Tidelands and submerged lands: City and County of San Francisco: Hunters Point Naval Shipyard and Candlestick Point.

(1) Existing law grants to the City and County of San Francisco the right, title, and interest of the State of California in and to certain tidelands and submerged lands in trust for certain purposes. The State Lands Commission has jurisdiction over tidelands and submerged lands of the state. The Hunters Point Shipyard Conversion Act of 2002 granted to, and vested in, the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, all of the state's right, title, and interest in the Hunters Point trust lands, and, upon conveyance by the federal government to the agency, in appurtenances located on Hunters Point submerged lands, subject to the public trust and the terms and conditions of the act. The Hunters Point Shipyard Public Trust Exchange Act approved an exchange of public trust lands within the Hunters Point Shipyard, whereby certain trust lands that meet specified criteria and are not useful for public trust purposes are freed from the public trust and may be conveyed into private ownership, and certain other lands that are not public trust lands and that are useful for public trust purposes are made subject to the public trust. Existing law authorizes the Director of Parks and Recreation to enter into agreements concerning the development of a project in the City and County of San Francisco and partly within the Candlestick Point State Recreation Area. This bill would repeal the Hunters Point Conversion Act of 2002 and the Hunters Point Shipyard Public Trust Exchange Act. The bill would also repeal the provision authorizing the Director of Parks and Recreation to enter into agreements concerning that project in the City and County of San Francisco. This bill instead would grant to, and vest in, the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, all of the state's right, title, and interest in Candlestick Point and the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard trust lands, as revised, and, upon conveyance by the federal government to the agency, in appurtenances located on Hunters Point submerged lands, subject to the public trust, and the terms and conditions of this bill. This bill would also approve an exchange of public trust lands within the lands conveyed, whereby certain trust lands or interests in lands that meet specified criteria and are not now useful for public trust purposes will be freed from the public trust and may be conveyed into private ownership, and certain other lands or interests in lands that are not now public trust lands and that are useful for public trust purposes will be made subject to the public trust. The bill would require the agency to deposit all moneys collected by the agency arising out of the use or operation of any of the trust lands into a special fund maintained by the agency. The bill would require the agency to prepare an annual statement of financial conditions and operations and to submit the statement to the State Lands Commission each year on or before October 1. The bill would authorize the Director of Parks and Recreation to enter in an agreement to transfer to the agency or the City and County of San Francisco an interest in state property held by the department within the Candlestick Point State Recreation Area upon the director making certain findings. This bill would provide that upon the termination of the redevelopment plan for the project area, consisting of the former shipyard, the Hunters Point submerged lands, and Candlestick Point, or by January 1, 2050, whichever is earlier, the agency shall transfer any trust lands in which it holds fee title to the city, unless the commission approves a later date. (2) The bill would state findings and declarations of the Legislature regarding the need for special legislation.