Cal. PRC § 5181
This is the official text of Cal. PRC § 5181, part of California’s Public Resources Code — covers environmental protection, state parks, and natural resource management.
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Official statutory text
All lands, parks, highways, and avenues in any city or city and county, which prior to March 14, 1889, were set apart by law for public parks and which have been placed under the management or control of a board of park commissioners, shall remain and continue to be public parks, subject to the management and control of the several boards of park commissioners.
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