5001-5019.5
PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE
SECTION 5001-5019.5
5001. The Department of Parks and Recreation has control of the state park system. 5001.1. As used in this division, "department" means the Department of Parks and Recreation and "director" means the Director of Parks and Recreation. 5001.4. The department may manage state marine reserves, state marine parks, state marine conservation areas, state marine cultural preservation areas, state marine recreational management areas and, if requested by the State Water Resources Control Board, state water quality protection areas. Department authority over units within the state park system shall extend to units of the state MMAs system that are managed by the department. 5001.5. Whenever any reference is made to the state park system with respect to a duty, power, purpose, responsibility, or jurisdiction that can be exercised or carried out within the state vehicular recreation areas, it shall be deemed to be also a reference to, and to mean, the state vehicular recreation areas. 5001.6. (a) Notwithstanding Section 5001.95, units of the state park system may be located within, and be a part of, a state seashore. However, the unit shall be managed in accordance with its classification as provided in Section 5019.62. (b) The following state seashores are hereby established consisting of appropriate coastal lands described in this subdivision together with any other lands that may, from time to time, be acquired by the state as an addition to these state seashores: (1) Del Norte State Seashore, consisting of lands lying between Pyramid Point and Point Saint George, particularly lands to assure public access to, and scenic protection of, Pyramid Point; beach and dune lands, water-bottom and shoreline lands at Lake Earl, including Lake Talawa, all within Del Norte County. (2) Clem Miller State Seashore, consisting of lands extending from the mouth of the Eel River to Pudding Creek at Fort Bragg, and including lands at Bear Harbor, Usal Creek, Cottoneva Creek, shore and upland additions to Westport-Union Landing State Beach, DeHaven Creek uplands, Ten Mile River estuary, and MacKerricher State Park, all within Humboldt and Mendocino Counties. (3) Mendocino Coast State Seashore, consisting of lands extending from Jughandle Creek to the Gualala River, and including the Pygmy Forest Ecological Staircase, Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Headlands State Park, Van Damme State Park, Greenwood Creek Beach, Bowling Ball Beach and the Gualala River shoreline and estuary, all within Mendocino County. (4) Sonoma Coast State Seashore, consisting of lands extending from the Gualala River to Bodega Head, and including the Kruse Rhododendron State Reserve, Salt Point State Park, Fort Ross State Historic Park, and Sonoma Coast State Beach, all within Sonoma County. (5) A