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Tideline Realigned
The California Supreme Court handed Bay shoreline owners a major victory recently when it declined to hear the S.F. Bay Commission's appeal of a recent court ruling that redefines the agency's jurisdiction. The ruling changed the dividing line between what is shore and what is bay by setting the shoreline at the mean high tide line rather than at the line of the highest tide recorded since 1965. "Up until now, we had the authority to protect all the wildlife resources in the Bay," says the Commission's Steve McAdam. "Now the upper edges of the tidal zone along about 95% of the shoreline, which contain significant resources, can't be protected." The other less than 5% remain protected as designated wildlife priority use areas. McAdam says the Commission hopes to reclaim its lost authority through legislative action. "But first we have to create a scientific consensus as to what line would adequately protect important Bay resources," he says.
Contact: Steve McAdam (415)557-3686
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