3680 Department of Boating & Waterways
Program Descriptions

10 - BOATING FACILITIES

The Boating Facilities program provides funding through its local assistance programs to expand and improve public boater access to California's waterways. To accomplish this, the department:

  • Grants funds to cities, counties and other governmental agencies for the design and construction of boat launching facilities, floating restrooms, vessel sewage pumpouts, and non-motorized boating access trails and launch facilities.
  • Loans funds to cities, counties, and districts for the planning, design and construction of small craft harbors.
  • Loans funds to private, for-profit businesses for the development of recreational marinas.
  • Provides aquatic weed control in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, its tributaries and the Suisun Marsh.
  • Grants funds, on a cost-sharing basis, to local and federal agencies to finance beach erosion control measures to protect coastal resources.

The Department also has the statutory responsibility to plan, design and construct all recreational boating facilities in State Parks and on the State Water Project. The Department's capital outlay program also constructs recreational boating facilities on state-owned or state-managed property.

The Department also conducts research and studies on coastal processes through its oceanography program.