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Beginning in 1852 and through a series of legislative grants from the state, the City of Oakland was granted, in trust, sovereign tide and submerged lands located within its boundaries. Through the City’s Charter, portions of these public trust lands are within the Port of Oakland and are managed by the City acting by and through its Board of Port Commissioners.
- AB 691 Sea Level Rise Impact Assessment
- Annual Financial Statements
- Boundary Agreements, Exchange Agreements, Title Settlements
- Granting Statutes
- Staff Reports
Sea Level Rise Assessment (July 2019)
The City & Port are required by Section 6306 of the Public Resources Code to complete an annual financial statement and standardized reporting form for trust lands on or before December 31 of each year.
Below is a list of reports the City & Port have submitted:
| Settlement / Agreement Number | Description |
|---|---|
| AD 71 | Compromise title settlement agreement |
| AD 88 | Easement deed. |
| AD 511 | Oakland Army Base title settlement and exchange agreement |
| AD 548 | Boundary line and exchange agreement involving certain parcels within Oak to 9th streets in the city of Oakland. |
| BLA 24 | Fixing the boundary line between Broadway and Washington streets in the City of Oakland |
| BLA 72 | City of Oakland vs. State of California |
Legislative granting statutes for the City & Port of Oakland, Alameda County.
| Statute Year | Chapter | Description | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 578 | An act relating to public lands. | |
| 2019 | 752 | Oakland Waterfront Sports and Mixed-Use Project, Waterfront Access, Environmental Justice, and Revitalization Act An act relating to the grant of public trust lands to the City of Oakland. | |
| 2005 | 664 | Oakland Army Base Public Trust Exchange Act An act relating to the Oakland Army Base. | |
| 2004 | 542 | Oak Street to 9th Avenue District Exchange Act An act relating to the Oakland Estuary. | |
| 1986 | 1415 | An act to add Sections 6306.1 and 6306.2 to the Public Resources Code, relating to tidelands and submerged lands. | |
| 1981 | 1016 | An act relating to lands within the City of Oakland. | |
| 1965 | 1737 | An act authorizing the sale to the Peralta Junior College District of certain salt marsh, tide and submerged lands previously granted in trust to the City of Oakland. | |
| 1961 | 931 | An act to amend Section 1 of Chapter 607 of the Statutes of 1943, relating to salt marsh, tide and submerged lands in the County of Alameda. | |
| 1960 | 15 | An act to add Sections 1.75, 1.80, and 1.85 to Chapter 390 of the Statutes of 1909, relating to the use of the lands granted to the City of Oakland by said act for public multipurpose recreation. | |
| 1957 | 709 | An act conveying certain lands, salt marsh, tidelands, and submerged lands, situate in Alameda County, to the City of Oakland, in furtherance of navigation, commerce, and fisheries upon certain trusts and conditions, providing for the government, management, use, and control thereof, and reserving certain rights to the State. | |
| 1955 | 1028 | An act relating to tidelands, lands lying under inland navigable waters, and swamp and overflow lands, situate in Alameda County, State of California, including without limitation as to the generality thereof, authority for the City of Alameda to convey certain parcels of such lands to the City of Oakland, and to convey certain parcels of such lands to the City of Oakland, in furtherance of navigation and commerce and fisheries, and providing for the government, management, use and control thereof, and reserving certain rights to the State. | |
| 1953 | 658 | An act to amend Section 1.25 of Chapter 390 of the Statutes of 1909, relating to the use and transfer of certain lands granted to the City of Oakland. | |
| 1945 | 218 | An act to transfer to the City of Oakland a surface easement over certain tide and submerged lands and to define the powers and duties of the city in relation thereto. | |
| 1943 | 607 | An act granting certain salt marsh, tide and submerged lands of the State of California to the City of Oakland, including the management, use and control thereof. | |
| 1941 | 720 | An act to transfer to the City of Oakland a surface easement over certain tide and submerged lands and to define the powers and duties of the city in relation thereto. | |
| 1939 | 143 | An act to add section 1.25 to an act entitled “An act granting certain lands and salt marsh and tidelands of the State of California, to the city of Oakland,” approved March 22, 1909, relating to the use and transfer of parts of such lands to the State of California for State militia purposes. | |
| 1939 | 146 | An act to add section 1.5 to an act entitled “An act granting certain lands and salt marsh and tidelands of the State of California, including the right to wharf out therefrom to the city of Oakland, and regulating the management, use and control thereof,” approved May 1, 1911, relating to the use and transfer of parts of such lands to the State of California. | |
| 1939 | 147 | An act to add section 1.5 to an act entitled “An act granting certain lands and salt marsh and tidelands of the State amended of California, to the city of Oakland,” approved March 22, 1909, relating to the use and transfer of parts of such lands to the State of California. | |
| 1937 | 45 | An act granting certain salt marsh, tide and submerged lands of the State of California to the city of Oakland, including the management, use and control thereof. | |
| 1937 | 96 | An act to add section 1.5 to an act entitled “An act granting Stats 1911, certain tidelands and submerged lands of the State of California to the city of Oakland and regulating the management, use and control thereof.” approved May 1, 1911, relating to the use and transfer of such lands. | |
| 1937 | 343 | An act granting certain salt marsh, tide and submerged lands of the State of California to the city of Oakland, including the management, use and control thereof. | |
| 1937 | 908 | An act to add a new section to be numbered section 2 to Chapter 621 of the Statutes of 1931 entitled “An act granting certain lands and salt marsh and tidelands of the State of California to the city of Oakland, including the management, use and control thereof,” approved June 5, 1931, relating to the grant of lands to said city. | |
| 1931 | 621 | An act granting certain lands and salt marsh and tidelands of the State of California to the city of Oakland, including the management, use and control thereof. | |
| 1923 | 174 | An act granting certain lands, tidelands and submerged lands of the State of California to the city of Oakland and regulating the management, use and control thereof. | |
| 1919 | 516 | An act to amend section one of an act entitled “An act granting certain tidelands and submerged lands of the State of California to the city of Oakland, and regulating the management, use and control thereof,” approved May 1, 1911, and an act amendatory thereof, approved April 5, 1917. | |
| 1917 | 59 | An act to amend section one of an act entitled “An act granting certain tidelands and submerged lands of the State of California to the city of Oakland, and regulating the management, use and control thereof,” approved May 1, 1911. | |
| 1911 | 654 | An act granting certain lands and salt marsh and tide lands of the State of California, including the right to wharf out therefrom to the city of Oakland, and regulating the management, use and control thereof. | |
| 1911 | 657 | An act granting certain tide lands and submerged lands of the State of California to the city of Oakland and regulating the management, use and control thereof. | |
| 1909 | 390 | An act granting certain lands and salt marsh and tide lands of the State of California, to the city of Oakland. | |
| 1874 | 113 | An Act granting certain salt, marsh and tide lands of the State to the City of Oakland. | |
| 1862 | 294 | An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Oakland, passed March twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and repealing certain other Acts in relation to said city. | |
| 1854 | 73 | An Act to incorporate the City of Oakland. | |
| 1852 | 107 | To incorporate the Town of Oakland, and to provide for the construction of Wharves thereat. | REPEALED by Chapter 73 |
All staff reports relating to the grant held by the City & Port of Oakland, Alameda County.
| Meeting Date | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-06-21 | 85 | Consider authorizing the transfer of a parcel of land, known as Parcel E, in the former Oakland Army Base from the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency (ORSA) to the City of Oakland, subject to the Public Trust, pursuant to the Oakland Army Base title settlement and exchange agreement, dated June 30, 2006, and Chapter 664, Statutes of 2005 |
| 2011-10-27 | 55 | Consider the adoption of resolutions acknowledging the 100th anniversary of the statutory trust grants of State sovereign lands resulting in the development of the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oakland and their contribution to the economic vitality of the State and Nation |
| 2010-10-29 | 32 | Amendment of dredging lease |
| 2010-06-28 | 91 | Consideration of a boundary line and land exchange agreement, pursuant to Chapter 542, Statutes of 2004, between the Port of Oakland, Oakland Harbor Partners, LLC, and the Commission, involving certain parcels within the Oak to Ninth Avenue district |
| 2009-08-11 | 23 | Amendment of lease |
| 2008-08-22 | 29 | Dredging lease |
| 2006-04-17 | 59 | Consider request for approval of Oakland Army Base title settlement and exchange agreement |
| 1989-10-26 | 32 | Approval of extension of final date of recordation of a title settlement agreement regarding certain real property in the City of Oakland |
| 1988-12-13 | 17 | Authorize the acceptance and recordation of a quitclaim deed for a parcel of land |
| 1988-01-21 | 52 | Approval of a compromise title settlement agreement regarding certain real property, pursuant to Kapiloff Land Bank Act |
| 1981-03-18 | 1 | Proposed compromise title settlement agreement SLL 72 |
| 1979-03-28 | 24 | Consideration of substantial compliance with acts granting certain lands, salt marsh, and tidelands of the State to the City and permitting additional uses of the lands |
| 1970-02-26 | 30 | Authorization to file finding of statutory compliance with substantial improvement clause of Chapter 1028, Statutes of 1955 |
| 1962-03-29 | 29 | Approval of boundary agreement, by and between the City of Oakland and the State of California, fixing the boundary line between state tide and submerged lands and City of Oakland lands between Broadway and Washington Streets, and applying legislative trust terms and conditions to the lands northerly of the ordinary low water mark |