AB 2312 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

State property: tidelands transfer: City of Martinez: leases.

Summary

Existing law grants to the City of Martinez all right, title, and interest of the state to 4 specified parcels of land in the County of Contra Costa, to be held in trust by the city, as trustee, for the benefit of all the people of the state for purposes consistent with the public trust doctrine, including the protection of maritime or water-dependent commerce, navigation, and fisheries, and the preservation of the lands in their natural state for scientific study, open space, wildlife habitat, and water-oriented recreation. Existing law authorizes the city to lease the trust lands under specified conditions for purposes consistent with the trust grant for limited periods, not to exceed 49 years. Existing law requires the city to reimburse the commission for all expenses incurred in administering these provisions. This bill would instead authorize the city to lease the trust lands for up to 66 years, or, subject to State Lands Commission approval, for a term longer than 66 years if the commission finds that a longer lease term is in the best interest of the state. The bill would expressly require the city to bear the costs of any study or analysis that the commission undertakes, reviews, or requests in consideration of whether a longer lease term is in the best interest of the state, as provided.

Issues: ✓ Environment

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Aug 2026

Assembly Passage

May 2026

Senate Passage

Aug 2026

Governor

Introduced Feb 19, 2026 Last action Aug 20, 2026

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What changed between versions

08/17/26 - Enrolled → AB2312 · 1 edit

MINOR

No substantive policy changes were made between these two versions. The diff reflects only a change in presentation format: the first version is the formal enrolled bill document with page numbers and clerk/governor signature blocks, while the second is the web-published version from the California Legislature website with navigation menus and layout elements. The actual legislative text is identical in both.

TECHNICAL

The document was reformatted from a formal enrolled bill layout (with page numbers, clerk signatures, and governor approval line) to a web publication format (with site navigation, bill tracking metadata, and a digest key section). No changes to the substantive bill text.

04/06/26 - Amended Assembly → 06/25/26 - Amended Senate · 5 edits · Jun 25, 2026

MODERATE

The Senate amendment to AB 2312 removes all proposed changes to Section 7 of the 2014 tidelands act (which would have extended capital improvement filing deadlines and modified revenue transmission requirements) and adds a new requirement that the City of Martinez bear the costs of any studies or analyses the State Lands Commission undertakes when considering longer lease terms. The bill now focuses solely on amending Section 3 to increase the maximum lease term from 49 to 66 years and to impose cost-bearing obligations on the city.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed from amending both Section 3 and Section 7 of the 2014 tidelands act to amending only Section 3. The Senate version drops all changes related to capital improvement oversight, revenue transmission, and commission inquiry powers, focusing exclusively on lease term length and cost allocation for lease-term reviews.

SCOPE

All amendments to Section 7 of Chapter 628 of the Statutes of 2014 were removed. This eliminates proposed changes to capital improvement filing deadlines (extending from 120 to 180 days), commission review timelines, and related enforcement provisions.

FISCAL

Removed the provision that would have modified the 20 percent gross revenue transmission requirement and the temporary relief from that obligation for marina conditions between January 1, 2024 and June 30, 2029.

REQUIREMENT

Added a new requirement that the City of Martinez (as trustee) must bear the costs of any study or analysis the State Lands Commission undertakes, reviews, or requests when considering whether a longer lease term is in the best interest of the state, including reasonable reimbursement for commission staff time.

Clarified that the city's cost-bearing obligation does not prevent it from seeking reimbursement from a master developer, and that the commission may contract with external experts to accomplish necessary studies or analyses.

TECHNICAL

Restructured subdivision (d) of Section 3 into numbered paragraphs with lettered subparagraphs for clarity; corrected a typo (antidiscrimintation to antidiscrimination); changed 'his or her' to 'their' in the anti-discrimination provision.

02/19/26 - Introduced → 04/06/26 - Amended Assembly · 5 edits · Apr 6, 2026

MODERATE

The amended version of AB 2312 significantly expands the City of Martinez's ability to lease public trust tidelands by raising the maximum lease term from 49 years to 66 years, with the possibility of even longer terms if the State Lands Commission finds it in the state's best interest. The amendment also adds legislative findings explaining that the Martinez Marina has exceeded its useful life and faces critical maintenance needs beyond the city's budgetary capacity, and extends the pre-filing and determination deadlines for capital improvements from 120 to 180 days.

SCOPE

Maximum lease term for trust lands increased from 49 years to 66 years, with an additional provision allowing the State Lands Commission to approve terms longer than 66 years if it finds a longer term is in the best interest of the state.

New Section 1 adds legislative findings declaring that the Martinez Marina has far exceeded its useful life, that decades of deferred maintenance have accelerated its decline, and that critical maintenance needs far exceed the city's budgetary capacity, rendering repair and restoration infeasible.

The bill title now references amendments to both Section 7 and Section 3 of Chapter 628 of the Statutes of 2014, reflecting that the amendment now rewrites the entire trust grant conditions section rather than only the capital improvements filing provision.

REQUIREMENT

New Section 2 states legislative intent that the State Lands Commission, City of Martinez, and parties to the exclusive negotiating agreement for revitalization of the Martinez waterfront and marina (approved December 17, 2025) maintain dialogue to determine appropriate lease terms while maintaining the public trust.

TIMELINE

The deadline for the trustee to file a detailed description of capital improvements with the State Lands Commission was extended from 120 days to 180 days before any disbursement of trust revenues, and the commission's determination period was also extended from 120 to 180 days.

Floor votes · Senate Aug 10, 2026 · Assembly May 14, 2026

How they voted

39–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 40

Aug 10, 2026

D Democratic30

30 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican10

9 Yea 1

90% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Aug 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0.).

lower

Aug 11, 2026

Introduced

In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

lower

Aug 10, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).

upper

Aug 3, 2026

Upper · Passed

From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

upper

Jun 25, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

upper

Jun 24, 2026

Introduced

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 23).

upper

May 27, 2026

Committee

Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

upper

May 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5055.)

lower

May 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6).

lower

Apr 23, 2026

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

lower

Apr 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

lower

Apr 7, 2026

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

lower

Apr 6, 2026

Introduced

From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.

lower

Mar 16, 2026

Committee

Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and L. GOV.

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

lower

0 primary · 1 co-sponsor