The class action lawsuit filed by three boaters – identified as N. The increase represents the kind of changes that worried Dana Point boaters when Dana Point Harbor Partners took over from Orange County in October 2018 the 66-year lease to renovate and operate the port. The correspondence was sent to 2,400 boat owners who rent slips there. It includes guidelines for construction, maintenance, trade and recreational use.Ī letter announcing the increase in the slip was sent on June 21 and signed by Joe Ueberroth, founder and chairman of Bellwether Financial Group, the developer of the marina, with work slated to begin construction of the port later this year.
The grant describes how the port was transferred from state to county and establishes guidelines for its use. They also said the increase – which in some cases reaches nearly 100% – violates the California Tidelands Grant, which provides for public access to amenities such as the county-owned port. They say it forces people to sell their boats or move them to other marinas. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register / SCNG)Ī group of Dana Point Harbor boaters outraged by the slip increases in Dana Point harbor has filed a class action lawsuit against Dana Point Harbor Partners – the developer has undertaken a $ 330 million harbor renovation – and against Orange County, who rents the port for them.Īlong with the renovation, which includes a new marina, two new hotels, and renovated dining and shopping areas, comes a rise in slip prices that local boaters call outrageous and unfair. Dana Point Harbor Partners, a group of Newport Beach developers, secured a 66-year lease from the county to renovate the 2,000 slip docks. He is now worried that he will have to sell the boat because of an increase in bilge costs. He says repair work has been neglected over the years.
Ralph Bobsin shows the cracks near where he moored his 33-foot sailboat.
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