REGIONAL TASK FORCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYBODY WHO

HELPED US GET INTO THE EVENTS THEY HAVE BEEN REALLY SPECIAL AND IMPORTANT

EXPERIENCES. YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL HOPEFULLY RECEIVED

AN E-MAIL FROM US THIS MORNING THROUGH OUR BAY ADAPT E-MAIL WITH A LINK TO

THIS SURVEY. THIS IS ANOTHER WAY THAT WE’RE CAPTURING FEEDBACK ON THE

VISION. IF YOU DIDN’T GET THAT E-MAIL PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I AM HAPPY TO

RESEND. I’LL MAYBE PAUSE FOR ONE MOMENT AND ASK FOLKS IF THEY WOULD

LIKE TO TAKE THEIR PHONES OUT AND SCAN THE QR CODE. SAVE IT FOR LATER.

THE SURVEY IS ABOUT 5 TO 7 MINUTES SO MAYBE AFTER THE MEETING TODAY. WE

ENCOURAGE ALL OF TO YOU TAKE IT AND SHARE IT WITH YOUR NETWORKS AND

COMMUNITIES. WE’LL BE CLOSING THE SURVEY AT THE END OF THIS MONTH ON

OCTOBER 31ST. SO, WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING AT ALL OF

THESE EVENTS? WE HAVE TALKED TO HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.

WE HAVE HAD OVER 250 INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE INTERACT WITH OUR — OR ENGAGE ON OUR

INTERACTIVE BOARD. AND ON THIS BOARD, WHICH YOU CAN SEE A BIT IN THESE

PHOTOS, WE ASK PEOPLE WHAT’S IMPORTANT TO YOU. WE PROVIDED A SERIES OF VALUE

STATEMENTS AND ASKED PEOPLE TO IDENTIFY THE TOP THREE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO

THEM RIGHT NOW. AND WE ALSO ASKED THEM THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO THEM FOR

FUTURE GENERATIONS. WE USED THIS ACTIVITY TO INITIATE CONVERSATIONS AND

SHARE THE CONTEXT THAT SEA LEVEL RISE WILL HAVE LONG-TERM GENERATIONAL EXACT

IMPACTS AND CHOICES TODAY WILL AFFECT OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

INCLUDING TOP PRIORITIES FROM ALL NINE COMMUNITIES BOTH IN RIGHT NOW AND FOR

THE FUTURE. UNSURPRISINGLY RIGHT NOW PEOPLE ARE

THINKING ABOUT THE DAY-TO-DAY ISSUES INCLUDING COST OF LIVING AND HOUSING

AFFORDABILITY. WE SAW THAT PEOPLE VALUE PHYSICAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

OF BAY AREA RESIDENTS IT WAS A HIGH PRIORITY TODAY AND FOR FUTURE

GENERATIONS AS WE LOOK AT PRIORITIES HELD FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS WE SEE

VALUES CHANGED A BIT. YES FOLKS ARE STILL CONCERNED ABOUT COST OF LIVING

BUT THE HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR THE FUTURE BY FAR IS PROTECTING NATURAL HABITATS

AND WILDLIFE. IT’S REMARKABLE THAT NEARLY EVERY COMMUNITY PRIORITIZED

THIS FOR THE FUTURE. WHILE THIS ACTIVITY WAS NOT INTENDED

TO BE AN OFFICIAL SURVEY WE WILL USE THESE RESULTS TO HELP US VERIFY OUR

VISION STATEMENTS. THROUGH THE EVENTS WE INTERACTED WITH A BROAD RANGE OF

PEOPLE WITH VARYING LEVELS OF FAMILIARITY WITH THE TOPIC SOME HAD

NEVER HEARD OF SEA LEVEL RISE. WE TALKED WITH KIDS AND ADULTS WE HAD

MATERIALS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND WE FORMED RELATIONSHIPS

WHICH WE HOPE WILL BE PART OF OUR PROCESS MOVING FORWARD. WE HAVE BEEN

GATHERING FEEDBACK FROM OUR ONLINE SURVEY WHICH YOU ALL HAVE THE QR CODE

ON YOUR PHONE. AMONG MANY QUESTIONS ON THE SURVEY WE ASKED PEOPLE TO SHARE IN

THEIR OWN WORDS THEIR VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE SHORELINE. I WON’T READ

ALL OF THEM BUT DRAW ON I A COUPLE OF THEMES THAT STOOD OUT TO ME.

PEOPLE ARE ENVISIONING A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS AT ALL

LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WORKING TOGETHER TOWARDS THE SAME SET OF BOLD

OBJECTIVES THAT SEA LEVEL RISE CLIMATE CHANGE OFFER OPPORTUNITY TO RETHINK

OUR CURRENT SYSTEMS AND FOSTER HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS WITH ONE ANOTHER AND THE

NATURAL WORLD. SO FAR THE SURVEY HAS GENERATED 170 RESPONSES AND WILL CLOSE

IN OCTOBER THIS INFORMATION ALSO IS BEING USED TO CONFIRM OUR VISION

STATEMENTS AND VALIDATE AND GATHER VOICES FROM PEOPLE AROUND THE REGION.

LASTLY WE’LL HOST OUR FIRST PUBLIC WORKSHOP NEXT THURSDAY OCTOBER 26TH ON

ZOOM PLEASE TENANTS IN THE MORNING THIS MORNING’S E-MAIL YOU RECEIVED A ZOOM

REGISTRATION LINK FOR THIS WORKSHOP. IT WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO

LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT DEBUTING CHALLENGES

OPPORTUNITIES AND BAY AREA ADAPTATION SHARING MORE RESULTS FROM ALL FEEDBACK

WE HAVE BEEN GATHERING IN THIS PHASE, AS WE BEGIN TRANSITIONING INTO THE

NEXT PHASE WHICH IS DEFINING SUBREGIONAL ADAPTATION PLANS.

WHAT IS A SUBREGIONAL ADAPTATION PLAN WE HAVE BEEN ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT

THIS THROUGH A COUPLE OF MAJOR BUCKETS. 50 FIRST IS WHAT’S IN THE PLAN,

WHAT NEEDS TO BE IN THERE AND WHAT ARE GOOD PLANS THAT OTHER JURISDICTIONS

HAVE BEEN DOING THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM. NEXT THINKING ABOUT WHAT’S THE

PROCESS FOR HOW THESE PLANS SHOULD BE DEVELOPED. IMPORTANT PART OF THE

QUESTION IS WHAT’S THE SCALE OF THE PLAN OR SUBREGION, WHO LEADS AND

IMPLEMENTS IT: THERE ARE IDEAS FOR HOW WE MIGHT CONSIDER SCALE OF PLANS FOR

EXAMPLE, WE’LL BE EXPLORING MULTIPLE SCALES CITIES COUNTIES OPERATIONAL

LANDSCAPE UNITS EVALUATING TRADE-OFFS DIFFERENT APPROACHES LASTLY THINKING

ABOUT PLANS ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTED WE HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WILL BE

TACKLING THESE QUESTIONS WITH US WE’LL BRING THESE QUESTIONS TO OUR RISING

SEA LEVEL COMMISSIONER WORKING GROUP MEETINGS AS WELL AS CONSIDERING FOCUS

GROUPS TO ENSURE THE WAY WE DEFINE THESE PLANS IS RESPONSIVE TO

CHALLENGES AT HAND. NOW WE’RE HERE TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE LAIRD BILL. OUR

NEXT STEP IN SUBREGIONAL PLANS IS EXCITING WITH THE PASSAGE OF SB272.

WHAT DOES IT ACTUALLY DO? IT REQUIRES LOCAL JURISDICTIONS ALONG THE SAN

FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE TO DEVELOP SUBREGIONAL SHORELINE RESILIENCY

PLANS. THESE ARE NOT DEFINED IN THE BILL BUT ARE BEING DEFINED THROUGH OUR

PROJECT. THIS IS A STATEWIDE BILL FOR THE OUTER COAST, THE CALIFORNIA

COASTAL COMMISSION HAS EQUIVALENT RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH THEIR LOCAL

COASTAL PROGRAM AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE COASTAL

COMMISSION TO ENSURE ALIGN. THIS BILL REQUIRES BCDC TO DEVELOP

GUIDELINES BY THE END OF 2024 WHICH WE’RE CURRENTLY DOING AND SPECIFICALLY

CALLS OUT THAT THE GUIDELINES WILL BE BUILT ON BAY ADAPT’S GUIDING

PRINCIPLES. IT REQUIRES THAT SUBREGIONAL PLANS ARE

SUBMITTED TO BCDC FOR APPROVAL BASED ON CONSISTENCY WITH GUIDELINES AND SETS

UP IMPORTANT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES CONTAINED WITHIN THE APPROVED PLANS

WILL BE PRIORITIZED FOR STATE FUNDING.

SETS A TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION OF SUBREGIONAL PLANS BY JANUARY 2034

ALTHOUGH WE’RE HOPING TO EXCEED THAT TIMELINE IN THE BAY AREA.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF SB272 FOR ADVANCING SEA LEVEL RISE ADAPTATION?

IT HELPS US ACHIEVE OUR GOALS FOR REGIONAL PREPARATION. AS I MENTIONED

EARLIER A RISING BAY DOESN’T FOLLOW JURISDICTIONAL LINES AND ONE DECISION

IN ONE LOCATION CAN HAVE CASCADING NEGATIVE IMPACTS ACROSS THE BAY AREA

BAY ADAPT SB272 WILL HELP SOLVE THOSE THREATS BY ESTABLISHING COMMON

REGION-WIDE STANDARDS SUPPORTING PLANS THAT TRANSCEND JURISDICTIONS. THE

SAME IS TRUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE CALIFORNIA COAST THIS BILL COMPELS ALL

COMMUNITIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA TO PREPARE ADAPTATION PLANS THAT

PRIORITIZE DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, IS BASED ON SCIENCE AND PROTECTS

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WITHOUT ENDANGERING THEIR NEIGHBORS OR

HABITATS AND CREATES A PRIORITY FOR SEA LEVEL RISE ADAPTATION AND FUNDING. A

RECENT MTC BCDC REPORT ESTIMATES IT WILL COST $110 BILLION IN THE BAY AREA

ALONE TO ADAPT TO MID-CENTURY SEA LEVEL RISE. SB272 WILL HELP US PLAN WHERE

WE NEED SMART INVESTMENTS TO PRIORITIZE AT RISK LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES NATURAL

AREAS AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS LINK THOSE PLANS TO STATE

FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT THEM. WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL REQUIREMENTS LAID OUT IN THE

BILL, SETS MINIMUM STANDARDS INCLUDING USE OF BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE LOCAL

VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT INCLUDES EFFORTS TO ENSURE EQUITY FOR AT RISK

COMMUNITIES THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEA LEVEL RISE ADAPTATION STRATEGIES

RECOMMENDED PROJECTS IDENTIFICATION OF LEAD PLANNING IMPLEMENTATION AGENCIES

A TIMELINE FOR UPDATES AS NEEDED AS DETERMINED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN

AGREEMENT WITH BCDC OR THE COASTAL COMMISSION AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF

ANALYSIS OF AT LEAST COST FOR CRITICAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE RECOMMENDED

APPROACHES FOR IMPLEMENTING ADAPTATION STRATEGIES PROJECTS THROUGH OUR

CURRENT WORK WE INTEND TO NOT ONLY MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS BUT ALSO EXCEED

THEM. WE’RE INCLUDING A BROADER RANGE OF TOPIC AREAS IN OUR GUIDELINES

WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND ELEVATING EQUITY IN

NATURE-BASED ADAPTATION SOLUTIONS THE GOOD NEWS, WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED AND

ARE WELL ON OUR WAY BCDC REGIONAL SHORELINE ADAPTATION PLAN GUIDELINES

WILL ADDRESS MINIMUM STANDARDS AND MORE.

ADAPTING REGIONAL SHORELINE ADAPTATION PLAN SB272 ARE ALIGNED ON TRACK AND

LINK FUNDING WE’RE ALIGNED WITH THIS BILL BCDC WORKED CLOSELY WITH SENATOR

LAIRD AND A VARIETY OF STAKEHOLDERS TO DEVELOP SB 272 AND THE COMMISSION AND

MANY OTHERS ARE AROUND THE REGION TOOK SUPPORT VISION SUPPORT POSITIONS ON

THE BILL AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE ANTICIPATED THE ADOPTION OF SB272 WE

STARTED MEETING THESE REQUIREMENTS EVEN BEFORE THE BILL WAS SIGNED AND THE

REGIONAL SHORELINE ADAPTATION PLAN DEVELOPED LAST YEAR AS YOU CAN SEE IN

THE BLUEPRINT OF SB272 OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS WE HAVE WORKED

COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE VOLUNTARY BAY AREA LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND REGIONAL

PARTNERS TO DEVELOP BAY ADAPT AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AS WE IMPLEMENT THE

REQUIREMENTS OF THE BILL. WE WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING POLICY TECHNICAL

ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AS THEY APPLY THE GUIDELINES AND

DEVELOP THESE PLANS WE’RE ON TRACK TO DEVELOP THE GUIDELINES BY THE END OF

2024 IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE BILL REQUIREMENTS AND IMPORTANTLY THIS BILL

IS RANKED TO FUNDING AND THIS IS NOT AN UNFUNDED MANDATE FOR LOCAL

JURISDICTIONS A GRANT FOR FUNDING DEVELOPING BAY SHORELINE ADAPTATION

PLANS WILL ISSUE AVAILABLE STARTING AT THE END OF 2023 FROM THE OCEAN

PROTECTION COUNCIL AND OTHER POTS COULD BE APPLIED FOR THIS PURPOSE AS WELL, O

THIS. PC HAS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FUNDING FOR PHASING AND IMPLEMENTING

PLANNING FOR IMPLEMENTATION WORK WITH OPC ON THE CURRENT GRANT ON THEIR

CURRENT GRANT CRITERIA ONCE THESE GUIDELINES ARE COMPLETE WE WILL WORK

WITH OPC TO UPDATE THOSE FUTURE ROUNDS THESE ARE HISTORIC LEVELS OF FUNDING

FOR ADAPTATION SO IT IS IN JURISDICTIONS BEST INTEREST TO GET

THESE PLANS DEVELOPED SOON THE STATE HAS ALLOCATED $690 MILLION IN

MULTI-YEAR FUNDING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION BETWEEN NOW AND 2050.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR US? SB272 PRESENTS CHALLENGES AND

OPPORTUNITIES FOR BCDC IN THE BAY AREA WE’LL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES

AND NOW HAVE SB272 BEHIND IT WHILE THE BILL CALLS FOR SUBREGIONAL PLANS TO BE

COMPLETED BY 2034 WE THINK THE REGION CANNOT WAIT THAT LONG TO PLAN FOR IT.

WE CAN COLLECTIVELY WORK TOGETHER TO ADOPT PLANS SOONER ONE WAY IS BCDC

WILL ESTABLISH AS I MENTIONED A SUPPORTIVE FLEXIBLE POLICY AND

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO MEET CITIES AND COUNTIES WHERE THEY ARE

CONNECT THEM TO FUNDING AND REDUCE BURDEN OF ADDITIONAL PLANNING COSTS WE

WILL CONTINUE TO DEFINE THE SUBREGIONAL PLAN AND ENSURE LOCAL PLAN APPROVAL

PROCESS CLEAR AND CODIFIED SO THAT GOVERNMENTS KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

FINALLY BCDC STRATEGIC PLAN FORESEES A UNIFIED CONSISTENT REGIONAL APPROACH

ACROSS BCDC PLANNING AND REGULATORY FUNCTIONS IN LIGHT OF RISING SEA LEVEL

AND DIRECTS THE COMMISSION TO DETERMINE WHETHER BCDC REGULATORY AND PLANNING

AUTHORITY AND JURISDICTION SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO FOSTER LARGER SCALE

ADAPTATION EFFORTS. AS BCDC IMPLEMENTING SB272 WE’LL HOLD

PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS WHETHER AND HOW TO CHANGE OUR LAWS AND POLICIES TO BEST

IMPLEMENT THIS NEW BILL. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME THIS AFTERNOON. I’M

SURE YOU HAVE LOTS MUCH QUESTIONS. I’M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM AND WILL GO AHEAD

AND TURN IT BACK OVER TO COMMISSIONER WASSERMAN. THANK YOU

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: QUESTIONS?

QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? VICE CHAIR EISEN?

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: THANK YOU, JESSE. THAT WAS FANTASTIC.

THE 272 REFERS TO LOCAL JURISDICTIONS AND YOU SAID IN ONE OF YOUR EARLIER

SLIDES THAT A SUBREGIONAL PLAN COULD BE BASED ON THE CITY, THE COUNTY, OR AN

OLU, I THINK IS THE TERM WE’RE NOW USING. WHO DECIDES THAT QUESTION?

OAKLAND AND ALAMEDA COULD EACH HAVE THEIR OWN PLAN? OR THEY COULD DO IT

ON A COUNTY-WIDE BASIS OR AS PART OF AN LOU? WHO MAKES THAT DECISION?

>>SPEAKER: RIGHT NOW OUR CURRENT PROCESS IS THROUGH AS I MENTIONED OUR

ADVISORY GROUP MEMBERS WORKING WITH OUR RISING SEA LEVEL COMMISSIONER WORKING

GROUP AND FOCUS GROUPS ACTUALLY TO COME UP WITH THAT DECISION IN THE PROCESS

TO DEFINE WHAT A SUBREGIONAL PLAN IS AND THAT INCLUDES ANY KIND OF

MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL ASPECTS SO OUR INTENTION AT THIS POINT IS NOT THAT

EVERYBODY POSSIBLY GETS TO DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES ALTHOUGH WE WANT TO EXPLORE

AND ENSURE WHEN PEOPLE ARE PLANNING THEY’RE DOING SO IN WAYS THAT REALLY

SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION, AT THIS POINT WE DON’T INTEND EVERYBODY GETS

TO CHOOSE ON THEIR OWN BUT AS WE GO THROUGH THE PHASES OF THE PROJECT

WE’LL BE EVALUATING THESE DIFFERENT OPTIONS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET INTO

THE DEVELOPING OF GUIDELINES WE’LL HAVE RECOMMENDED APPROACH THAT WE’LL BE

USING. >>SPEAKER: ADDING TO THAT, WE’LL

INCLUDE IN THE GUIDELINES WHAT THE DEFINITION OF SUBREGION IS. WE WON’T

LEAVE IT OPEN AND WE’LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU AS COMMISSIONERS TO WEIGH IN ON

AS WELL.

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: COMMISSIONER SHOWALTER?

>>PATRICIA SHOWALTER: THANK YOU. WELL, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, I

WOULD LIKE TO THANK JACKIE AND TODD HALLENBECK FOR COMING TO MOUNTAIN

VIEW’S BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR SHORELINE PARK. IT WAS OUR 40th ANNIVERSARY AND

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON’T KNOW, SHORELINE PARK WAS BUILT UPON A —

ABOUT A 30-YEAR LANDFILL THAT WAS BUILT WITH SAN FRANCISCO GARBAGE. AND IT’S

REALLY QUITE AN INTERESTING PUBLIC WORKS SUCCESS STORY.

IT’S A BEAUTIFUL 700 FIRST ACRE REGIONAL PARK NOW. BUT WE DO HAVE

FOREVER TO TAKE CARE OF THIS LANDFILL THAT’S UNDERNEATH IT, BUT ON THE GOOD

SIDE, IT RAISED THE SURFACE ELEVATION OF THE AREA OF MOUNTAIN VIEW ADJACENT

TO THE BAY BY NINE FEET. SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO PROTECT THE REST OF THE

WAY IS A LITTLE LESS THAN SOME PEOPLE IN OTHER AREAS MAY HAVE TO DO.

ANYWAY, I WANTED TO FIRST OF ALL THANK THEM FOR COMING. PEOPLE WERE HAVING A

GREAT TIME. TODD TOOK SOME FOLKS OUT ON TOUR OF RESTORATIONS THAT ARE GOING

ON AND JACKIE WAS VERY BUSY ASKING QUESTIONS SO WE REALLY APPRECIATED THE

INVOLVEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY CELEBRATION. THEN I WANT TO ASK ABOUT

THIS WHAT IS SUBREGIONAL. THE CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW DEVELOPED A PLAN, AND

ABOUT 2013, AND WE REVISED IT A FEW TIMES. IT HAS 14 PROJECTS THAT WE

NEED TO DO. AND WE COORDINATE WITH PALO ALTO AND

SUNNYVALE AND THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT, AND THE COASTAL

CONSERVANCY AND ALL SORTS OF ORGANIZATIONS.

[LAUGHTER] FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE. BUT WE —

YOU KNOW, I THINK IT’S VERY IMPORTANT TO BUILD ON THAT PLAN. SO, I’M REALLY

INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW THIS SUBREGION GETS DEFINED AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE

BUILD ON WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE, EVEN THOUGH IT’S — I KNOW THE

PLANNING IS QUITE UNEVEN THROUGHOUT THE AREA. SO, MY QUESTION, REALLY, IS

JUST, GENERALLY, HOW ARE WE PLANNING TO DO THAT?

>>DANA BRECHWALD: THIS IS DANA BRECHWALD, ASSISTANT PLANNING DIRECTOR

FOR CLIMATE ADAPTATION WE’RE IN THE BEGINNING PHASES OF DEFINING THAT

RIGHT NOW, I WANT TO REASSURE PEOPLE WE DON’T HAVE A FINAL OUTCOME IN MIND

RIGHT NOW IT WILL BE A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS WE’LL HAVE A WORKING GROUP AND

BACK TO THE SEA LEVEL RISE WORKING GROUP AND BRING IT BACK TO THE

COMMISSION WE’LL HAVE SOME FOCUS GROUPS TO HELP DEFINE THAT, LOOKING AT THE

PROCESS AND BUILDINGS ON THE PLANNING THAT PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY DONE. SO WE

DON’T HAVE ANY FINAL ANSWER. [LAUGHTER]

FOR YOU AT THIS TIME. BUT YOU DO RAISE GOOD POINTS AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE

GOING TO CONSIDER AS WE COME UP WITH A DEFINITION OF WHAT A SUBREGIONAL PLAN

S >>PATRICIA SHOWALTER: GREAT.

THAT’S GREAT. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION IS, AROUND THE BAY, WHO

HAS, SORT OF, JURISDICTION FOR FLOOD PROTECTION, WHICH IS WHAT SEA LEVEL

RISE PROTECTION S REALLY IT’S COASTAL FLOOD PROTECTION FROM COASTAL FLOODING

AND IT VARIES ALL OVER THE MAP IT’S LIKE A PATCHWORK QUILT I WANT TO MAKE

SURE YOU’RE INCLUDING THE FLOOD PROTECTION AGENCIES AS WELL IN THIS

GROUP. RIGHT? THAT YOU’RE TALKING TO. ARE THEY —

YOU DIDN’T MENTION THEM IN THE SPECIFICALLY IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT

I AM SURE THEY’RE PART OF THE MIX. IS THAT CORRECT?

>>DANA BRECHWALD: WE HAVE AN ADVISORY GROUP OF 40 INDIVIDUALS THAT PANT

GAMUT OF PRACTITIONERS WE HAVE FLOOD CONTROL AGENCY REPRESENTATIVES ON THAT

WE’RE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE MORE FOCUS GROUPS AND MAKE SURE THAT

AT DIFFERENT PARTS TO ENSURE THAT WE’RE CAPTURING THOSE EXPERT VOICES, THAT WE

CREATE SPACES IN THIS PROCESS TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. SO.

>>PATRICIA SHOWALTER: OH YES THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME OF THAT. I KNOW

SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO ARE SERVING ON THAT EXPERT ADVISORY GROUP. THAT FILLS

THAT BILL. THANKS VERY MUCH. >>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

COMMISSIONER NELSON?

>>BARRY NELSON: THANKS. I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THE BRIEFING AND

CONGRATULATE STAFF, ESPECIALLY LARRY AND SPECIFICALLY STEVE AS WELL, SB272

IS A REAL STEP FORWARD FOR THE COMMISSION, JUST A MILESTONE I THINK

WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE. WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST

SEVERAL YEARS ABOUT THE SORT OF LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HELP US WITH

ADAPTATION EFFORTS AND 272 REALLY TICKS A LOT OF THOSE BOXES SO IT’S IMPORTANT

AS A STEP FORWARD AS REGIONAL ADAPTATION PLANS COME TOGETHER AND WE

THINK ABOUT GOING BACK TO THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR

ESPECIALLY FOR THE LEGISLATURE WHETHER IT’S FOR POLICY LEGISLATION REGARDING

IMPLEMENTATION OR ESPECIALLY NEXT STEPS ON FINANCING AND FUNDING ADAPTING A

EFFORTS, THE FACT THAT WE’RE DOING ALL OF THIS WORK IN RESPONSE TO A MANDATE

FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE, AS OPPOSED TO DOING IT JUST BECAUSE THE

COMMISSION THINKS IT’S A GOOD IDEA, IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO, I JUST WANTED

TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS STEP. AND, REALLY, THANK STAFF AND

CONGRATULATE STAFF FOR MAKING SURE THAT THIS BILL IS SO CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH

OUR THINKING AND OUR EXISTING EFFORTS. AND I THINK IT WILL REALLY GIVE US A

BOOST. THANK YOU. >>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

COMMISSIONER JOHN-BAPTISTE?

>>ALICIA JOHN BAPTISTE: THANKS CHAIR WASSERMAN. THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR

THIS EXCELLENT COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION.

OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING MOMENT TO BE N AS I’M THINKING ABOUT

THIS QUESTION OF SUBREGIONAL, HOW TO DEFINE SUBREGIONAL. THERE IS ALREADY

I THINK IT YOU HAVE HEARD PEOPLE ALREADY IDENTIFYING DIFFERENT STARTING

POINTS DIFFERENT RESOURCES DIFFERENT PRIORITIES AMONG ALL THE DIFFERENT

ACTORS AND I THINK FRANKLY IN SOME CASES DIFFERING LEVELS OF TRUST

BETWEEN DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF WHOM I CONSTITUTE WHAT A SUBREGIONAL

JURISDICTION LOOKS LIKE SO WHAT OCCURS TO ME THAT YOU MIGHT ALSO BE THINKING

ABOUT AS YOU’RE CONSIDERING HOW TO DEFINE SUBKNEE REGIONAL IS ALSO HOW TO

THINK ABOUT ENSURING INTEGRITY ACROSS SUBREGIONAL PLANS SO WE HAVE A KIND OF

SECONDARY WAY TO BACKSTOP ANY GAPS IN THE SYSTEM. WHICH THIS LEGISLATION

WAS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT GIVES BCDC THE AUTHORITY TO ACTUALLY HOLD THE

WHOLE PICTURE SO CONSIDERING YOU CAN DO THAT IN A WAY THAT MATCHES UP WITH

DEFINING AREAS I THINK WILL BE IMPORTANT. THANK YOU.

>>SPEAKER: THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS.

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: COMMISSIONER NELSON. YOU STILL HAVE

YOUR HAND UP. DO YOU WANT ANOTHER SHOT? OR YOU JUST HAVEN’T PULLED IT

DOWN? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR COMMISSIONER ECKERLE RELATED TO THIS.

AND THAT IS IF YOU CAN GIVE US ANY SENSE OF THE TIMING OF THE ROLE ROLL

OUT ON THE FUNDING FROM OPC FOR THESE PLANNING EFFORTS.

>>JENN ECKERLE: THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY JUST TO GIVE AN

OVERARCHING REVIEW OF THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, THE

OCEAN PROTECTION COUNCIL’S SB1 GRANT PROGRAM WHICH IS WHERE THIS 95 MILLION

WILL LIVE IS GOING TO OFFER TWO DIFFERENT TRACKS FOR FUNDING ONE FOR

PLANNING ONE FOR PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION SO EXAMPLES OF PLANNING PROJECTS

INCLUDE COMMUNITY VISIONING VULNERABLE ASSESSMENTS DATA COLLECTION ADAPTATION

PLANS AND ELIGIBLE IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS INCLUDE NATURE-BASED GREEN

GRAY HYBRID ADAPTATION PROJECTS FEASIBILITY STUDIES PROJECT DESIGN SO

YOU HAVE HEARD THAT THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES A SET OF ADAPTATION CRITERIA

WHICH ARE THE STANDARDIZED SET OF MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS THAT WE WANT TO

SEE, THE CRITERIA DRAFT STANDS NOW AIMING TO ESTABLISH BEST PRACTICES AND

CONSISTENCY ACROSS OUR ADAPTATION EFFORTS WE DEVELOPED IN THAT CLOSE

COORDINATION WITH STAFF FROM BCDC AND THE COASTAL COMMISSION AND OTHER

MEMBER AGENCIES OF OUR STATE. SEA LEVEL RISE COLLABORATIVE SO THAT FINAL

CRITERIA FOR THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN OUR GRANT PROGRAM SOLICITATION WHICH

WE ANTICIPATE RELEASING BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. SO ONCE THE SOLICITATION

IS RELEASED WE INTEND TO ACCEPT AND APPROVE THE PLANNING PROJECTS THROUGH

ROLLING QUARTERLY NON-COMPETITIVE PROCESS PROVIDING THEY SATISFY THE

REQUIREMENTS IN THE FINAL SEA LEVEL RISE CRITERIA AND WE WILL BEGIN

ACCEPTING IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS IN THE COMET PETATIVE PROCESS MID-TO LATE

2024 THEN ONE OTHER NOTE THAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR EQUITY WORK WE ARE

ENSURING THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO THIS FUNDING OPC IS SIMULTANEOUSLY

LAUNCHING A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE DIRECT GRANT

APPLICATION SERVICES TO LOCAL REGIONAL AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS REPRESENTATIVE

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES SO TO QUALIFY FOR THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

APPLICANTS MUST MEET SPECIFIC CRITERIA THAT CRITERIA IS CURRENTLY UNDER

DEVELOPED BUT THE GOAL IS TO PRIORITIZE FUNDING TO COMMUNITIES THAT ARE

UNDERRESOURCED AND ARE LACKING NECESSARY CAPACITY TO COMPETE FOR THIS

FUNDING. SO INTERESTED LOCAL AND REGIONAL AND TRIBAL JURISDICTIONS TO

MEET THAT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CRITERIA CAN APPLY FOR AND RECEIVE THAT

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SUPPORT SO I’M COMMITTED TO KEEPING THE COMMISSION

APPRISED ON THE NEXT STEPS AND ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN

LEARNING MORE ABOUT BEING NOTIFIED ABOUT WHEN OUR FUNDING BECOMES

AVAILABLE TO VISIT OPC’S WEB SITE AT WWW.OPC.CA.GOV. AND I’M HAPPY TO

ANSWER ANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS. >>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BURKE? >>SPEAKER: I WANT TO ECHO

COMMISSIONER SHOWALTER’S POINT ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE’RE ENGAGING WITH

FLOOD CONTROL AGENCIES SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE SAN FRANCISCO SIS QUIT OWE CREEK

FLOOD CONTROL AGENCY REPRESENTS BOTH SAN MATEO, SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND THE

CITIES EAST OF PALO ALTO, BECAUSE SOUTH OF THE CREEK IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY

PALO ALTO, ALLEY WATER AND MOUNTAIN VIEW ARE IN COLLABORATION TOGETHER

NORTH OF THE CREEK SAN MATEO COUNTY EAST PALO ALTO DID NOT HAVE THE

RESOURCES AND SAN MATEO COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE ESSENTIALLY FLOOD CONTROL

DISTRICT AND FUNDING SO THE FLOOD CONTROL JOINT POWER AUTHORITY HAS

ASSUMED THE LEADS ROLE ON THE BAY SHORELINE ADAPTATION INITIATIVE FOR

EAST PALO ALTO. SO, THE COMPLEXITY OF THE DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE

— ARE WORKING TOGETHER, HAS BEEN MORPHING BASED UPON KIND OF ORGANIC

CIRCUMSTANCES. AND IT WON’T BE EASY SORTING ALL THAT OUT. BUT THE FLOOD

CONTROL AGENCIES, CERTAINLY, ARE, I THINK, MAYBE MORE IMPORTANT PLAYERS

THAN WE HAVE APPRECIATED. THANKS. >>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: ANY OTHER

QUESTIONS? I HAVE GOT A COUPLE BEFORE WE GO TO THE PUBLIC.

ONE, I CERTAINLY ECHO THOSE REMARKS, AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ON AND OFF

WITH STAFF ABOUT INVOLVING THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICTS. NOT AN EASY TASK,

JUST TO NOTE. BUT A CRITICAL ONE, INCLUDING THE FACT

THAT, OVER THE LONG RANGE, THEY MAY BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE FUNDING GAP.

BECAUSE AS SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER,

THERE HAS BEEN AN EFFORT IN THE PAST TO PUT A MEASURE ON THE STATEWIDE BALLOT

TO CHANGE THE WAY THEY COLLECT FEES TO MAKE THEM MORE LIKE THE UTILITIES

REQUIRING ONLY A MAJORITY VOTE INSTEAD OF A TWO THIRD’S VOTE. SO, FOR A

RANGE EVER REASONS, THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

I WANT TO EMPHASIZE COMMISSIONER ECKERLY’S REMARKS AS WELL AS THE STAFF

PRESENTATION. THE FUND THAT’S OUT THERE IS NOT COMING ALL AT ONCE IT’S

GOING TO BE A ROLLING PROCESS IT’S BEING PUT IN PLACE FORMULATED AND SOME

OF THE EFFORTS REGARDING THAT GO BACK TO WHAT I SAID IN MY OPENING REMARKS

ABOUT WORKING TO BETTER COORDINATE THE PROCESS OF THE VARIOUS JURISDICTIONS

GOING AFTER THAT FUNDING SO THAT WE ARE HELPING EACH OTHER AND NOT HURTING

EACH OTHER. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC?

REYLINA?

>>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: YOU’RE NOT FROM THE PUBLIC. YES YOU

MAY. >>LARRY GOLDZBAND: THANK YOU CHAIR

WASSERMAN, AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS AND ALTERNATES.

YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT WHEN THE GOVERNOR SIGNED 272 STEVE SOMEHOW FOUND THAT

OUT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, AND E-MAILED ME, AND I THINK THE REST OF SENIOR

STAFF AT THE SAME TIME. AND I WANT TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, THAT THIS BILL

WOULD NOT BE WHAT IT IS WITHOUT STEVE. HE DID AN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB JOB

LEADING THE EFFORT AND WORKING WITH SENATOR LAIRD’S STAFF, WORKING WITH

COMMITTEE STAFF, MAKING SURE THAT THE COASTAL COMMISSION KNEW WHAT WE WERE

DOING, MAKING SURE THAT WE KNEW WHAT THE COASTAL COMMISSION WAS DOING.

HE HAD A LOT OF HELP FROM JESSICA AND DANA AND JACKIE AND SOME FROM ME AND

CERTAINLY FROM MICHAEL AND GREG. BUT STEVE DESERVES TREMENDOUS PRAISE FOR

HIS WORK ON THIS. WE WOULDN’T BE HERE WITHOUT WHAT HE DID.

TO ANSWER COMMISSIONER SHOWALTER’S QUESTION, WHICH IS HOW, AND ALSO

COMMISSIONER BURKE’S AND EVERYBODY’S, HOW WE’RE GOING TO DO THIS WITH

REGIONAL SHORELINE PLANNING. MY ANSWER IS, WITH GREAT LACRITY.

THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COMPLEXITY ALONG THE SHORELINE WE

UNDERSTAND THAT. THERE WILL BE SURPRISES DURING THE NEXT YEAR, YEAR

AND A QUARTER AS WE DO THIS BUT WE ARE GETTING OUR DUCKS IN A ROW INTERNALLY

TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW HOW WE CAN FORECAST AS MANY OF THEM AS POSSIBLE

SO THERE ARE AS FEW SURPRISES AS POSSIBLE.

WITH REGARD TO THE OPC’S FUNDING, I THINK COMMISSIONER ECKERLE WOULD

EXPECT ME TO SAY THIS BUT I HAVEN’T CLEARED IT WITH HER. LET ME — THANK

GOD SHE’S SMILING. LET IT BE STATED HERE THAT AS SOON AS WE HEAR ANYTHING

ABOUT FUNDING BEING AVAILABLE, YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT FUNDING BEING AVAILABLE,

BECAUSE WE WILL NO DOUBT DISTRIBUTE IT JUST AS THE OPC WILL. AND WE WILL,

ALSO — I HAVE AUTHORITY, THE DISTRICT WRITTEN MYSELF A NOTE PUT THE OPC WEB

SITE ON MY COMMISSION MEETING SUMMARY TODAY SO THAT YOU ALL CAN JUST CLICK

AND FIND OUT JUST AS MUCH AS YOU MAY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT SUCH FUNDING.

FINALLY, I WANT TO SAY WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORICAL CONTEXT THAT THE

COMMISSION APPROVED THE CLIMATE CHANGE AMENDMENTS BACK IN 2011. SO, THAT WAS

A DOZEN YEARS AGO. IT HAS TAKEN US A DOZEN YEARS TO GET TO 272. BUT I

DON’T THINK THAT CANDIDLY IS NECESSARY TOO LONG. I THINK THAT SO MUCH HAS

HAPPENED OVER THE PAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS THAT HAS CHANGED THE CONTEXT TO

WHICH PEOPLE VIEW CLIMATE CHANGE AND RISING SEA LEVEL THAT WE PROBABLY

COULDN’T EVEN HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT HAVING A 272 BACK IN 2017 OR 2018. AND I

WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE FOLKS WHO BEEN WITH US OVER THE PAST DOZEN YEARS.

AND I WAS REMINDED OF THIS YESTERDAY AS I WAS DRIVING AND LISTENING TO OF ALL

THINGS, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THOUSAND DOLLARS THUNDER ROAD. THERE IS A LINE

IN THERE AS HE LOOKS AT MARY AND SAYS — THEY WANT TO ESCAPE THAT TOWN, BUT

THE DOOR IS OPEN BUT THE RIDE AIN’T FREE SO WE HAVE EARNED THIS DOOR BEING

OPENED, THE RIDE IS GOING TO BE COMPLEX. BUT WE’RE GOING TO GET IT

DONE WITH YOUR HELP INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU

FOR ALWAYS COMING TO BCDC AND PUTTING ON YOUR REGIONAL HAT DISTINGUISH —

BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT THIS IS GOING TO TAKE.

WITH THAT CHAIR WASSERMAN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR

LEADERSHIP FOR HELPING US GET TO 2272 AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU.

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: AS IMPATIENT AS I NORMALLY AM, I’M ALMOST

INCLINED TO AGREE WITH YOU ON THE TIMING OF 272.

I DO WANT TO REPEAT MY THANKS TO ALL OF YOU AND ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT

SUPPORTED GETTING 272 SIGNED THIS ROUND, INCLUDING THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS

WHO, IN MANY WAYS, REPRESENT THE LARGEST MOST ORGANIZED PART OF WHAT I

VIEW AS OUR CONSTITUENCIES, SAFETY BAY AND THE BAY PLANNING COALITION. IT

WAS A UNITED AND COMMUNITY EFFORT THAT GOT THAT DONE. SO, I THANK YOU ALL.

WITH THAT, WE WILL TURN TO ITEM 11. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JACKIE, FOR AN

EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. THANKS, STAFF, FOR THE WORK.

AND, YEAH, THE RIDE AIN’T FREE, AND IT AIN’T OVER YET.

ALMOST 11 IS A BRIEFING ON THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK TO IMPLEMENT THE

COMMISSION’S 2023 STRATEGIC PLAN. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GOLDZBAND WILL

START THE BRIEFING. >>LARRY GOLDZBAND: SO THIS FLOWS

RIGHT FROM 272. BELIEVE IT OR NOT T REALLY DOES. AND IT FLOWS FROM BAY

ADAPT. I DON’T KNOW WHO HAS THE PRESENTATION, BUT IF SOMEBODY COULD

START BRINGING IT UP, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WE PROMISED YOU WHEN YOU ALL

ADOPTED THE STRATEGIC PLAN IN THE SPRING, THAT WE WOULD COME AT YOU IN

THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.

WELL, AUGUST DIDN’T HAPPEN BECAUSE WE COULDN’T MEET IN AUGUST AND WE ONLY

HAD ONE MEETING IN SEPTEMBER. SO WE’RE HERE IN OCTOBER AND WILL BE BACK TO

YOU IN EITHER DECEMBER OR JANUARY WITH AN UPDATE AS WELL.

BUT THIS IS, I THINK, BASICALLY, DUE TO, IN GREAT PART, CHAIR WASSERMAN’S

INSISTENCE, A REAL WAY FOR US TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON JUST PARTS OF

THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE THINK YOU MIGHT WELL BE MOST INTERESTED IN, AND

THAT WE, CERTAINLY, ARE INTERESTED IN, AS WELL AS GIVING YOU A LARGER SCALE

UPDATE. SO, JESSICA, ARE YOU GOING TO DO THIS OR AM I GOING TO DO THIS?

I’M GOING TO DO THIS? THANK YOU. YOU CAN TELL WE PRACTICED THIS. BUT I

WANT TO THANK JESSICA FAIN A LOT BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS IN

PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

>>JESSICA FAIN: WE’RE ALL GOING TO DO THIS LARRY.

>>LARRY GOLDZBAND: WE’LL ALL BE DOING THIS BUT I’LL START IT OFF. YOU

REMEMBER THAT WE CREATED YOU ALL WITH OUR HELP CREATED A NEW VISION WE HAVE

FIVE GOALS EACH WITH ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES THIS IS NOT NEWS TO YOU

NOTHING HAS CHANGED WITH REGARD TO THE GOALS OR ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES. NEXT

SLIDE PLEASE. THE CORE VALUES REMAIN, EQUITABLE AND

INCLUSIVE SCIENCE BASED AND DATA-DRIVEN, AGILE AND PROACTIVE,

ALACRITY IS IN THERE, INCLUSIVE SERVICE ORIENTED TRUSTED ACCOUNTABLE AND WE

WANT TO LIVE UP TO THAT ON A DAILY BASIS. NEXT SLIDE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PROGRESS ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND YOU WILL REMEMBER

THAT WE HAVE FIVE GOALS SOME OF SOMETHING LIKE 24 OR 25 DIFFERENT

OBJECTIVES WITHIN THEM. YOU WILL SEE A HISTORY OF WHAT WE SINGLE ON TRACK,

THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW DELAYS OR BASICALLY ISSUES, A COUP EL

THATHAVEN’T BEEN COMPLETED AND A BUNCH THAT HAVEN’T EVEN BEEN STARTED YET.

THESE ARE BASED UPON THE DIFFERENT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT WHICH THEN

HAVE UNDERNEATH THEM A SERIES OF ACTIONS THAT WE WANT TO TAKE.

SO THIS HISTOGRAM ISN’T THE GOALS, IT’S NOT THE OBJECTIVE, IT’S THE ACTUAL

ACTIONS THAT WILL COMPLETE THOSE OBJECTIVES AND GET US TO THAT GOAL.

SO THAT’S WHY YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE 70 OR SO, 65, OR 70 DIFFERENT ACTIONS

WE’RE NOT GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH 65 OR 70 ACTIONS, GOD FORBID, BECAUSE WE

WANT YOU TO STAY AWAKE. BUT WHAT WE WILL DO IS LEAD YOU THROUGH A COUPLE

OF THOSE DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES EACH OF THOSE FIVE GOALS SO YOU CAN SEE HOW WE

ARE PROGRESSING. LET’S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. WHICH IS STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE

1.1. SO THAT’S WHERE I THROW IT OVER TO JESSICA.

>>JESSICA FAIN: THANKS LARRY. SO, STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 1.1 IS HOW WE

SUCCESSFULLY LEAD OUR BAY ADAPT PROGRAM. ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THIS

PAST QUART INCLUDE ACTUALLY COMPLETING ONE OF THE TASKS IN THE BAY ADAPT

JOINT PLATFORM. WE PUBLISHED WITH MTC A REPORT CALLED THE SEA LEVEL RISE

ADAPTATION FUNDING AND INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK THAT WE BRIEFED YOU ON, WE

HAVE KICKED OFF LEADERSHIP GROUPS TO GUIDE BAY ADAPT IMPLEMENTATION

INCLUDING OUR ELECTED OFFICIAL TASK FORCE AND IMPLEMENTATION COORDINATING

GROUP WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO ENCOURAGE DIVERSE

PARTICIPATION IN THE VARIOUS BAY ADAPT GROUPS AND FOCUSED ON COMMUNICATIONS

UPDATED OUR WEB SITE, WE STARTED A BLOG THANKS TO SOME SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE

FROM SOME CONSULTANTS TO REALLY UP OUR COMMUNICATIONS GAME.

ONE OF THE NEXT CHALLENGES THAT — SOME OF THE NEXT CHALLENGES THAT WE’LL BE

FACING ARE COMING OUT OF THAT FUNDING AND INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK, HOW DO WE

ACTUALLY PULL TOGETHER AN INTERAGENCY PROCESS AND AGREEMENT TO HELP FILL

THAT GAP. SO WE’RE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT

THE BAY AREA REGIONAL COLLABORATION, MISSISSIPPI ABAG REGIONAL

COLLABORATIVE TO UNDERSTAND ACROSS OUR AGENCIES TO TRY TO SOLVE THIS. WE’RE

ALSO — WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MEASURE HOW WE’RE DOING ON BAY ADAPT SO OUR

TEAM IS DEVELOPING METRICS ON HOW TO MEASURE PROGRESS.

FINALLY ONE THING WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT SUMMER IS TO HOST AN ANNUAL

FORUM ON REGIONAL SEA LEVEL RISE ADAPTATION. THIS WILL BE A NEW EVENT

WE’RE JUST STARTING TO SCOPE IT OUT. IF YOU HAVE IDEAS LET US KNOW BUT

THAT’S SOMETHING WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO. NEXT SLIDE.

ANOTHER STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE OF GOAL ONE IS AROUND OUR REGIONAL SHORELINE

ADAPTATION PLAN. I’M NOT GOING TO GO INTO MUCH DETAIL HERE YOU HEARD A LOT

FROM JACKIE ON THIS. NEEDLESS TO SAY WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT,

WE’RE HOSTING A PUBLIC WORKSHOP NEXT WEEK AND HAVE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS

AROUND THIS PHASE WHICH IS BACKGROUND VISION AND MEASURING OUR SUCCESS.

MOVING FORWARD AS WE ENTER INTO OUR NEXT PHASE AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED

DEFINING WHAT THESE SUBREGIONAL ADAPTATION PLANS ARE DEVELOPING THOSE

GUIDELINES AND INTEGRATING SB272 INTO THIS. I THINK I TURN IT OVER TO

HARRIET. >>HARRIET ROSS: I’M NEXT.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES, 2.1. THAT’S MINE. THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO

DETERMINING — >>LARRY GOLDZBAND: THAT’S THE NEXT

SLIDE. >>HARRIET ROSS: SORRY. NEXT SLIDE.

REALLY SPEAKS TO DETERMINING IF AND HOW BCDC AUTHORITY AND JURISDICTION SHOULD

BE EXPANDED TO FOSTER THESE LARGER SCALE ADAPTATION EFFORTS WHICH ARE WE

HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TODAY. LUCKY ME, I’M NEW, SO I GET TO SHARE

THE GREAT WORK AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT MY REGULATORY TEAM HAS BEEN

WORKING ON. SO, SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS WORKING TOWARDS THIS

STRATEGY REALLY INCLUDES UNDERTAKING A COACH OF COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF OUR

PERMITTING PROGRAM. WE REVIEWED 15 MAJOR STUDIES LOOKING AT REGULATORY

CHALLENGES POSED BY ADAPTATION AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED OVER 30 MAJOR

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BCDC AND OUR REGULATORY PARTNERS TO CONSIDER.

WE’LL BE TAKING LESSONS LEARNED FROM THESE STUDIES AND USING THEM TO INFORM

SPECIFIC PROJECTS THE REGULATORY TEAM CAN PURSUE IN THE COMING YEARS. AND

WE HAVE ALSO DEVOTED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME ON THE DEPARTMENT

FINANCE LED EMISSION BASED REVIEW FOR OUR PERMITTING PROGRAM, WHICH YOU

HEARD ABOUT IN THE LAST MEETING. WE, AND ALMOST EVERY MEMBER OF OUR

REGULATORY TEAM IS PROVIDING INPUT AND EXPERTISE ON THAT REVIEW. THE PROJECT

WILL RESULT IN A LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF

FINANCE STAFF ON HOW BCDC CAN BECOME MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE IN

PERMITTING AGENCY REALLY READY TO TACKLE MAJOR ADAPTATION PROJECTS

COMING AHEAD OF US. SOME OF OUR UPCOMING WORK INCLUDES

SCOPING OUT A PROPOSAL FOR REIMAGINED BCDC JURISDICTION THAT WILL ALLOW THE

COMMISSION TO IMPLEMENT THE REGIONAL SHORELINE ADAPTATION PLAN AS WE HAVE

TALKED ABOUT OBVIOUSLY THE PLAN IS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT BUT THAT WORK IS

TO DEVELOP THE INCLUDING REGULATORY STAFF AS WELL AS THE GOAL FOR OUR

ULTIMATE RECOMMENDATIONS THE COMMISSION’S FUTURE REGULATORY PROGRAM

TO REFLECT THE PRIORITIES DESIRED OUTCOMES OF THAT PLAN AND LASTLY WE’LL

BE WORKING WITH A REGULATORY PARTNER TO SCOPE OUT THE PROPOSAL FOR THE

IMPROVED MULTI-YEAR AGENCY ADAPTATION OVER THE COMING YEAR.

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: NEXT SLIDE.

>>SPEAKER: WE HAVE A NEW GROUP COMPLIANCE. AND COMPLIANCE SITS

BETWEEN PERMITTING AND ENFORCEMENT. AND THE GOAL OF THIS IS TO INTEGRATE

THE COMPLIANCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO AND INTO THE REGULATORY PROGRAM.

AND I GOT TO SAY, THE GOOD NEWS IS COMPLIANCE IS UP AND RUNNING, DOING A

GREAT JOB. WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY INTEGRATED THEM BETWEEN ENFORCEMENT

AND PERMITTING, POSITIVE RESULTS HAVE BEEN SEEN IN COMPLIANCE AND BY

PERMITTEES, AND IN OTHER — AND IN DIVERSIONS FROM FORMAL

ENFORCEMENT. LESS ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY AND MORE IN COMPLIANCE WHICH IS THE

GOAL HERE. IT’S INTERESTING IN DISCUSSIONS AT TIME WHEN WE SEND

SOMETHING TO COMPLIANCE, COMPLIANCE HAS BEEN LOOKING AT OUR PERMITS WHICH HAVE

A WHOLE RANGE OF THINGS OVER TIME AND IT’S THE TIME THAT MAKES COMPALESTINES

HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AND WHEN THINGS START TO FALL OFF COMPLIANCE CAN OFTEN

GET THINGS BACK ON TRACK. I WOULD SAY THAT’S GOING REALLY WELL.

COORDINATION MEETINGS BETWEEN ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE WHICH IS

GREAT REALLY OPERATING THERE AND FIVE MONTHLY MEETINGS BETWEEN COMPLIANCE

AND REGULATORY TO WORK OUT SOME OF THE PERMITTING ISSUES MAKING THEM

ENFORCEABLE AND MAKING THINGS MORE COMPLIANT ALSO HOW TO TAKE SOME OF THE

LOAD OFF OF PERMITTING. OUR NEXT CHALLENGE AND GRAY AREAS, DOCUMENTING

AND PROCESS AND RESOLVING THOSE AREAS. LAST PART IS HOW TO MEASURE THOSE

EFFICIENCY GAINS SEEING WE’RE ACTUALLY GETTING BENEFITS FROM HAVING OUR

COMPLIANCE TEAM AND BEING ABLE TO SHOW MEASURABLE BENEFITS THOSE ARE OUR

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES IN 2.4. >>SPEAKER: NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 3.2 HIGHLIGHTS THE WORK ON BCDC RACIAL EQUITY PLAN SINCE

LAST WE CAME TO YOU WE HAVE HAD REVIEW FROM SENIOR STAFF AND HAVE BEEN

WORKING TO INTEGRATE COMMENTS WE HAVE ALSO BEEN REVIEWING ACTIONS WITH

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS EVEN THOUGH THE PLAN HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED WE MADE A

LOT OF PROGRESS ON SEVERAL ACTIONS INCLUDING INCREASING FUNDING TO THE

ADVISERS BEGINNING BIANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF THEIR PROGRAM CURRENTLY WORKING ON

FINAL DRAFT AND WILL BRING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR AND

TO THE COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL IN WINTER OF 2024.

NEXT SLIDE. 3.3 FOCUSES ON STRENGTHENING COMMISSIONER EQUITY

AWARENESS BRINGING TRAININGS TO ALL COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT AGENCY STAFF.

SENIOR STAFF AT OUR AGENCIES HAVE REGISTERED ARE PLANNING TO GO TO

TRAINING BEYOND LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, AFTER TRAINING WE’RE GOING TO INVITE

THE RESOURCES GROUP TO GIVE TRAINING TO ALL STAFF. WE ALSO CONTINUE TO HAVE

EJ OFFICE HOURS FOR STAFF EVERY TWO WEEKS AND A MONTHLY RACIAL EQUITY

MEDIA CLUB WE’RE READING THIS BOOK EVOLUTION OF A MOVEMENT ABOUT THE

HISTORIED OF CALIFORNIA EJ MOVEMENT WE’RE PLANNING A SERIES OF EJ AND

TRAVEL ENGAGEMENT TRAININGS IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND TRAINING WORK PLAN WITH

COASTAL COMMISSION AND STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY FOR CDMA STAFF.

>>SPEAKER: NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >>LARRY GOLDZBAND: AS YOU CAN TELL

MOST SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS HAVE A PARTICULAR GOAL FOR WHICH THEY ARE

RESPONSIBLE PLUS PHOENIX ON THE EJ. MINE IS GOAL FOUR. AND YOU WILL

REMEMBER THAT STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 4.1 BASICALLY SAYS WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER

JOB WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATION AND WE NEED TO BE MORE

ACCESSIBLE. WE NEED TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND WE HAVE TO FOSTER

SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY DIALOGUES. WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS

AS PART OF BAY ADAPT WE HAVE HELD TWO ELECTED OFFICIAL TASK FORCE MEETINGS

AND WE HAVE HAD A SERIES OF POP-UP COMMUNITY EVENTS AND YOU SAW THE

RESULTS OF THAT EARLIER TODAY WHEN JACKIE SHOWED YOU THE COMMENTS ON

VISIONING AND THE LIKE. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD WITH A GREAT

GROUP OF STAFF ON DEVELOPING A NEW WEB SITE THAT WILL BE FAR MORE USER

FOCUSED. WE JUST FOUND OUT THIS WEEK THAT THE

MIGRATION HAS ACTUALLY OCCURRED, WHICH DOESN’T MEAN YOU’RE GOING TO SEE A NEW

WEB SITE TOMORROW, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT AT LEAST THE WEB SITE WILL BE UP

AND RUNNING WE CERTAINLY THINK BY THE END — CERTAINLY WITHIN NOVEMBER.

AND WE HAVE DEVELOPED THE FIRST EVER TRANSLATION SERVICES CONTRACT, WHICH

YOU HAVE APPROVED TO PROVIDE MORE LANGUAGE SPECIFIC ACCESS TO COMMISSION

DOCUMENTS. SO OUR NEXT CHALLENGE IS, ESSENTIALLY TO FINISH THE FIRST PART

OF THE NEW WEB SITE, PUT IT UP, AND THEN CORRECT T BECAUSE WE KNOW IT’S

NOT GOING TO BE PERFECT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO BRIEFINGS AT

THE COUNTY AND CITY LEVELS ABOUT BCDC AND THE BAY, WHETHER THEY BE IN MARIN

OR IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND OR WHEREVER THEY ARE, AND WE ACCEPT ALL

INVITATIONS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO ASK MORE OF YOU IN ASSISTING WITH

OUTREACH. BECAUSE YOU ARE GREAT PROSITIZERS, AND GREAT VEHICLES FOR US

TO GET PLACES. NEXT SLIDE.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 4.2 WAS REALLY SIMPLE. HIRE A PIO.

WELL, WE HAVEN’T. BUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE HAVE REQUESTED THAT CNRA,

THAT THE RESOURCES AGENCIES APPROVE THE DRAFT SENIOR LEVEL POSITION CALLED

BCDC DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AND THAT DUTY STATEMENT BASICALLY SAYS

THAT THAT PERSON WILL BE A PART-TIME PAI, PART-TIME LEGISLATIVE LIAISON

PART-TIME CMA EXPERT AND BASICALLY ENSURING THAT AS WE LOOK OUTSIDE BCDC

WE HAVE A PERSON WHO UNDERSTANDS HOW TO CONNECT THOSE DOTS AND WE ARE LOOKING

FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE CNRA TO GET THAT FUNDED. WE HAVE STARTED

DISCUSSIONING WITH THEM AND WE ASSUME WE WILL CONTINUE THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

NEXT SLIDE AND HEADING OFF TO GOAL FIVE.

>>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: THANK YOU. >>SPEAKER: ONE OF OUR OBJECTIVES OF

GOAL FIVE WAS TO HAVE OUR STAFF REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF THE BAY AREA WE HAVE

BEEN ABLE TO MOVE TOWARDS BY CONTINUING TO RECRUIT GREAT TALENT FOR POSITIONS

AND WE’RE SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING SPECIAL SALARY INCREASES FOR SEVERAL

CLASSIFICATIONS USED AT BCDC. NEXT QUARTER WE’RE CONDUCTING AN

ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH SURVEY AND INCLUDING A SEPARATE SURVEY ON RACIAL

EQUITY. NEXT SLIDE. ANOTHER OBJECTIVE OF GOAL FIVE IS TO

IMPLEMENT TECHNOLOGICAL UPGRADES TO IMPROVE PROCESSES.

OUR CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER ANDREW CHEN DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF WORKING

WITH NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY TO ON BOARD THEIR SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER

WHICH ENHANCES OUR OVERALL CYBER SECURITY BY PROACTIVELY IDENTIFYING

SECURITY THREATS AND VULNERABILITIES ANDREW WORKED WITH THE CALIFORNIA

MILITARY DEPARTMENT TO COMPLETE OUR BIANNUAL IT SECURITY ASSESSMENT WHICH

IS A TECHNICAL ANALYSIS TO MEASURE CYBER SECURITY INCLUDING

VULNERABILITY, FIRE WALL ANALYSIS PHISHING SUSCEPTIBILITY AND MORE.

LASTLY WE INITIATED THE WATCHED HOSTING SERVICES WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF

TECHNOLOGY WHICH PROVIDES A STANDARDIZED STATE WEB SITE TEMP PLATT

AND ENHANCES SECURITY AND IMPROVES CONTENT MAINTENANCE.

THIS QUARTER WE REVIEWING FINDINGS FROM IT ASSESSMENT ENSURING WE ADDRESS ANY

CONCERNS THEN WE’LL BE WORKING ON FINALIZING THE NEW WEB SITE WHICH WILL

ALSO INCLUDE A PAYMENT PORTAL TO ALLOW FOR ONLINE PAYMENT OF FINES AND PERMIT

FEES. >>LARRY GOLDZBAND: NEXT SLIDE.

SO THAT, IS AN OVERVIEW. WE WILL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE, IF YOU

WOULD LIKE IT, THE FULL ACTION PLAN, WITH ALL — I DON’T KNOW HOW MANY —

75, 85 DIFFERENT ACTIONS, EACH OF WHICH HAS BEEN COLOR-CODED, GREEN, YELLOW,

RED OR BLUE. IF YOU ARE CERTAINLY INTERESTED.

BUT WE’RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS?

I SEE NONE. OH OF COURSE. WHEN I SAY QUESTIONS I

MEAN COMMENTS, AS WELL. >>SPEAKER: OKAY. I SHOULD KNOW THAT

BY NOW. LARRY, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF. YOU ARE MAKING TANGIBLE

PROGRESS ON ALL THESE GOALS AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HOW YOU ALL BROKE IT DOWN

TODAY. THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE THE PROGRESS.

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC?

BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

>>CLERK, REYLINA RUIZ: NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: THANK YOU. I SHARE IN THE

CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY FOR THE PRESENTATION, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY

THAN THE PRESENTATION, THE WORK ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND EVALUATING IT AND

MONITORING IT. I THINK WE ARE MAKING GREAT STRIDES. WE MAY HAVE TO THINK

ABOUT A LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGN SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID FOR 272 FOR OUR PIO

FUNDING. I SAY THAT ONLY SEMI FACETIOUSLY BECAUSE IN FACT IT IS A

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