The City of Monterey was granted sovereign lands in trust in 1868. In 1919, the original grant and its amendments were repealed and a new statute was enacted. The trust lands may be used for commerce, navigation, fisheries, and recreation. City of Monterey AB 691 Sea...
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The City of Los Angeles was granted sovereign tide and submerged lands in trust in the early 1900s. A portion of the City’s grant includes the land within the Port of Los Angeles. The Port is directed by a five-member Board of Harbor Commissioners who are...
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The grant was transferred to the City of Morro Bay in 1964. Granting Statute Statute Description Chapter 1076, Statutes of 1947 An act conveying certain tidelands and submerged lands to the County of San Luis Obispo, in furtherance of navigation and commerce and the...
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Platform Holly/Piers 421/Venoco Bankruptcy Current StatusThe Commission recently removed the two enormous piers and caissons at Haskell’s Beach in the City of Goleta. These structures, built in the late 1920s as part of the Ellwood Oil Field, were the last oil piers...
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In 1935 the County of Santa Cruz was granted, in trust, certain tide and submerged lands fronting the “village of Capitola.” In 1974, the County of Santa Cruz grant was amended to allow the County to convey its granted lands to the City of Capitola in...
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