Article 3 - Property

California Public Utilities Code — §§ 105085-105088

Sections (4)

Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.

The district may take by grant, purchase, devise, or lease, or condemn in proceedings under eminent domain, or otherwise acquire, and hold and enjoy, real property of every kind within or without the district necessary to the full or convenient exercise of its powers. The board may lease, mortgage, sell, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property when in its judgment it is in the best interests of the district to do so.

§ 105086

Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.

The district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted in this act. The district, in exercising that right, shall, in addition to the damage for the taking, injury, or destruction of property, also pay the cost, exclusive of betterment and with credit for salvage value, of removal, reconstruction, or relocation of any substitute facilities, including structures, railways, mains, pipes, conduits, wires, cables or poles of any public utility which is required to be moved to a new

location.

§ 105087

Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.

(a)The district may take by gift, or take or convey by grant, purchase, devise, or lease, and hold and enjoy, real and personal property of every kind within or without the district necessary for, incidental to, or convenient for, transit-oriented joint development projects that meet the definition and requirement set forth in subdivision (b).

(b)(1) For purposes of this section, a “transit-oriented joint development project” is a commercial,

residential, or mixed-use development that is undertaken in connection with existing, planned, or proposed intermodal transit facilities and is located one-fourth mile or less from the external boundaries of that facility.

(2)Any transit-oriented joint development project created under this section shall comply with the land use and zoning regulations of the city, county, or city and county in which the project is located.

(c)The authority granted under this section extends to any joint powers agency of which the district is a member and for which the district serves as the managing agency.

(d)The district may not exercise its power of eminent domain in order to make an acquisition under this section.

§ 105088

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 424, Sec. 12. (SB 727) Effective January 1, 2026.

(a)Upon receiving the Great Redwood Trail Agency’s rights, privileges, and interests relating to the agency’s rail right-of-way south of the dividing line pursuant to Section 93030 of the Government Code, the district shall designate a single point of contact for the agency.

(b)The district may partner or contract with trail agencies, including the Great Redwood Trail Agency, on creation and maintenance of the bicycle and pedestrian pathways under the district’s jurisdiction.

(c)The ancillary bicycle and pedestrian pathways that provide connections between and access to district station sites and the district’s other pathways shall be known as “The Great Redwood Trail, Southern Segment.”

(d)The planned bike and pedestrian pathway running from the district’s station in the City of Larkspur to the northern terminus of the Golden Gate Bridge in the County of Marin shall be known as the Great Redwood Trail. The facilities described in this subdivision are not the property of the Great Redwood Trail Agency and are not subject to, or within the scope of, the environmental impact report for the Great Redwood Trail, Southern Segment or the Great Redwood Trail within the jurisdiction of the Great Redwood Trail Agency.