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Residents and mooring permit holders press council over proposed mooring fee hikes and Tidelands oversight
Summary
Multiple speakers urged the council to expand ad hoc committee membership and include stakeholder representatives after the California State Lands Commission review, and several mooring permit holders objected to proposed fee increases and loss of transferability.
Public comment at the meeting strongly focused on mooring-permit fees, transferability and the city's management of public tidelands.
The Newport Beach Mooring Association (reading a prepared letter) urged the council to expand the composition of a proposed Public Lands Trust Management ad hoc committee (Resolution No. 26-2026-12) to include representatives from every category of tidelands users — resident and non-resident mooring permit holders, yacht-club affiliated permittees and at least one residential pier…
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