Public Resources Code section 31152

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this division to the contrary, the conservancy shall not act to acquire any interests in lands in the coastal zone for agricultural purposes unless the conservancy finds that both of the following conditions apply to the proposed acquisition:

(a)

The lands are specifically identified in a certified local coastal plan or program as agricultural lands, or, in the case of San Francisco Bay, the lands as so identified in the bay plan, the Suisun Marsh Protection Plan, or in any other local plan which the bay commission determines to be consistent with such plans.

(b)

There is no other reasonable means, including the use of police power, of assuring continuous use of such lands for agricultural purposes.

Source: Section 31152, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=PRC§ionNum=31152.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1980; accessed Sep. 1, 2025).

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