From State Lands: “Report on the City of Newport Beach’s Public Trust Lands Management”
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California State Lands Commission Category 1
Southern California Benchmark rental rate for Sovereign land in Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego Counties.
Generally applied to private docks, piers, and buoys =
$0.451/square foot.
“The use of benchmarks improves the consistency, transparency, and efficiency in how the Commission establishes rent for large numbers of similar leases, saving time, resources, and money...”
“Periodic benchmark adjustments assures that the people of the State are fairly compensated according to current market rates for the private use of State-owned land, consistent with the California Constitution.”
Mayor and Council, please now disclose what market rate fee level you want to subject your constituents to?