About this Dataset

Granted Lands

Summary

This INCOMPLETE dataset illustrates California's Granted public trust lands. Parcel digitization is currently UNDER DEVELOPMENT and approximately 61% complete (as of 9/17/2019). See below description for explanation of Granted public trust lands.

Complete	Incomplete
Albany, City of	Alameda, City of
Berkeley, City of	Oakland, City and Port
Emeryville, City of	Martinez, City of
Peralta Junior College District	East Bay Regional Park District
Antioch, City of	Eureka, City of
Pittsburg, City of	Humboldt Bay Harbor Recreation and Conservation District
Richmond, City of	Long Beach, City of
Crescent City	Los Angeles, City and Port
Crescent City Harbor District	Santa Monica, City of
Arcata, City of	Marin, County of
Trinidad, City of	San Rafael, City of
Avalon, City of	Carmel Sanitary District
Hermosa Beach, City of	Monterey, City of
Manhattan Beach, City of	Moss Landing Harbor District
Palos Verdes Estates, City of	Pacific Grove
Redondo Beach, City of	Orange, County of
Mill Valley, City of	Newport Beach, City of
Sausalito, City of	Coronado, City of
Noyo Harbor District	San Diego, City and County
Laguna Beach , City of	San Diego Unified Port District
Metropolitan Water District	San Francisco, City and County
Oceanside, City of	San Franscico Port District
University of California, Scripps	San Mateo, City of
Stockton, City of	South San Francisco, City of
Port San Luis Harbor District	Brisbane, City of
Morro Bay, City of	Santa Barbara, City of
San Mateo, County of	Carpinteria, City of
San Mateo Harbor District	Santa Cruz, City of
Redwood City	Santa Cruz Port District
Santa Barbara, City of	Vallejo, City of
Santa Cruz, County of	U.S. Navy Mare Island
Capitola, City of	Sacramento, City of
Benicia, City of	Point Reyes National Seashore
California Maritime Academy	Treasure Island Development Authority
Sonoma, County of

Ventura (San Buenaventura), City of|

Lake, County of|

Abstract

California acquired all right, title, and interest in tide and submerged lands and beds of navigable waterways within its borders when it became a state in 1850. These lands are sovereign, not proprietary, and have specific requirements on their management and use. Unlike proprietary lands, the California Constitution, California law and the common law Public Trust Doctrine prohibit the sale or alienation of sovereign lands except in limited circumstances. All sovereign lands are held in trust for the benefit of the people of California.

The Legislature has enacted more than 300 statutes granting sovereign public trust lands to over 80 local municipalities (referred to as grantees or trustees) to manage in trust for the people of California. The terms and conditions of trust grants vary and are governed by the specific granting statute(s), the Public Trust Doctrine, the California Constitution, and case law. The specific uses permitted in each granting statute vary. Some trust grants authorize the construction of ports, harbors, airports, wharves, docks, piers, slips, quays and other structures necessary to facilitate commerce and navigation, while others allow only visitor serving recreational uses or open space. All grants reserve to the people the right to fish in the waters over the lands and the right to convenient access to those waters for that purpose.

Revenues generated by a trustee arising out of the use or operation of their granted lands are State trust assets and must be reinvested back into the trust. These revenues must be kept separate from the local entity’s general fund and may not be used for any municipal purpose, or any purpose unconnected with the trust. Expenditures of trust funds by a trustee must be consistent with the Public Trust Doctrine and the statutory trust grant.

While granted public trust lands and assets are managed locally, the Legislature delegated the State's residual and review authority for granted lands to the Commission. The Commission represents the statewide public interest to ensure that trustees operate their grants in conformance with the California Constitution, applicable granting statutes, and the Public Trust Doctrine. Public Resources Code section 6301 provides, among other things, "all jurisdiction and authority remaining in the State as to tidelands and submerged lands as to which grants have been or may be made is vested in the commission." This oversight has ranged from working cooperatively to assist trustees on issues involving boundary determinations, trust consistency determinations and land exchanges, to judicial confrontations involving billions of dollars of trust assets.

Data Quality Rating Description

Poor. Text in legislation references locations which can't be determined. Relies mostly or entirely on non-survey sources.
Moderate. Includes survey-quality locations generally, but may be some ambiguity in boundaries at some locations.
Excellent. All points are survey quality.

Symbology Definitions

Active: Currently active grants
Active, Uncertain Boundary: Currently active grant parcel whose boundary is approximated using all available data.
Repealed: Former grant, since repealed and no longer active, with land reverting back to the control of the CA State Lands Commission.
Organization: State of California
Last updated: 2024-03-30T01:55:29.459396
Tags: california-natural-resources-agency, california-state-lands-commission, caopendata, cslc, granted-lands, grants, slc, state-lands-commission

Tables

Table 1

@usgov.ca_gov_granted_lands_0e4b7.table_1

34.73 kB
115 rows
19 columns

CREATE TABLE table_1 (
  "objectid" BIGINT,
  "grant_id" VARCHAR,
  "parcel_number" BIGINT,
  "parcel_number_id" VARCHAR,
  "county" VARCHAR,
  "grant_holder" VARCHAR,
  "state_section" VARCHAR,
  "date_added" VARCHAR,
  "boundary_notes" VARCHAR,
  "ead_notes" VARCHAR,
  "comments" VARCHAR,
  "grants_multiple_links" VARCHAR,
  "grant_links" VARCHAR,
  "display" VARCHAR,
  "data_quality_rating" DOUBLE,
  "status" VARCHAR,
  "shape_area" DOUBLE  -- Shape, Area,
  "shape_length" DOUBLE  -- Shape, Length,
  "globalid" VARCHAR
);