(a) The department shall develop criteria for the evaluation and selection of heritage corridors.
(b) The following heritage corridors are given provisional status to allow their inclusion in the North Central California Heritage Corridors Access Map:
(1) East California Mountains and Deserts: Mount Lassen to Anza Borrego, including Highways 89 and 395 to Bishop.
(2) Yosemite Pacific: Monterey and San Jose to Mono Lake via Yosemite National Park.
(3) Missions and Adobes: Sonoma to San Diego via El Camino Real.
(4) Great Valley Rivers: Mt. Shasta to Porterville, utilizing scenic alternates to Highway 99 wherever possible.
(c) The following additional candidate heritage corridors are proposed for study and timely adoption:
(1) Redwoods and Cascades: Redwood National Park to Mt. Lassen and Mt. Shasta.
(2) California Contrast: Morro Bay to Death Valley.
(3) Palm and Pine: San Juan Capistrano to Joshua Tree.
(4) Rim of the World: Santa Monica Mountains to Mt. Laguna via the San Gabriel Mountains, San Bernardino Mountains, San Jacinto Mountains, and Mount Palomar.
(5) Southern Borderlands: San Diego to Yuma, Arizona.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1318, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.)