CA State Lands Commission

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California State Lands Commission — coastal tidelands + offshore oil + School Lands + Granted Lands. ~34 offshore lease polygons (Long Beach/Wilmington/Huntington), ~5.5K CSLC leases (76 Oil & Gas), ~1.3K PLSS-organized School Lands, ~115 tidelands grants.

What is CA State Lands Commission?

California State Lands Commission (CSLC) — state's coastal tidelands and submerged O&G leases. AGOL services3.arcgis.com/5aaQCuq3e4GRvkFG owned by CA_State_Lands_Commission (probed 2026-05-02). 5 services exposed via 5 methods: searchOffshoreLeases (~34 polygons — Active 26 / Inactive 8) ⭐ covering Long Beach Unit and Wilmington field tracts; searchOnshoreLeases (~5.5K CSLC leases) ⭐ defaults to TypeofLease='Oil & Gas Lease' (76 records); searchSchoolLands (~1.3K PLSS polygons keyed by TWP/RNGE/SEC_TRCT/MERID — note CNTY field 4-char NOT COUNTY); searchGrantedLands (~115 tidelands grants to coastal cities, Active 105 / Repealed 4); getServiceInfo. **upstream quirks**: Offshore_Lease_Polygons schema is lean — only PRC (lease number string) + Lease_Stat + Notes + shape; no lessee/operator/dates. CSLC Leases dates are ISO 8601 timestamp strings; Latitude/Longitude also stored as STRING fields with geometry.x/y as fallback. School_Lands uses `CNTY` not COUNTY; handler fixes single 'Tinity' typo to Trinity. Granted_Lands COUNTY has both 'Marin' + 'Marin County' variants — handler matches both via UPPER LIKE pattern. CSLC Leases TypeofLease has 27 distinct values; LeaseorPermit has 4 (General Lease/Mineral Resource Lease/Permit/Other Authorized Use); RecordStatus is degenerate (all 5524 = Active).

Available Tools

searchOffshoreLeases
CSLC offshore oil-lease polygons (~34). Filter prc/leaseStatus/bbox/near. Lean schema (PRC + Lease_Stat only).
searchOnshoreLeases
CSLC Leases (~5.5K). Defaults to Oil & Gas Lease (76 records). Pass typeofLease='all' for full set.
searchSchoolLands
CSLC School Lands polygons (~1.3K). PLSS-keyed via TWP/RNGE/SEC_TRCT/MERID. CNTY column upstream (NOT COUNTY).
searchGrantedLands
CSLC Granted Lands polygons (~115). Tidelands grants to coastal cities. Status: Active / Active, Uncertain Boundary / Repealed.
getServiceInfo
Schema + record counts for any of 5 services. Pass `service` to scope.

Requirements

ENABLE_ENERGY_APIS
Set ENABLE_ENERGY_APIS=true to allow connector toggles.

Quick Setup Guide

Follow these steps to connect your AI agents to this connector

Set ENABLE_ENERGY_APIS=true for your deployment.

Open /mcp and turn on CA State Lands Commission with the energy switch.

Call the cslc MCP tool — start with method=searchOffshoreLeases or method=searchOnshoreLeases.

Connect to Your AI Assistant

Choose your AI assistant below for specific setup instructions

Follow these steps to connect CA State Lands Commission to Claude:

Step 1: Open Claude Settings

Launch Claude → Click the profile button (bottom left) → Navigate to Settings

Step 2: Access Connectors

Scroll down to the Connectors tab → Navigate to the bottom → Click “Add Custom Connector”

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the Connector

Paste the URL in the “Remote MCP Server URL” text box → Click Add

Step 6: Start Using

Your connector is now ready to use in Claude

Follow these steps to connect CA State Lands Commission to ChatGPT:

Step 1: Enable Developer Mode

Go to Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Enable Developer mode

Step 2: Create New Connector

Go back to Connectors page → Click “Create” (top right)

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector (descriptions are optional)

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the URL

Paste the URL in the “MCP Server URL” text box

Step 6: Set Authentication

Click the authentication dropdown → Select “No authentication” (PatchOps handles authentication internally)

Step 7: Create the Connector

Click “I understand and want to continue” checkbox → Press Create

Step 8: Using the Connector

Start a new chat → Click the + button (left of text box) → Open dropdown → Hover over three dots labeled “More” → Select your connector

Instructions for connecting CA State Lands Commission to GitHub Copilot:

Coming Soon

Detailed setup instructions for GitHub Copilot will be added here.

For other MCP-compatible platforms:

Step 1: Get the Connector URL

Step 2: Add to Configuration

Add this configuration to your MCP settings file. Replace the URL with your specific connector URL from the /mcp page:

"CA State Lands Commission-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}

Example Configuration

Here’s an example using PatchOps MCP:

"PatchOps-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}