California tidelands

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California tidelands are coastal and submerged public lands along California’s shoreline that are held in trust for the people and used for purposes such as navigation, fishing, recreation, and environmental protection.

Aliases (1)

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal landform
public trust lands
submerged lands
administeredBy State of California
alienationRestriction cannot be freely sold into private ownership
must remain devoted to public trust purposes
canBeGrantedTo local governments as trust grantees
country United States
extendsFrom mean high tide line
extendsTo three nautical miles seaward
governedBy California Coastal Act
California Constitution
California Public Resources Code
federal navigational servitude
grantConditions must be managed for statewide public trust purposes
heldInTrustBy State of California
heldInTrustFor people of California
includes beds of navigable tidal waterways
intertidal zone
submerged lands beneath coastal waters
legalDoctrine public trust doctrine
locatedIn State of California
locatedOn Pacific Ocean
managedBy California State Lands Commission
ownershipStatus state-owned
primaryPublicTrustPurposes commerce
fisheries
navigation
regulatedBy California Coastal Commission
local governments
secondaryPublicTrustPurposes environmental preservation
open space
recreation
wildlife habitat
subjectTo coastal development permitting
public access requirements
tidelands trust
threats coastal erosion
intensive shoreline development
pollution
sea level rise
typicalUses commerce
environmental protection
fishing
habitat conservation
navigation
recreation

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
California Coastal Commission ("California coastal zone")
jurisdiction
California State Lands Commission
manages

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