The Scouts, at their own expense, built a breakwater in the Berkely Marina in return for their "perpetual lease" on two spaces for docking. So, the City of Berkeley "stole" the breakwater from the Scouts by keeping it, not paying for it, yet breaching the lease they had agreed to. From what I've heard this was more of a hand-shake agreement between the city and the scouts. There was no legal contract, just an understanding. Unfortunately if Berkley decides to void that understanding then there isn't a lot the scouts can do legally.
A purely verbal agreement becomes a binding and enforceable contract when it has been acted on by the parties. The City asked for a breakwater in return for a permanent lease. The Sea Scouts then built the breakwater. That makes the contract enforceable.
Berkeley is stealing from the Scouts for its political correctness.
John / Billybob