California Code, Public Resources Code - PRC § 5915

(a) Any member of the Legislature, the State Park and Recreation Commission, the California Coastal Commission, or the Secretary of the Resources Agency may nominate any project to be funded under paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 5907 for study by the Department of Parks and Recreation. The State Park and Recreation Commission shall nominate projects after holding at least one public hearing to seek project proposals from individuals, citizen groups, the Department of Parks and Recreation, and other public agencies. Any of the commissions shall make nominations by vote of its membership.

(b) The Department of Parks and Recreation shall study any project so nominated. In addition to the procedures required by Section 5006, the Department of Parks and Recreation shall submit to the Legislature and to the Secretary of the Resources Agency a report consisting of a priority listing and comparative evaluation of all projects nominated for study not later than March 1, 1989.