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At+.,,.h--- <br /> STATE OF CALIFORNIA EDMUND G. BROwf 9.A. - Page 8 <br /> CALIFORNIA STATE LANDS COMMISSION JENNIFER LUCCHESI, Executive Officer <br /> 100 Howe Avenue, Suite 100-South (916) 574-1800 Fax (916) 574-1810 <br /> sR 7 California Relay Service TOO Phone 1-800-735-2929 <br /> ACA Sacramento, CA 95825-8202 <br /> f <br /> rom Voice Phone 1-8.00-735-2922 <br /> � Contact Phone: (916) 574-1800 <br /> Contact Fax: (916) 574-1810 <br /> 6.38 RECEIVED <br /> August 7, 2014 <br /> 2 2014 <br /> Bill Ekern, Assistant City Manager CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE <br /> City of Redwood City CITY OF REDWOOD CITY <br /> 1017 Middlefield Road <br /> Redwood City, CA 94063 <br /> Dear Mr. Ekern: <br /> The purpose of this letter is to provide clarification to questions and issues that were <br /> raised during our meeting on May 29, 2014 and in your letter dated June 13, 2014. <br /> As general background, the Legislature holds all sovereign lands in trust for the people <br /> of California. Pursuant to statute, Public Resources Code (PRO) Section 6301 , the <br /> Legislature has delegated its trustee responsibilities to the California State Lands <br /> Commission (CSLC). In some locations, the Legislature has further delegated, through <br /> specific granting statutes, the trustee responsibilities to local municipalities (the <br /> "grantee"). Grantees must comply with the language of their specific granting statutes, <br /> PRC 6009 et seq., the California Constitution, and the common law Public Trust <br /> Doctrine. For background regarding grantee obligations, please see City of Long Beach <br /> v. Morse (1947) 31 Cal.2d.254; and Atwood v. Hammond (1935) 4 Cal.2d 31 . <br /> The Ferrari Property <br /> Commission staff understands that the City of Redwood City (City) is considering <br /> developing a floating home community located on Assessor Parcel Number 052-392- <br /> 350 (Ferrari Property). It is our understanding the City has concerns regarding whether <br /> the CSLC would have jurisdiction if the man-made levee surrounding the Ferrari <br /> Property was intentionally breached, subjecting the property to tidal influence. <br /> The Ferrari Property is not located on sovereign land and is not under the jurisdiction of <br /> the CSLC. Parcel SM-7, which includes the Ferrari Property, was part of a 1964 <br /> exchange agreement; referred to as "SLL 43," which declared that the parcel was no <br /> longer useful for navigation and fisheries and removed any and all claims of sovereign <br /> ownership. The exchange agreement was between the CSLC and Leslie Salt Company <br /> and was agreed to in order to resolve conflicting claims over title to several sloughs and <br /> channels in the South San Francisco Bay Area. Based on a preliminary review of SLL <br /> 43 and current law, if there was a deliberate breach of the levee under the direction of <br />