2005 California Streets and Highways Code Sections 27260-27262 CHAPTER 14. RIGHTS OF WAY FOR DISTRICT WORKS

27260.  The board may construct works across any stream, strait,
bay, water course, street, avenue, highway, railway, canal, ditch, or
flume which the route of the works may intersect or cross.   The
works may also be constructed along any street, avenue, or highway,
if they are constructed so as to afford security for life and
property.  The board shall restore the crossings and intersections as
nearly as possible to their former state or in a manner not to have
impaired unnecessarily their usefulness.
27261.  Every person, city or county or public corporation whose
right of way is intersected or crossed by the works of the district
shall cooperate with the board in forming such intersection or
crossing, and grant the necessary rights of way therefor.  The
district shall pay the necessary expenses of any intersection and
damages to any public corporation, city or county or abutting
property owner for expenses caused by the construction of the works
of the district.
27262.  The necessary right of way is hereby given, dedicated and
set apart to the district to locate, construct and maintain works
over and through any of the lands which are the property of this
State, including highways, and to have the same rights and privileges
appertaining thereto that are granted to cities.