Regional park districts: East Bay Regional Park District: East Bay Hills Conservation Program.

Senator Grayson's legislation authorizes the East Bay Regional Park District to establish and administer a new East Bay Hills Conservation Program focused on the 30,000-acre natural area spanning Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. The program enables collaboration between the district, California Native American tribes, and state and local partners to preserve wildlife habitat, enhance recreational access, and maintain ecological resilience across the hills' extensive wildland-urban interface.

The bill requires local planning documents developed after January 1, 2026, to formally acknowledge the East Bay Hills as an area of statewide significance when addressing land use decisions. This designation reflects the area's role as critical wildlife corridors connecting coastal ranges to inland foothills, home to endangered species like the Presidio clarkia and Tiburon buckwheat, and location of California's first documented rainbow trout population in 1855.

Under the program, the district can acquire property interests, implement habitat restoration projects, provide technical assistance to landowners, and construct new recreational facilities. The legislation specifically enables wildlife connectivity measures across major roadways and urban barriers. The bill's findings note the hills' ancestral connection to the Ohlone and Bay Miwok peoples, who occupied the region for 10,000 years and maintain tribal presence today through the Ohlone Indian Tribe, Muwekma Ohlone Indian Tribe, and Confederated Villages of Lisjan Nation.