California tidelands
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California tidelands are coastal and submerged public lands along California’s shoreline that are held in trust for the people and used for purposes such as navigation, fishing, recreation, and environmental protection.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| California coastal zone | 2 |
| California tidelands canonical | 1 |
| City of San Diego tidelands within San Diego Bay | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T424905 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California tidelands Context triple: [California State Lands Commission, manages, California tidelands]
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A.
North Coast of California
The North Coast of California is a rugged, sparsely populated coastal region known for its redwood forests, cool maritime climate, and small cities such as Eureka.
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B.
Monterey Bay region
The Monterey Bay region is a coastal area of central California known for its marine biodiversity, scenic shoreline, and communities such as Monterey, Santa Cruz, and surrounding towns.
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C.
Central Coast of California
The Central Coast of California is a scenic coastal region between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, known for its rugged shoreline, wine country, and destinations like Big Sur, Monterey, and Santa Barbara.
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D.
California State Coastal Conservancy
The California State Coastal Conservancy is a state agency that protects, restores, and enhances California’s coastal and marine resources while improving public access to the shoreline.
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E.
California Coastal Commission
The California Coastal Commission is a state agency responsible for protecting, conserving, and regulating land and water use along California’s coastline.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California tidelands Target entity description: California tidelands are coastal and submerged public lands along California’s shoreline that are held in trust for the people and used for purposes such as navigation, fishing, recreation, and environmental protection.
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A.
North Coast of California
The North Coast of California is a rugged, sparsely populated coastal region known for its redwood forests, cool maritime climate, and small cities such as Eureka.
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B.
Monterey Bay region
The Monterey Bay region is a coastal area of central California known for its marine biodiversity, scenic shoreline, and communities such as Monterey, Santa Cruz, and surrounding towns.
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C.
Central Coast of California
The Central Coast of California is a scenic coastal region between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, known for its rugged shoreline, wine country, and destinations like Big Sur, Monterey, and Santa Barbara.
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D.
California State Coastal Conservancy
The California State Coastal Conservancy is a state agency that protects, restores, and enhances California’s coastal and marine resources while improving public access to the shoreline.
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E.
California Coastal Commission
The California Coastal Commission is a state agency responsible for protecting, conserving, and regulating land and water use along California’s coastline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal landform
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public trust lands ⓘ submerged lands ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
State of California
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linked to:
California, United States
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| alienationRestriction |
cannot be freely sold into private ownership
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must remain devoted to public trust purposes ⓘ |
| canBeGrantedTo | local governments as trust grantees ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| extendsFrom | mean high tide line ⓘ |
| extendsTo | three nautical miles seaward ⓘ |
| governedBy |
California Coastal Act
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linked to:
California Coastal Act of 1976
California Constitution ⓘ
linked to:
Constitution of California
California Public Resources Code ⓘ federal navigational servitude ⓘ |
| grantConditions | must be managed for statewide public trust purposes ⓘ |
| heldInTrustBy |
State of California
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linked to:
California, United States
|
| heldInTrustFor | people of California ⓘ |
| includes |
beds of navigable tidal waterways
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intertidal zone ⓘ submerged lands beneath coastal waters ⓘ |
| legalDoctrine | public trust doctrine ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
State of California
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linked to:
California, United States
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| locatedOn | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| managedBy | California State Lands Commission ⓘ |
| ownershipStatus | state-owned ⓘ |
| primaryPublicTrustPurposes |
commerce
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fisheries ⓘ navigation ⓘ |
| regulatedBy |
California Coastal Commission
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local governments ⓘ |
| secondaryPublicTrustPurposes |
environmental preservation
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open space ⓘ recreation ⓘ wildlife habitat ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
coastal development permitting
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public access requirements ⓘ tidelands trust ⓘ |
| threats |
coastal erosion
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intensive shoreline development ⓘ pollution ⓘ sea level rise ⓘ |
| typicalUses |
commerce
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environmental protection ⓘ fishing ⓘ habitat conservation ⓘ navigation ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: California tidelands Description of subject: California tidelands are coastal and submerged public lands along California’s shoreline that are held in trust for the people and used for purposes such as navigation, fishing, recreation, and environmental protection.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: California tidelands
linked to: California tidelands
San Diego Unified Port District Act
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appliesTo
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City of San Diego tidelands within San Diego Bay
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linked to: California tidelands