The Commission is required to recalculate minimum annual rents every five years for the various surface use lease and permit categories it authorizes. The minimum annual rent applies when the calculated rent is lower than the minimum rent. These rents do not apply to... Read MoreRead more about Minimum Rents
Category 1 Location Rental Rate ($/SF) Last Updated Proposed Update Colorado River $0.171 February 2017 2022 Sacramento River $0.214 April 2020 2025 Delta Area $0.168 April 2020 2025 Tomales Bay berths $0.133 December 2020 2025 Tomales Bay buoys* $140.00 December 2020... Read MoreRead more about Benchmarks
The Commission manages about four million acres of tide and submerged lands and the beds of natural navigable waterways (rivers, streams, lakes, bays, estuaries, inlets, and straits). We also manage about a half-million acres of lands known as school lands. Open each... Read MoreRead more about Lease & Permit Application Process
Read more about Proposed Category 1 and Category 2 Lake Tahoe Benchmark Rental Rates
The Commission will consider approval of an update to the 2012 Category 1 Lake Tahoe Berths and Buoys Benchmark Rental Rates and a proposal to establish a Category 2 Lake Tahoe Benchmark Rental Rate at its December 8, 2021 virtual public meeting. These rental rates... Read MoreRead more about Proposed Category 1 and Category 2 Lake Tahoe Benchmark Rental Rates
For maintenance dredging on granted public trust lands, a local trustee or applicant is required to notify the Commission in writing of a dredging project rather than submit a lease application and processing fee. A local trustee or applicant may presume that a... Read MoreRead more about Dredging on Granted Lands