BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    �



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          Date of Hearing:   August 8, 2012

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

               SB 1577 (Committee on Natural Resources and Water) - As 
                              Amended:  June 20, 2012 

          Policy Committee:                             Local 
          GovernmentVote:9-0
                       Natural Resources                      9-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill grants in trust, to the City of Newport Beach, 10.3 
          acres of public trust lands.   

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible state costs, if any.

           COMMENTS  

          The State Lands Commission recently approved a boundary line 
          agreement with the city to settle a title dispute concerning 
          certain lands located in Marina Park in Lower Newport Bay.  The 
          agreement confirmed the public trust interest on 10.3 acres of 
          land bayward of the established boundary line and terminated any 
          public trust interest landward of that line. This bill will 
          bring the disputed 10.3 acres of public trust lands into the 
          same management as the rest of the city's granted public trust 
          lands, making it unnecessary for the city lease from the 
          commission the lands granted in this bill.  The city plans to 
          use the public trust lands to develop an expanded marina, 
          sailing center, parking lot, public access paths, American 
          Legion facilities, aquatic beachfront park, and open space for 
          water-related recreation.  

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Jay Dickenson / APPR. / (916) 319-2081 











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