Bay Plan Amendment No. 3-17 (San Francisco Waterfront Special Area Plan Update)

On August 21, 2025, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) adopted Resolution No. 2025.01, which updated BCDC's San Francisco Waterfront Special Area Plan, as further explained in the Notice of Decision. The public hearing was held and closed on July 17, 2025. Pursuant to the requirements of Public Resources Code section 21080.5(d)(2)(E) and Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations (“CCR”) section 11007(a), we hereby file notice with your office concurrently with the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research’s (“OPR”) CEQANet web portal that on August 21, 2025, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (“BCDC” or “the Commission”) voted 20-0-0 to adopt Bay Plan Amendment (“BPA”) No. 3-17 to its San Francisco Bay Plan (“Bay Plan”) via Resolution No. 2025.01 (attached). BPA No. 3-17 makes the following changes to the Bay Plan: - Amending the San Francisco Waterfront Special Area Plan, incorporated by reference into the Bay Plan as a plan addressing special needs pursuant to Government Code section 66651. The Commission prepared a Draft and a Final Environmental Assessment (“EA”)1 for BPA No. 3-17 in accordance with its certified regulatory program for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) for its planning program under the McAteer-Petris Act2 and determined that BPA No. 3-17 would not have any direct or indirect significant adverse environmental impacts. In addition to filing this notice with your office and with OPR on CEQANet, public notice of the Commission’s action on BPA No. 3-17 will further be given to all known interested parties pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21080.5(d)(2)(F) and 14 CCR section 11007(b), as well as posted on BCDC’s website.3 BPA No. 3-17 will not have an effect on fish or wildlife. The Commission adopted the San Francisco Waterfront Special Area Plan as a plan addressing special needs incorporated by reference into the Bay Plan. Updating the San Francisco Waterfront Special Area Plan would only alter planning requirements – permit applicants would still submit all future projects that fall under BCDC jurisdiction for review and approval for consistency with the San Francisco Waterfront Special Area Plan, Bay Plan, McAteer-Petris Act, and relevant BCDC regulations, at which time of BCDC permit application submittal any such specific proposal will be evaluated by the Commission to determine whether the proposed project will have any impacts on fish and wildlife. Because BPA No. 3-17 will not have any effect on fish or wildlife, no fee is required pursuant to Fish and Game Code section 711.4(c)(2)(A) or (d)(4). Commission action on BPA No. 3-17 at its August 21, 2025 meeting is more fully described in the enclosed Resolution No. 2025.01. Inquiries concerning the Commission’s action should be directed to Staff Attorney Amanda Boyd at 415-352-3643 or amanda.boyd@bcdc.ca.gov.