California Code, Public Resources Code - PRC § 7061

The provisions of Sections 7058.5 to 7059, inclusive, shall be applicable to all general-law cities and shall be applicable to general-law and chartered cities with respect to tide or submerged lands granted in trust to such cities by the State where mineral rights have not been reserved to the State.Section 7060 shall be applicable to both general-law and chartered cities only with respect to tide or submerged lands granted in trust to such cities by the State, where mineral rights have not been reserved to the State. The provisions of Sections 7058.5 to 7060, inclusive, shall not apply to activities regulated by Chapter 29 of the Statutes of the 1956 First Extraordinary Session.

The State Lands Commission may in its discretion exempt particular leases or operating agreements from the procedure required by Sections 7058.5 and 7059 where by reason of the small size of the property or drainage, actual or imminent, such procedure would in the judgment of the State Lands Commission in the particular case be impractical.