City of Martinez

Aerial photo of the City of Martinez, facing east, with Carquinez Strait on the left side and Highway 4 running up the right side by Dcoetzee (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The City of Martinez was granted certain sovereign lands in trust in 1851. The grant to the City was repealed and re-granted in 1976 and 2014. In 2014, the previous grant and amendments were repealed and a new statute was enacted granting the City four trust land parcels, which include the marina. The City must use the land for purposes consistent with the public trust doctrine and, beginning in 2020, in conformance with a trust lands use plan approved by the Commission.

City of Martinez
Staff Report Description
12/15/1976 (46) Acceptance of quitclaim
08/25/1977 (24) Consideration of amendment to Martinez Waterfront Land Use Plan
01/27/1983 (23) Consideration of compliance with the Martinez Waterfront Land Use Plan
06/02/2014 (02) Consider supporting state legislation that would repeal a legislative trust grant of three parcels to the City of Martinez and enact a new grant of tide and submerged lands to the City that includes the three previously granted parcels and a fourth, which is generally known as the Martinez Marina
06/29/2015 (93) Consider relieving the City from a requirement to transmit 20 percent of the revenue generated from its granted lands to the State
10/13/2016 (61) Consider relieving the City from a requirement to transmit 20 percent of the revenue generated from its granted lands to the State
06/21/2018 (82) Consider temporarily relieving the City of Martinez from a requirement to transmit 20 percent of the revenue generated from its granted lands to the State
04/29/2020 (71) Consider temporarily relieving the City of Martinez from a requirement to transmit 20 percent of the revenue generated from its granted lands to the State
12/17/2020 (59) Consider temporarily relieving the City of Martinez from its requirement to transmit 20 percent of the revenue generated from its granted lands to the State
Statute Description
Chapter 37, Statutes of 1851
REPEALED by Chapter 815		 An Act providing for the Disposition of certain Property.
Chapter 130, Statutes of 1917
REPEALED by Chapter 815		 An act to amend section two of an act entitled “An act providing for the disposition of certain property,” passed April 21, 1851, relating to tidelands covered by the waters of Carquinez straits.
Chapter 442, Statutes of 1929
REPEALED by Chapter 815		 An act granting to the city of Martinez tide and submerged lands of the State of California including the right to wharf out therefrom, to the city of Martinez, and regulating the management, use and control thereof.
Chapter 1263, Statutes of 1953
REPEALED by Chapter 815		 An act declaring the land conveyed to the City of Martinez by Chapter 442 of the Statutes of 1929 unavailable for navigation, commerce and fisheries, excluding such land from the public trust for navigation, commerce and fisheries, and declaring such land to be free from certain trusts, uses and conditions.
Chapter 815, Statutes of 1976
Section 3 REPEALED by Chapter 628		 An act to convey in trust certain tide and submerged lands in the Straits of Carquinez, and in this connection to repeal Chapter 37 of the Statutes of 1851 and Chapter 442 of the Statutes of 1929.
Chapter 387, Statutes of 2002
REPEALED by Chapter 628		 An act to amend Section 3 of Chapter 815 of the Statutes of 1976, relating to tide and submerged lands in the Straits of Carquinez.
Chapter 628, Statutes of 2014 An act to repeal Section 3 of Chapter 815 of the Statutes of 1976, relating to tidelands, and making an appropriation therefor.
Settlement / Agreement Number Description
BLA 17 Agreement arbitrating ordinary low water mark by and between the State of California and the City of Martinez, a municipal corporation

The City is required by Sections 4 and 5 of Chapter 628, Statutes of 2014, to submit a Trust Lands Use Plan by January 1, 2020, and a report of trust uses every five years thereafter, beginning September 30, 2025. The reports will be posted here when available.

The City is required by Section 6306 of the Public Resources Code to complete an annual financial statement and standardized reporting form for trust lands on or before December 31 of each year. In addition, Chapter 628, Statutes of 2014, requires including a summary explaining how the City is using trust revenues to revitalize the marina and prevent its closure.

Below is a list of reports the City has submitted by fiscal year:

Below is a list of Requests for Relief, the City has submitted under Chapter 628, Statutes of 2014 by fiscal year:

Grantees listed alphabetically
Annual Reporting Form

Contacts

Chief, External Affairs Division
Sheri Pemberton | 916.574.1992
Sheri.Pemberton@slc.ca.gov

Public Land Management Specialist
Reid Boggiano | 916.574.0450
Reid.Boggiano@slc.ca.gov