California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 5 - San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
Chapter 2 - The Commission, the Staff, and the Advisory Review Boards
Article 7 - Advisory Boards
Section 10270 - Membership and Function of Design Review Board

(a) The Design Review Board shall consist of seven (7) members of the design professions, including at least one (1) architect, one (1) landscape architect, and one (1) engineer.

(b) The Board shall advise the Commission and the staff on the appearance and design of projects for which a Commission permit or consistency determination is needed, particularly as the project affects public access to the Bay and shoreline.

(c) Four members shall constitute a quorum for Board meetings and shall be the minimum necessary for the Board to consider any matter.

(d) The Chair of the Commission may designate with the concurrence of the Commission up to seven individuals to act as a pool of alternates to substitute for Board members who cannot participate in any Board meeting or the consideration of any specific matter at any Board meeting.

(e) When fewer than all seven members of the Board will be available to participate in the Board's consideration of a matter, the Executive Director may designate one or more alternate Board members selected from the pool established pursuant to paragraph (d) to substitute for the Board member or members who cannot participate in the Board's consideration of and action on that matter so long as the total number of Board members that considers a matter does not exceed seven.

(f) When designating an alternate Board member pursuant to paragraph (e), the Executive Director shall select an individual in a professional discipline and with professional experience as much as possible like those of the Board member who cannot participate in the Board's consideration of the particular matter.

(g) Alternate Board members designated pursuant to paragraphs (e) and (f) shall have the same powers and authority to participate in the Board's consideration and action on any matter as a regular Board member.

(h) The term of appointment of Board members or alternates pursuant to subsections (a) or (d) shall be five years and may be renewed by the Executive Director for two successive periods of five years as a member or an alternate.

(i) A member of the Board shall not have any oral or written communication regarding a proposed project or other matter that has been noticed to be considered at a Board meeting with a project proponent, permit applicant, prospective applicant, or member of the public except on the record during a Board meeting. If a Board member receives any oral or written communication regarding a proposed project or other matter that has been noticed to be considered at a Board meeting from a project proponent, permit applicant, prospective applicant, or member of the public that does not occur on the record at a Board meeting or by a written public comment submitted to the entire Board or to the Executive Director, the Board member receiving such a communication shall inform the Commission's counsel of the communication and any response thereto. The Commission's counsel shall advise the Board member whether the Board member shall disclose the communication and any response thereto on the record of the Board's proceedings.