Fish and Game Code section 2081.13
(a)
Notwithstanding Section 3511 and 4700, the department may authorize, under this chapter, the incidental take of the salt-marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris), the California Ridgway’s rail (Rallus obsoletus obsoletus), the California black rail (Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus), and the white-tailed kite (Elanus leucurus) resulting from impacts attributable to the Sears Point to Mare Island Improvement Project on State Route 37 from east of Lakeville Highway near State Route 121 in the County of Sonoma to west of Sacramento Street in the County of Solano through the Counties of Sonoma, Napa, and Solano, if all of the following conditions are satisfied:(1)
The requirements of subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 2081 are satisfied as to the species for which take is authorized.(2)
The department ensures that all further measures necessary to satisfy the conservation standard of subdivision (d) of Section 2805 are incorporated into each project and take is avoided to the maximum extent possible as to the species for which take is authorized.(3)
The take authorization provides for development and implementation of a monitoring program and an adaptive management plan, both of which shall be approved by the department, that satisfy the conservation standard of subdivision (d) of Section 2805 for monitoring the effectiveness of, and amending, as necessary, the measures to minimize and fully mitigate the impacts of the authorized take.(4)
The applicant pays a permit application fee consistent with Section 2081.2.(b)
A permit issued pursuant to subdivision (a) shall cover any incidental take of a species for which take is authorized that may occur in the course of implementing mitigation or conservation actions required in the permit.(c)
The permit conditions are subject to amendment when required by the monitoring program and adaptive management plan adopted pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a).(d)
This section shall not be construed to exempt the project described in subdivision (a) from any other law.
Source:
Section 2081.13, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FGC§ionNum=2081.13. (updated Jan. 1, 2026; accessed Dec. 15, 2025).
