Sections
7 entriesSection 1Establishes the State’s right of eminent domain over all frontages on California’s navigable waters. The declaration applies to every such frontage and…Section 2Limits every right to natural-stream or watercourse water to the amount reasonably required for beneficial use and excludes waste, unreasonable use, and…Section 3Prohibits granting or selling to private parties tidelands within two miles of an incorporated locality that front navigable harbors, estuaries, bays, or…Section 4Prohibits owners or claimants of frontage or tidal lands along navigable waters from blocking a publicly required right-of-way or obstructing free navigation.…Section 5Defines all water appropriated now or later for sale, rental, or distribution as devoted to a public use. Subjects that use to…Section 6Defines the right to collect rates or compensation for supplying water to a county, city and county, town, or their inhabitants as…Section 7Requires every local, state, or federal government agency that acquires an interest in California real property to accept compliance with California water…