BILL NUMBER: SB 399	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 16, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 25, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hall

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to amend Section 1 of Chapter 651 of the Statutes of 1929,
relating to tidelands and submerged lands.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 399, as amended, Hall. Tidelands and submerged lands: City of
Los Angeles.
   Existing law grants to the City of Los Angeles all the right,
title, and interest of the State of California in and to all
tidelands and submerged lands situated below the line of mean high
tide of the Pacific Ocean within the boundaries of the city in trust
for  certain   specified  purposes,
including promotion of commerce, navigation, and fishery, and for
certain  specific  uses relating to  these
  those  purposes. Existing law authorizes the City
of Los Angeles to grant franchises and permits on, and leases of,
those lands, or any part thereof, for  those  specified
purposes and for  a term   limited terms, 
not exceeding 50 years.
   This bill would  instead  authorize the City of Los
Angeles to  renew a franchise or permit   grant
franchises and permits  on, or  lease  
leases  of, those lands for those specified purposes for
 an additional term, not to exceed 25 years.  
limited terms, not exceeding 66 years. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1 of Chapter 651 of the Statutes of 1929, as
amended by Section 1 of Chapter 1130 of the Statutes of 2002, is
amended to read:
  Sec. 1.  There is hereby granted to the City of Los Angeles,
hereinafter called "city," a municipal corporation of the State of
California, and to its successors, all the right, title, and interest
of the State of California, held by the state by virtue of its
sovereignty, in and to all tidelands and submerged lands, whether
filled or unfilled, situated below the line of mean high tide of the
Pacific Ocean, within the present boundaries of the city, or of any
harbor, estuary, bay, or inlet within those boundaries, except as
hereinafter provided, to be forever held by the city, and by its
successors, in trust for the following uses and purposes, and upon
the following conditions:
   (a) The lands shall be held by the city, and by its successors, in
accordance with the provisions of this act, for purposes in
connection with, or for the promotion and accommodation of, commerce,
navigation, and fishery, and for those purposes specified in Section
3 of this act.
   (b) Except as otherwise provided in this act, the city, or its
successors, shall not grant, convey, give, or alienate the lands, or
any part thereof, to any individual firm or corporation for any
purpose whatsoever; provided that the city, or its successors, may
grant franchises and permits thereon for  a limited term, not
to exceed 50 years, subject to the right of renewal by the city for
a further term, not to exceed 25 years,   limited 
 terms, not to exceed 66 years,  for purposes in connection
with, or for the promotion and accommodation of, commerce,
navigation, fishery, and for any purposes specified in Section 3 of
this act, and may lease the lands, or any part thereof, for 
a limited term, not to exceed 50 years, subject to the right of
renewal by the city for a further term, not to exceed 25 years,
  limited terms, not to exceed 66 years,  for any
and all purposes which shall not interfere with the trusts upon which
the lands are held by the state.
   (c) The tide and submerged lands shall be improved by the city
without expense to the state, and any harbor constructed thereon
shall always remain a public harbor for all purposes of commerce and
navigation, and the state shall have, at all times, the right to use,
without charge, all wharves, docks, piers, slips, quays, and other
improvements constructed by the city on the lands, or any part
thereof, for any vessel or other watercraft, or railroad, owned or
operated by the state.
   (d) In the management, conduct, or operation of any harbor, or of
any of the utilities, structures, or appliances constructed in
connection therewith, no discrimination in rates, tolls, or charges,
or in facilities, for any use or service in connection therewith
shall ever be made, authorized, or permitted by the city, or by its
successors.
   There is reserved in the people of the State of California the
absolute right to fish in the waters, with the right of convenient
access to the waters over the lands for those purposes. The grant
herein made shall not include those tidelands or submerged lands
within those certain areas known as the Westgate addition acquired by
the City of Los Angeles by annexation on June 14, 1916, or the Santa
Monica canyon addition acquired by the City of Los Angeles by
annexation on April 28, 1925, or the Venice addition acquired by the
City of Los Angeles by consolidation on November 25, 1925.