republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-399.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tidelands and submerged lands: City of Los Angeles."
description: "Existing law grants to the City of Los Angeles all the right, title, and interest of the State of California in and to all tidelands and submerged lands situated below the line of mean high tide of the Pacific Ocean within the boundaries of the city in trust for specified purposes, including promotion of commerce, navigation, and fishery, and for certain uses relating to those purposes. Existing law authorizes the City of Los Angeles to grant franchises and permits on, and leases of, those lands, or any part thereof, for those specified purposes and for limited terms, not exceeding 50 years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 399"
citation: "California SB 399 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tidelands and submerged lands: City of Los Angeles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-25"
last_action: "2015-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3e2b398-f439-4b8e-924b-29e6ada5428e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB399"
source_hash: "4dbe9b2ccb0518941d516f3b218e5e13543fc388bc95be56f0a5a861338f8fbc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 399 (20152016) — Tidelands and submerged lands: City of Los Angeles.

Existing law grants to the City of Los Angeles all the right, title, and interest of the State of California in and to all tidelands and submerged lands situated below the line of mean high tide of the Pacific Ocean within the boundaries of the city in trust for specified purposes, including promotion of commerce, navigation, and fishery, and for certain uses relating to those purposes. Existing law authorizes the City of Los Angeles to grant franchises and permits on, and leases of, those lands, or any part thereof, for those specified purposes and for limited terms, not exceeding 50 years.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/25/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB399&version=20150SB39999INT)
2. **06/25/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB399&version=20150SB39998AMD)
3. **07/16/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB399&version=20150SB39997AMD)
4. **09/01/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB399&version=20150SB39996AMD)
5. **10/02/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB399&version=20150SB39994CHP)
6. **SB399** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB399)
7. **09/10/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB399&version=20150SB39995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB399 Hall Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 399 Hall Senate Third Reading By O'DONNELL — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2015-02-25** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 28.
- **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-16** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2015-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 796.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-01** Set for hearing May 11.
- **2015-05-11** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2015-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1027.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-18** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-28** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-29** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-02** From committee: Be re-referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-09** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 2303.)
- **2015-07-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-01** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-01** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-09-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2842.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-09-04** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-04** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2015-09-09** Set for hearing September 9.
- **2015-09-09** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) `committee-passage`
- **2015-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2674.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:45 p.m.
- **2015-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 450, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3e2b398-f439-4b8e-924b-29e6ada5428e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).