Benchmarks

Apr 19, 2024 | Leases & Permits

  • Category 1 benchmarks are applied to private docks, piers, and buoys.
  • Category 2 benchmarks are applied to cantilevered decks, sundecks, or other non-water-dependent encroachments.

Note: Benchmarks are generally updated every five years.

Category 1

Location Rental Rate ($/SF) Last Updated Proposed Update
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 2025
Lake Tahoe berths $0.814 December 2021 2026
Lake Tahoe buoys* $273.00 December 2021 2026
San Francisco Bay Area $0.227 February 2022 2027
Southern California $0.451 June 2022 2027
Colorado River $0.217 February 2023 2028

*per buoy

Category 2

Location Rental Rate ($/SF) Last Updated Proposed Update
Sandy Beach $3.69 August 2018 2023
Corte Madera $5.40 June 2019 2024
Black Point $0.47 June 2020 2025
Lake Tahoe $13.05 December 2021 2026
Huntington Harbour $41.22 June 2022 2027
Solana Beach $91.53 April 2024 2029

** The Category 2 Benchmark may be discounted to reflect that the sovereign land being leased may not have the same utility as the upland property.

Proposed Category 2 Benchmarks

  • Napa - Going to Commission June 7, 2024.

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Contacts

Surface & Submerged Lands Lease 
Land Management Division
100 Howe Avenue, Suite 100 South
Sacramento, CA 95825
916.574.1940

Mineral Lease and Geologic & Geophysical Survey Applications
Mineral Resources Management Division
301 East Ocean Boulevard, Suite 550
Long Beach, CA 90802
562.590.5201