Gov. Code, § 40404 · Article 1. General
Gov. Code, § 40404
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The legislative body may acquire private property by condemnation or otherwise when it is necessary to take or damage such property for:
(a) Establishing, laying out, extending, and widening streets and other public highways and places within the city.
(b) Rights of way for drains, sewers, and aqueducts.
(c) Widening, straightening, or diverting the channels of streams.
(d) The improvement of water fronts.
(e) The acquisition or maintenance of public harbors.
(f) Any other purposes authorized by law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.
Source of truth
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- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=40404.
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