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Bay and shoreline to their highest potential, and (2) to pay the 

 operating costs of the agency designated to carry out the Bay plan. 

 If it were desired to compensate private owners of the Bay lands 

 that cannot be filled, then additional funds would be required for 

 this purpose. 



PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ACCEPTANCE 



The timely rescue of San Francisco Bay represents a demonstration of 

 what concerned Americans can still do to protect their environment, 

 and even to save what is left of grace in their urban areas. This 

 untiring citizen effort, aided by a steadily swelling number of 

 organizations, and local government led first in 1965 to the 

 establishment of a temporary BCDS with limited power and, secondly, 

 to its permanent establishment with strong powers and effective 

 authority. 



Almost as refreshing as the outcome itself is the fact that the 

 movement to rescue San Francisco Bay resulted in a plan which 

 devoted a large part of its future effects to the social values 

 of the estuaries--those which unfortunately have all too long in 

 the past been neglected. 



The public continues to participate in the membership of the 27-man 

 San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. Seven 

 representatives of these 27 members are appointed from the general 



