The grizzly bear on California’s flag went extinct a century ago in the Golden State. "There’s nothing I would love more than to see grizzly bears on the beach at Santa Barbara chasing rich people," she said. State wildlife officials waryThe California agency that would be responsible for studying grizzly bear reintroduction does not appear eager to take it on. The proposed federal rule wouldn’t impact California’s grizzly proposal, since the U.S. "Hopefully, they would be managed more responsibly there," said Zaccardi, whose organization has unsuccessfully petitioned the feds to return grizzly bears to California.