Public WorksGeneral

Section § 40401

Explanation

This law allows a city's legislative body to use the city's annual income to fund various public works projects. These projects can include building and repairing bridges, purchasing and improving land for parks and playgrounds, and maintaining streets and sidewalks. The city can also remove obstructions, establish street grades, and manage public highways and tunnels. Additionally, they can construct sidewalks, plant shade trees, and handle general maintenance of these areas.

In its discretion the legislative body may expend the ordinary annual city income to pay all or part of the cost of work to:
(a)CA Government Code § 40401(a) Establish, build, and repair bridges.
(b)CA Government Code § 40401(b) Acquire by purchase or otherwise land for squares, parks, playgrounds, and places within the city and improve, equip, and maintain them.
(c)CA Government Code § 40401(c) Establish, lay out, alter, keep open, improve, and repair streets, sidewalks, alleys, tunnels, and other public highways, and drain, sprinkle, oil, and light them.
(d)CA Government Code § 40401(d) Remove all obstructions from them.
(e)CA Government Code § 40401(e) Establish grades for them.
(f)CA Government Code § 40401(f) Grade, pave, gravel, and curb all or part of them.
(g)CA Government Code § 40401(g) Construct gutters, culverts, sidewalks, and crosswalks in all or on any part of them.
(h)CA Government Code § 40401(h) Cause shade trees to be planted, set out, and cultivated in them.
(i)CA Government Code § 40401(i) Generally manage and control all such highways, tunnels, and places.
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Section § 40403

Explanation

This law allows a city's legislative body to decide if it's necessary to build a bridge connecting the city to a nearby road area. If they decide the bridge needs to take over or damage private property, whether inside or outside the city, they can pass a resolution to make it official. Then, they can follow legal procedures to go ahead with the necessary actions.

When the legislative body deems it necessary for the city to construct a bridge connecting the city with an adjoining road district and it is necessary in constructing the bridge to take or damage private property within or without or within and without the city limits, by resolution the legislative body may declare the necessity of taking or damaging the property and direct and maintain proceedings for that purpose pursuant to law.
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Section § 40404

Explanation

This law allows a city's legislative body to take private property if it's necessary for public projects. This can include making or improving streets, creating pathways for utilities like sewers and water, changing stream paths, developing waterfronts, or maintaining public harbors. They can also acquire property for any other legally permitted purpose.

The legislative body may acquire private property by condemnation or otherwise when it is necessary to take or damage such property for:
(a)CA Government Code § 40404(a) Establishing, laying out, extending, and widening streets and other public highways and places within the city.
(b)CA Government Code § 40404(b) Rights of way for drains, sewers, and aqueducts.
(c)CA Government Code § 40404(c) Widening, straightening, or diverting the channels of streams.
(d)CA Government Code § 40404(d) The improvement of water fronts.
(e)CA Government Code § 40404(e) The acquisition or maintenance of public harbors.
(f)CA Government Code § 40404(f) Any other purposes authorized by law.
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