Section 2100 Of Article 5. Funding From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 3. >> Chapter 1.5. >> Article 5.

. (a) The commission established pursuant to Section 2099 shall represent the full range of opinions and viewpoints regarding the protection of candidate, endangered, and threatened species and the regulatory taking of private property. The membership of the commission shall consist of equal numbers of persons meeting each of the following criteria:
  (1) Persons who advocate the primacy of the market. This group shall include advocates of the free market philosophy and representatives of regulated industries and landowners, including the extractive industries.
  (2) Persons who advocate that natural resources and endangered species are public trust resources, the protection of which should be regulated. This group shall include conservation biologists, environmental economists, historic preservationists, and others who advocate that the market should take full account of the claims of public trust values associated with protection of the public's natural heritage and the cost of environmental degradation.
  (b) The California Research Bureau shall provide staffing for the commission.