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The boundaries of Sacramento County are as follows:

Beginning on the northern line of the county, at a point 10 miles north of a point which was, on the thirtieth of March, 1857, the mouth of the American River; thence easterly to the junction of the north and south forks of said river; thence up the principal channel of the south fork to a point one mile above Mormon Island, so as to include said island in Sacramento County, forming the northeast corner; thence southerly to a point on the Cosumnes River, eight miles above the house of William Daylor; thence south to Dry Creek, forming the southeast corner; thence down said Dry Creek to its entrance into the Mokelumne River; thence down the Mokelumne River to a point where said river divides into east and west branches; thence down the west branch to its junction with the east branch; thence down said river to its junction with the San Joaquin River;

Thence down the San Joaquin River to the mouth of the Sacramento River, at the head of Suisun Bay, forming the southwest corner; thence up the Sacramento River to the mouth of Steamboat Slough, formerly called Merritt Slough; then up said slough to the mouth of Sutter Slough; thence up said Sutter Slough to the Sacramento River; then up the Sacramento River to a point west of the place of beginning, forming the northwest corner of Sacramento; thence east to the place of beginning.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 363, Sec. 1. Effective July 14, 1988.)

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The boundaries of San Benito County are as follows:

Commencing at a point in the center of the Pajaro River, said point being the northwest corner of the Rancho las Arromitas y Agua Caliente, and being on the northern boundary line of Monterey, and running thence in a southerly direction along the southwest boundary of said rancho to the southwest corner thereof; thence southerly in a direct line to the summit of the Gabilan Range of mountains, and thence southeasterly along the summit of said Gabilan Mountains to the Chalone Peak; thence southeasterly in a direct line to the division line of the parts of the San Lorenzo Sobrantes Rancho owned respectively by Breen and Dunn; thence along said dividing line of said rancho to the southern boundary thereof; thence due south to the San Lorenzo Creek; thence southeasterly up the center of said San Lorenzo or Lewis Creek, and up the north fork thereof, to the summit of the divide between the waters of said Lewis Creek and San Benito Creek; thence following said divide southerly to the eastern boundary of Monterey and the summit of the Coast Range Mountains;

Thence northerly, following the summit of said mountains to where the range line between T. 18 S., of R. 12 and 13 E., M. D. B. & M., crosses the same; thence northerly along said range line to the northeast corner of T. 18 S., R. 12 E.; thence northerly along said township line to the south line of T. 16 N., R. 13 E., M. D. B. & M.; thence west to the southeast corner of T. 16 S., R. 12 E., M. D. B. & M.; thence northwest in a straight line to the northeast corner of T. 14 S., R. 9 E.; thence in a straight line northwesterly, running toward the northeast corner of T. 13 S., R. 7 E., to a point where said line intersects the boundary line between San Benito and Merced; thence along the boundary line between San Benito and Merced to the northeast corner of San Benito and southeast corner of Santa Clara; thence following the county line between Santa Clara and San Benito to the place of beginning.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

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The boundaries of San Bernardino County are as follows:

That portion of the San Bernardino County boundary line which coincides with the Arizona-California Interstate Boundary is shown on a series of Planimetric Maps appearing in Exhibit “A” of above mentioned Interstate Compact.

Geographic Positions and Plane Coordinates of all boundary points mentioned in above description are listed in Exhibit “A” of said Interstate Compact.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 655.)

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The boundaries of San Diego County are as follows:

Beginning at the southwest corner of the State of California as described in Article XXI of the Constitution of the State of California; thence easterly along the international boundary line between the United States and Mexico to its intersection with the range line between R. 8 E. and 9 E. of San Bernardino meridian; thence northerly along the range lines between said R. 8 E. and 9 E., which is also the westerly boundary of Imperial, to the northeast corner of T. 9 S., R. 8 E., which point is also on the southerly boundary line of Riverside; thence west along the second standard parallel south, San Bernardino base, which is also the south boundary line of Riverside, to the range line between T. 8 S., R. 3 W. and T. 8 S., R. 4 W.; thence north along said range line to the southerly boundary of the Rancho Santa Rosa; thence northwesterly and northerly along the boundary line of said Rancho Santa Rosa to the township line between T. 7 S., and T. 8 S., S. B. B. & M.; thence west along said township line to the easterly line of the Rancho Mission Viejo or La Paz, which is also the southeasterly boundary line of Orange; thence following said southeasterly boundary of Orange southerly and westerly along the easterly and southerly line of said Rancho Mission Viejo or La Paz to the most westerly line of the Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores; thence southerly along said westerly line of said Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores to the shore line of the Pacific Ocean, and continuing in the same direction to a point three English miles in said Pacific Ocean, which point is on the westerly boundary line of the said State of California; thence southerly along said westerly boundary line of the State of California to the place of beginning.

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The boundaries of San Francisco city and county are as follows:

Beginning at the southwest corner, being the northwest corner of San Mateo, in the Pacific Ocean, on the extension of northern line of T. 3 S., of Mount Diablo base; thence northerly along the Pacific Coast, to its point of intersection with the westerly extension of the low-water line on the northern side of the entrance to San Francisco Bay, being the southwest corner of Marin and northwest corner of San Francisco; thence easterly, through Point Bonita and Point Cavallo, to the most southeastern point of Angel Island, all on the line of Marin; thence northerly, along the easterly line of Marin, to the northwest point of Golden Rock (also known as Red Rock), being a common corner of Marin, Contra Costa, and San Francisco; thence due southeast four and one-half statute miles to a point established as the corner common to Contra Costa, Alameda, and San Francisco; thence southeasterly, on the western line of Alameda County to a point on the north line of T. 3 S., R. 4 W., M D. B. & M.; thence westerly on the township lines and an extension thereof to the place of beginning. The islands known as the Farralones (Farallons) are a part of said city and county.

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The boundaries of San Joaquin County are as follows:

Beginning at the junction of the San Joaquin and Mokelumne Rivers on the line of Sacramento; thence up the latter to the mouth of Dry Creek; thence up Dry Creek to the southeast corner of Sacramento; thence southeasterly to a point on Mokelumne River, being the point of beginning of the survey of Boucher and Wallace of the line between San Joaquin and Calaveras, May, 1864; thence southeasterly, on the line of said survey, to the extreme northern corner of Stanislaus, on the north side of and near to Calaveras River, at a point on the western line of R. 10 E., Mount Diablo meridian, as established by the survey of George E. Drew, approved May, 1860, shown on the map of said survey; thence south, on said range line, to the Stanislaus River; thence down said river to its confluence with the San Joaquin; thence southwest, to the summit of the Coast Range, as shown on the survey and map of Wallace and Stakes, May, 1868, and forming the common corner of San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Santa Clara, and Alameda, as shown also on the map of Boardman and Stakes, July, 1868; thence northwesterly and northerly along the eastern boundary of Alameda to the corner common to Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Joaquin; thence due east to the center of the west channel of the San Joaquin River; thence down the said west channel to its confluence with the main river; thence down said river to the place of beginning.

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The boundaries of San Luis Obispo County are as follows:

Beginning in the Pacific Ocean, at the northwestern corner of Santa Barbara; thence easterly, on the northern line of Santa Barbara, up the Santa Maria River, to the intersection of the southern line of T. 10 N., San Bernardino base; thence east on said line to the southeast corner of Sec. 31, in T. 10 N., R. 24 W., S. B. B. & M.; thence north on the dividing section lines between 31 and 32, 30 and 29, 19 and 20, 18 and 17, 7 and 8, 6 and 5, to the northeast corner of Sec. 6, in the said township and range; thence continuing north through T. 11 N., R. 24 W., S. B. B. & M., on the section lines between Secs. 31 and 32, 30 and 29, 19 and 20, 18 and 17, 7 and 8, 6 and 5, to the northeast corner of Sec. 6 in said township and range; thence west on the township line between T. 11 and 12 N., R. 24 W., S. B. B. & M., and along the north boundary of Sec. 6 to the northwest corner of said T. 11 N., R. 24 W., S. B. B. & M.; thence north, between Secs. 31 (in fractional T. 12 N., R. 24 W.), and Sec. 36 (in fractional T. 12 N., R. 25 W.), to the eighth standard parallel south of M. D. B. & M.;

Thence westerly on the said eighth standard parallel south to the corner common to T. 32 S., R. 22 E., and 32 S., R. 23 E., M. D. B. & M.; thence northerly, as per the United States survey, on the line between said townships and ranges, to the northeast corner of T. 32 S., R. 22 E., M. D. B. & M.; thence westerly on the north boundary of said township and range to the corner common to T. 31 S., R. 21 E., 32 S., R. 21 E., M. D. M.; thence north to the northeast corner of T. 31 S., R. 21 E., M. D. M.; thence west eight miles to the southwest corner of Sec. 35, in T. 30 S., R. 20 E.; thence north on the section line between Secs. 34 and 35, 27 and 26, 22 and 23, 15 and 14, 10 and 11, and 3 and 2, to the northeast corner of Sec. 3 in T. 30 S., R. 20 E., M. D. B. & M.; thence west four miles to the northwest corner of said last above named township and range; thence north to the northeast corner of T. 29 S., R. 19 E.; thence west to the northwest corner of said T. 29 S., R. 19 E., M. D. B. & M.;

Thence west one mile to the southeast corner of Sec. 35, T. 28 S., R. 18 E., M. D. M.; thence north to the northeast corner of Sec. 26, said township and range; thence west to the northwest corner of said Sec. 26; thence north to the northeast corner of Sec. 22; thence west to the northwest corner of Sec. 22; thence north to the northeast corner of Sec. 16; thence west to the northwest corner of Sec. 16; thence north to the northeast corner of Sec. 8; thence west to the northwest corner of Sec. 8; thence north to the township line at the northeast corner of Sec. 6; thence west to the northwest corner of T. 28 S., R. 18 E.; thence north on the range line to the northeast corner of T. 27 S., R. 17 E., M. D. B. & M.; thence west on the township line to the northwest corner of said township; thence north, on the range line between T. 26 S., R. 16 E., and T. 26 S., R. 17 E., to the northeast corner of T. 26 S., R. 16 E.; thence north on the range line between T. 25 S., R. 16 E., and T. 25 S., R. 17 E., M. D. B. & M., to the northeast corner of T. 25 S., R. 18 E., on the sixth standard parallel south of Mount Diablo base; thence west on said standard parallel and extension thereof to the Pacific Ocean; thence southerly along the shore to the place of beginning.

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The boundaries of San Mateo County are as follows:

Beginning, at the southwest corner, being the West corner of Santa Cruz; thence on the northwestern line of Santa Cruz to the southwestern line of Santa Clara, being the summit line of the Santa Cruz Mountains; thence northwesterly by said summit line to the source of San Francisquito Creek; thence down the South branch thereof, and down said creek in a general northerly and northeasterly direction along the common boundary between San Mateo County and Santa Clara County to a point where said boundary intersects the D2 center line of the Bayshore Freeway at California State Highway Engineer’s Station D2 322+68.88 P.O.T. as said Engineer’s Station and said common boundary is designated on “AS BUILT”—PLAN AND PROFILE OF STATE HIGHWAY IN SAN MATEO AND SANTA CLARA COUNTIES, BETWEEN 0.3 MILE SOUTH OF WILLOW ROAD AND 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF SAN MATEO-SANTA CLARA COUNTY LINE”,—San Mateo, Santa Clara Route 68, Section D, A., accepted June 4th, 1958; said intersection being in the boundary of San Mateo County and Santa Clara County as said boundary was established by Ordinance No. 1619, changing the boundary of said counties, adopted October 15th, 1963, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo; thence along said boundary as changed, northeasterly 105 feet to the southwesterly terminus of that certain course “South 40° 47´ West” designated “Sta. 78+45± End of Work” as said course and said station are shown on “MAP AND GENERAL CONSTRUCTION PLANS OF ZONE NW-1 “NORTHWEST”, PROJECT NO. 2 SAN FRANCISQUITO CREEK IMPROVEMENT FROM BAYSHORE HIGHWAY TO SAN FRANCISCO BAY, SANTA CLARA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, DATED SEPTEMBER 1958”—said plans on file in San Mateo County Engineer’s Office in Case 3, H-1691; thence along the center line of said San Francisquito Creek improvement, North 40° 47´ East 128.12 feet, more or less, to Station 77+16.88 of said center line; thence on a curve to the right, said curve having a radius of 305.00 feet and a central angle of 82° 30´ an arc distance of 439.17 feet; thence South 56° 43´ East 235.00 feet; thence South 61° 43´ East 204.00 feet; thence on a curve to the left said curve having a radius of 250.00 feet and a central angle of 49° 00´ an arc distance of 213.80 feet; thence North 69° 17´ East 404.14 feet; thence on a curve to the left said curve having a radius of 425.00 feet and a central angle of 96° 45´ an arc distance of 717.66 feet; thence North 27° 28´ West 367.46 feet; thence on a curve to the right said curve having a radius of 455.00 feet and a central angle of 28° 15´ an arc distance of 224.38 feet; thence North 0° 47´ East 295.00 feet; thence on a curve to the left said curve having a radius of 855.00 feet and a central angle of 13° 37´ an arc distance of 203.20 feet; thence North 12° 50´ West 1075.00 feet; thence on a curve to the right said curve having a radius of 300.00 feet and a central angle of 65° 35´ an arc distance of 343.39 feet; thence North 52° 45´ East 1250.00 feet; thence North 50° 20´ East 820.00 feet; thence on a curve to the right said curve having a radius of 300.00 feet and a central angle of 20° 00´ an arc distance of 104.72 feet; thence North 70° 20´ East 500 feet to Station 3+00, designated “Beginning of Project” on said San Francisquito Creek Improvement; thence continuing along last mentioned course North 70° 20´ East 300 feet, more or less, to a point in the corporate limits of the City of Menlo Park, as said limits were established by that certain annexation to the City of Menlo Park by Ordinance No. 318, adopted July 14th, 1959, by the City Council of said City; thence southeasterly, easterly and southerly along said corporate limits to the intersection thereof with said common County boundary as the same existed prior to Ordinance No. 1619; thence northeasterly along said boundary to a point in the middle of San Francisco Bay forming a common corner of San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Alameda; thence northerly in a direct line to a point in the center of the ship channel in the Bay of San Francisco West of and opposite to Dumbarton Point; thence northerly in a direct line to the southeast corner of San Francisco; Thence westerly on the boundary line between San Mateo and San Francisco (said line being the North boundary of San Mateo and the South boundary of San Francisco, between San Mateo and San Francisco), as the line was surveyed, established, and marked by Charles S. Tilton, City and County Surveyor of San Francisco, William B. Gilbert, County Surveyor of San Mateo; and D. Bromfield, Assistant Civil Engineer, of San Mateo, between August 28 and December 28, 1898, and being the North boundary line of San Mateo, and the South boundary line of San Francisco, and marked by granite monuments eight inch by eight inch square set three feet in the ground in a bed of concrete three feet square and three in the ground, on section and quarter-section corners, on the township line between T. 2 and 3 S., R. 5 and 6 W., M.D.B. & M., and the line being marked on each monument by a copper nail in a plug of lead which has been countersunk into the top of the monument, and on the dressed faces the letters “S.F.” being cut into the stone on the San Francisco side of the line, and the letters “S.M.” being cut into the stone in the San Mateo side of the line, and the bearing of the said line being determined by stellar observation as North 89° 4912´ East, to the southwest corner of the said boundary line of San Francisco in the Pacific Ocean, and thence southerly along the ocean shore to the Point of Beginning. The eastern boundary of San Mateo shall be the western boundary of Alameda, insofar as the same borders on San Mateo.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 537.)

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The boundaries of Santa Barbara County are as follows:

Beginning at the southwestern corner of Ventura; thence northerly, on the westerly line of Ventura to the point of intersection with the southern line of T. 10 N., San Bernardino base; said point being on the southern boundary of Kern and being the common corner of Santa Barbara and Ventura; thence west on said township line, to the Santa Maria River; thence down said river to a point in the Pacific Ocean opposite the mouth of said river, forming the northwest corner; thence southeasterly, by the ocean shore, to the place of beginning; including the islands of Santa Barbara, San Miguel, Santa Rosa, and Santa Cruz.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 248.)

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The boundaries of Santa Clara County are as follows:

Beginning at a point distant North 30° West 1,254 feet from the southwest corner of Sec. 22, T. 5 S., R. 2 W., M.D.B. & M., being the corner common to San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Alameda; thence southeasterly in a direct line to the southwest corner of Sec. 26, T. 5 S., R. 2 W., M.D.B. & M.; thence easterly in a direct line to the point where the center of the Coyote River is intersected by the West line of T. 5 S., R. 1 W., M.D.B. & M.; thence easterly along the center of the Coyote River to a point from which a sandstone monument set on the southwesterly side of the county road leading from San Jose to Oakland, or the state highway, as described in the fieldnotes of the survey of the boundary line between Alameda and Santa Clara, filed June 2, 1873, in the office of the clerk of Santa Clara County, bears North 57° 35´ East 4,340 feet distant, more or less; thence North 57° 35´ East 4,340 feet, more or less, to said Sandstone monument;

Thence northeasterly and easterly along the boundary line between Alameda and Santa Clara, as described in the fieldnotes of said survey, to the corner common to Alameda, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Santa Clara; thence southeasterly following the summit of the Coast Range to the corner common to San Benito, Merced, and Santa Clara, situated in Sec. 21, T. 11 S., R. 7 E., M.D.B. & M., as established by Charles T. Healy, Deputy Surveyor-General of California in September, 1858; thence westerly on the surveyed line between Santa Clara and San Benito to a point on the San Felipe Creek, near San Felipe Lake; thence around the eastern and northern side of said lake to the Pajaro River; thence down said river to the southwest corner of Santa Clara and the southeast corner of Santa Cruz; thence northwesterly, following the northeasterly boundary of Santa Cruz and continuing on the southeasterly boundary of San Mateo, to the head of the South fork of the San Francisquito Creek; thence down said creek in a general northerly and northeasterly direction along the common boundary between San Mateo County and Santa Clara County to a point where said boundary intersects the D2 center line of the Bayshore Freeway at California State Highway Engineer’s Station D2 322+68.88 P.O.T. as said Engineer’s Station and said common boundary is designated on “AS BUILT”—PLAN AND PROFILE OF STATE HIGHWAY IN SAN MATEO AND SANTA CLARA COUNTIES, BETWEEN 0.3 MILE SOUTH OF WILLOW ROAD AND 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF SAN MATEO-SANTA CLARA COUNTY LINE”,—San Mateo, Santa Clara Route 68, Section D, A., accepted June 4th, 1958; said intersection being in the boundary of San Mateo County and Santa Clara County as said boundary was established by Ordinance No. 1619, changing the boundary of said counties, adopted October 15th, 1963, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo; thence along said boundary as changed, northeasterly 105 feet to the southwesterly terminus of that certain course “South 40° 47´ West” designated “Sta. 78+45± End of Work” as said course and said station are shown on “MAP AND GENERAL CONSTRUCTION PLANS OF ZONE NW-1 “NORTHWEST”, PROJECT NO. 2 SAN FRANCISQUITO CREEK IMPROVEMENT FROM BAYSHORE HIGHWAY TO SAN FRANCISCO BAY, SANTA CLARA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. DATED SEPTEMBER 1958”—said plans on file in San Mateo County Engineer’s Office in Case 3, H-1691; thence along the center line of said San Francisquito Creek Improvement, North 40° 47´ East 128.12 feet, more or less, to Station 77+16.88 of said center line; thence on a curve to the right, said curve having a radius of 305.00 feet and a central angle of 82° 30´ an arc distance of 439.17 feet; thence South 56° 43´ East 235.00 feet; thence South 61° 43´ East 204.00 feet; thence on a curve to the left said curve having a radius of 250.00 feet and a central angle of 49° 00´ an arc distance of 213.80 feet; thence North 69° 17´ East 404.14 feet; thence on a curve to the left said curve having a radius of 425.00 feet and a central angle of 96° 45´ an arc distance of 717.66 feet; thence North 27° 28´ West 367.46 feet; thence on a curve to the right said curve having a radius of 455.00 feet and a central angle of 28° 15´ an arc distance of 224.38 feet; thence North 0° 47´ East 295.00 feet; thence on a curve to the left said curve having a radius of 855.00 feet and a central angle of 13° 37´ an arc distance of 203.20 feet; thence North 12° 50´ West 1075.00 feet; thence on a curve to the right said curve having a radius of 300.00 feet and a central angle of 65° 35´ an arc distance of 343.39 feet; thence North 52° 45´ East 1250.00 feet; thence North 50° 20´ East 820.00 feet; thence on a curve to the right said curve having a radius of 300.00 feet and a central angle of 20° 00´ an arc distance of 104.72 feet; thence North 70° 20´ East 500 feet to Station 3±00, designated “Beginning of Project” on said San Francisquito Creek Improvement; thence continuing along last mentioned course North 70° 20´ East 300 feet, more or less, to a point in the corporate limits of the City of Menlo Park, as said limits were established by that certain annexation to the City of Menlo Park by Ordinance No. 318, adopted July 14th, 1959, by the City Council of said City; thence southeasterly, easterly and southerly along said corporate limits to the intersection thereof with said common County boundary as the same existed prior to Ordinance No. 1619; thence northeasterly along said boundary to the Point of Beginning.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 102.)

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The boundaries of Santa Cruz County are as follows:

Beginning at the southwest corner of San Mateo, at a point in the Pacific Ocean south 45 degrees W., three nautical miles from the intersection of the east line of Rancho Punta del Año Nuevo with said ocean, forming the western corner; thence north, 45 degrees E., to said point of intersection; thence northerly, following the eastern line of said rancho, to its intersection with the south line of T. 8 S., R. 4 W., M. D. B. & M.; thence east to the southeast corner of said township; thence north to the northeast corner of Sec. 25 of said township; thence east to the northeast corner of Sec. 26, T. 8 S., R. 3 W.; thence north to a 712″ x 712″ tapered sandstone monument on the common boundary between San Mateo County and Santa Clara County and at the most northern point on Santa Cruz County, from which a 5″ x 5″ concrete monument at the corners of Sections 25, 26, 35 and 36, T-7-S, R-3-W, M.D.B.& M. bears North 0° 01´ 30″ East 56. 40 feet distant; running thence from said point of beginning due EAST 20 feet, more or less, to the western boundary of the State Highway Route 55-A as shown and delineated on plans approved by the District Engineer on February 27, 1928; thence along said western boundary southerly to Saratoga Gap; thence continuing along the western boundary of State Highway Route 55-A, as shown and delineated on plans approved by the District Engineer on November 28, 1932, to a point just south of Black Road; thence crossing said State Highway 55-A easterly to the eastern side of State Highway 55-A; thence southeasterly to the eastern side of a road, 40 feet in width, known as Summit Road, adopted as a public highway on March 5, 1889 and on file in Volume 6 at Page 191 Supervisors Records of Santa Cruz County, also on file in the Office of County Surveyor of Santa Cruz County as Viewers Report Road #82; thence along the easterly side of said Summit Road in a southerly and easterly direction to the western side of State Highway #17 (5-B); thence southerly along the western side of said State Highway #17 (5-B) to a station due WEST from the intersection of the northeastern side of Summit Road, as declared a public highway on March 5, 1899, with the southeastern boundary of said State Highway #17 (5-B); thence due EAST to the northeastern side of the aforesaid Summit Road; thence southeasterly along the northeastern side of the aforesaid Summit Road, to the western boundary of the lands conveyed by Carmella A. Peacock to the Loma Prieta Civil Defense Fire Team by deed recorded August 28, 1968 in Volume 1901 at Page 168, Official Records of Santa Cruz County; thence along the western boundary of said last named lands northerly to a point on the southerly line of Summit Road, as shown and delineated on Plan and Profile of Federal Aide Secondary Project No. S-616 (2) approved June 25, 1951; thence along the southerly and southwesterly side of said Summit Road, as shown and delineated as aforesaid, to a station on the southeastern side of the old Santa Cruz-Los Gatos Highway known as Old State Route 55; thence northeasterly along said Old State Route 55 to the northeastern side of the aforesaid Summit Road F.A.S. Project No. S-616 (2); thence along the northeastern side of Summit Road, as aforesaid, and continuing along the northeastern side of Summit Road as shown and delineated on the Plan and Profile for Federal Aid Secondary Project 81-A as approved February 27, 1939 as Santa Cruz-Santa Clara Feeder Highway, in a southeasterly direction to the northwestern side of Loma Prieta Avenue, as said avenue was adopted as a public highway, 40 feet in width, in Viewers Report #122 and recorded April 7, 1891 in Book 7 Page 4 of Supervisors Records of Santa Cruz County (Note: This point will fall somewhere between Stations 2 and 3 as located by T. W. Wright, County Surveyor of Santa Cruz County, in his survey of November 1890 recorded in Viewer’s Report #122); thence easterly and southerly along the northern and eastern side of said Loma Prieta Avenue to T. W. Wright’s November 1890 Survey Station 90 which was Station 45 on what was known as the East Summit Road and adopted as a public highway 40 feet in width in Viewer’s Report #122; thence southeasterly along the northeasterly side of said road to approximately Station 55 and a point on the northwestern boundary of the lands of Pellisi as shown and delineated on that record of survey map recorded August 26, 1964 in Book 42 of Maps Page 19, Records of Santa Cruz County and Book 184, Pages 30, 31 and 32 Records of Santa Clara County; thence leaving East Summit Road northeasterly along the northwestern boundary of the aforesaid lands of Pellisi to the most northern corner thereof; thence southeasterly along the northeastern boundary of the aforesaid lands of Pellisi and said line produced, and being the southwest boundary of lands of the San Jose Water Works to its intersection with the northwest boundary of Lot 1 of the Soquel Augmentation Rancho; thence southwesterly along the northwestern boundary of the aforesaid Lot 1 to the northeastern side of East Summit Road, a public highway 40.00 feet in width, near Sta 135 of T. W. Wright’s survey of East Summit Road in November 1890; thence continuing southeasterly along the northeastern side of East Summit Road to a station north of T. W. Wright’s 1890 Survey Station 248, the section corner common to Sections 1, 2, 11 and 12, T-10-S, R-1-E, M.D.B.& M. bears South 23°20´ East 363 links distant from said Station 248 and this being the end of the public highway adopted in Viewer’s Report #122; thence crossing the end of the public highway East Summit Road in a southerly direction to a point 30.00 feet southwest of the average center line of an existing fire control road; thence continuing southeasterly on a line 30.00 feet southwest of the average center line of an existing fire control road approximately 4 miles to the southwest side of a road, 100.00 feet in width, called Summit Road, Right of Way Map Job No. 39-11 on file in the Office of the County Surveyor of Santa Cruz County under File No. E 405-2.1,.2,.3,.4; thence along the southwesterly side of said Summit Road southeasterly to Mount Madonna Road; thence on the produced southwesterly side line of Summit Road across Mount Madonna to the boundary of the lands conveyed by M. E. Thomas (a single woman) to the County of Santa Clara by deed dated April 3, 1930 and recorded in Volume 179 at Page 138 Official Records of Santa Cruz County, said lands being generally known as Mount Madonna Park; thence in a counter clockwise direction along the boundary of said lands conveyed by Thomas to County of Santa Clara, as aforesaid, until the southeastern boundary reaches the summit of the mountain; thence southerly along the summit of the mountain to the eastern side of Hecker Pass Road now known as State Highway 32-A; thence southerly along the eastern side of Hecker Pass Road 450 feet, more or less, to the northern side of a right of way, 24 feet wide, and known as Belle Vista Lane; thence easterly and southerly along the northern and eastern side of Bella Vista Lane to the northwestern boundary of lands conveyed by Ralph A. Robinson et ux to Frank L. Kellog, et ux, by deed recorded October 5, 1945 in Volume 506 at Page 412 Official Records of Santa Cruz County; thence northeasterly along the northwestern boundary of said lands of Kellog and the produced line thereof to the northeastern boundary of that certain strip of land 5.00 chains in width, described in the Decree Quieting Title, Case No. 36741 and recorded May 20, 1932 in Volume 225 at Page 358 Official Records of Santa Cruz County; thence continuing southerly along the easterly boundary of the last named strip of land, 5.00 chains in width, to the most southern end of said strip; thence southwesterly to the summit of the mountain; thence continuing southerly along the summit of the mountain along or through the lands of Fletcher, Chase, Marinovich, Kelly and Chamberlain Land Company to the southeasterly boundary of that certain 600 acres, plus or minus, parcel of land described on Pages 519, 520, and 521 in the deed from Joseph P. Chamberlain and Nan C. Chamberlain, his wife, to Chamberlain Land Company by deed dated November 8, 1956 and recorded in Book 3688, at Paged 519 to 533 Records of Santa Clara County; thence easterly along said last named boundary to the eastern boundary of the Salsipuedes Rancho; thence northerly along said rancho boundary to the intersection of the northern boundary of Section 34, T-11-S, R-3-E, M.D.B.& M.; thence southeasterly on a straight line to the western quarter corner of Section 35, T-11-S, R-3-E; thence southeasterly, on a straight line to the southern quarter corner of said Section 35 on the township line between T-11-S and T-12-S; thence easterly on said township line to the north quarter corner of Section 1, T-12-S, R-3-E; thence southerly, on a straight line to the quarter corner at the center of said Section 1; thence easterly on a straight line to the eastern quarter corner of the aforesaid Section 1 on the range line between R-3-E and R-4-E; thence southerly on said range line between R-3-E and R-4-E to the Pajaro River and the boundary of San Benito County; thence westerly along said river, on the northern line of San Benito and Monterey, to the Bay of Monterey, and three miles westerly into the ocean, forming the southwest corner; thence northwesterly along a course three nautical miles distant from the shore to the point of beginning.

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The boundaries of Shasta County are as follows:

Beginning at the northern line of Tehama, at the head of Bloody Island, in the Sacramento River; thence to and down the eastern channel to the mouth of Battle Creek; thence easterly, up Battle Creek, by the main channel, to the mouth of the middle fork, known as Digger Creek; thence up Digger Creek to its head; thence east to a point south of Black Butte Mountain, forming the southeast corner; thence north, on the western line of Lassen, to a rock mound forming the northeast corner, on the southern line of Siskiyou; thence west, on said southern line, to Castle Rock, forming the northwest corner; thence southerly along Trinity Mountain to the head of Bee Gum Creek, forming the southwest corner; thence easterly down Bee Gum, Middle Fork, and Cottonwood Creeks to the western channel of the Sacramento River; thence, by direct line, to the point of beginning.

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The boundaries of Sierra County are as follows:

Beginning at the south corner of Plumas, in the center of Slate Creek; thence easterly on the southern line of Plumas to the range line between T. 21 N., R. 13 E., and T. 21 N., R. 14 E., M. D. B. & M.; thence north on said range line, to the northwest corner of T. 21 N., R. 14 E., M. D. B. & M.; thence east on the line between T. 21 and 22 N., M. D. B., to the state line forming the northeast corner; thence south on said state line to the northeast corner of Nevada, a point east of the Bent Monument; thence west to the Bent Monument; thence down the south fork of the middle Yuba River and down the middle Yuba River to a point 10 miles above the mouth of the latter; thence in a straight line northerly to a point on the north fork of the Yuba River known as Cuteye Foster’s Bar; down said river to the mouth of Big Canon Creek, then up said creek four miles; thence in a straight line to the point of beginning.

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The boundaries of Siskiyou County are as follows:

Commencing on the northern line of the State of California at the northeast corner of Del Norte, being on the summit of a spur of the Siskiyou Range of mountains; thence southerly along the eastern line of Del Norte to the northern line of Humboldt; thence easterly and southerly along the northern and eastern line of Humboldt to the northwest corner of Trinity; thence along the northern boundary of Trinity to the northwest corner of Shasta at Castle Rock; thence due east to the range line between R. 4 and 5 E., M. D. B. & M.; thence north along said range line to the northern boundary of the State of California; thence due west along said state boundary line to the place of beginning.

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The boundaries of Solano County are as follows:

Beginning at the southwest corner, in San Pablo Bay, at the common corner of Contra Costa, Sonoma, Marin, and Solano; thence north, 2612 degrees W., about six and one-quarter miles on the eastern line of Sonoma to the southwest corner of Napa at the mouth of the Huichica Creek; thence east, on the southern line of Napa, to the southeast corner thereof; thence north, on the line of Napa to the first standard north; thence east along said standard, on said Napa line, to the summit of Vaca Mountains; thence northerly, on said summit and Napa line, to Devil’s Gate, on Putah Creek, which point forms the northwest corner of Solano and southwest corner of Yolo; thence easterly, on the line of Yolo, down said creek and the old bed thereof, to its intersection with the western line of R. 3 E., M. D. M., forming the northeast corner of Solano, with exterior angle in Yolo; thence south, along the line of Yolo, on said range line, two and seven-tenths miles, to the north line of T. 7 N., M. D. B.; thence east, nine and seventy-two one-hundredths chains, to the northeast corner of said township; thence south, to the first standard north, M. D. B.; thence east, on said standard line, to the center of Sutter slough; thence down said slough to Steamboat Slough, formerly called Merritt Slough, down said slough to the Sacramento River, down the Sacramento River about 13 miles to Suisun Bay; thence down the bay, along the center of the main ship-channel, in a westerly course about 18 miles, to the Straits of Carquinez; thence down the middle of said straits, and down San Pablo Bay, to the place of beginning; all these courses and lines being as shown by map and notes of William Wayne Fitch and E. H. Marshall, Surveyor and Deputy Surveyor of Solano County.

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The boundaries of Sonoma County are as follows:

Commencing at a point in the Pacific Ocean, three miles due west of a point in the center of the channel at the mouth of the Gualala River, thence due east three miles to said point in the center of the channel at the mouth of said Gualala River; thence up the center channel of said Gualala River to a point where the center of said channel intersects the section line running east and west between Secs. 23 and 26, T. 11 N., R. 15 W., M. D. B. & M.; thence east on said section line and its continuation between Secs. 24 and 25, said township and range, to the range line between R. 14 and 15 W., M. D. M.; thence continuing east on the section line between Secs. 19 and 30, 20 and 29, 21 and 28, 22 and 27, 23 and 26, and 24 and 25, T. 11 N., R. 14 W., M. D. B. & M., to the range line between R. 13 and 14 W., M. D. M.; thence north on said range line between said R. 13 and 14 two miles more or less, to the section corner common to Secs. 12 and 13, T. 11 N., R. 14 W., M. D. B. & M., and Secs. 7 and 18, T. 11 N., R. 13 W., M. D. B. & M.;

Thence east on the section line between Secs. 7 and 18, 8 and 17, 9 and 16, 10 and 15, 11 and 14, and 12 and 13, T. 11 N., R. 13 W., M. D. B. & M., to the intersection of said section line with the range line between R. 12 and 13 W., M. D. M.; thence continuing east on the section line between Secs. 7 and 18, 8 and 17, 9 and 16, 10 and 15, 11 and 14, and 12 and 13, T. 11 N., R. 12 W., M. D. B. & M., to the intersection of said section line with the range line between R. 11 and 12 W., M. D. M.;

Thence north on said range line between R. 11 and 12, two miles, more or less, to the southwest corner of T. 12 N., R. 11 W., M. D. B. & M.; thence east on the south boundary line of said T. 12 N., R. 11 W., three miles, more or less, to the southeast corner of Sec. 33, T. 12 N., R. 11 W.; thence north on the section line between Secs. 33 and 34, one mile, more or less, to the northwest corner of said Sec. 34; and thence east on the section line between Secs. 27 and 34, 26 and 35, and 25 and 36, T. 12 N., R. 11 W., M. D. B. & M., and continuing east on the section line between Secs. 30 and 31, 29 and 32, 28 and 33, 27 and 34, 26 and 35, and 25 and 36, T. 12 N., R. 10 W., M. D. B. & M., and continuing east on the section line between Secs. 30 and 31, 29 and 32, 28 and 33, 27 and 34, and 26 and 35 to the corner common to Secs. 25, 26, 35, and 36, T. 12 N., R. 9 W., M. D. B. & M., said point lying upon the summit of the Mayacamas Ridge and constituting the common corner of Mendocino, Lake, and Sonoma; thence southerly along the Mayacamas Mountains, and on the western lines of Lake and Napa, to the westerly branch of headwaters of Huichica Creek;

Thence westerly on the line of Napa to the top of the main ridge that divides the Huichica Valley from the Sonoma Valley; thence southerly along the said dividing ridge to the tule bordering on San Pablo Bay; thence southerly to the center of Huichica Creek; thence down said creek to its mouth, which is the southwest corner of Napa; thence on the line of Solano south, 2612 degrees E., about six and one-quarter miles distant from the mouth of Huichica Creek, to the point of intersection with the westerly line of Contra Costa, forming the common corner of Marin, Solano, Contra Costa, and Sonoma; thence following the northern boundary of Marin westerly to the mouth of Petaluma Creek; thence up said creek to the mouth of San Antonio Creek; thence up said San Antonio Creek to its head; thence in a direct line to the head of the Estero Americano, on the line surveyed and established by William Mock, under the direction of the surveyor-general, in the year 1856; thence down said Estero Americano to its mouth; thence due west three miles to a point in the Pacific Ocean; thence northwesterly by ocean shore to the point of beginning.

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The boundaries of Stanislaus County are as follows:

Beginning at the common corner of Stanislaus, Santa Clara, Alameda, and San Joaquin, on the summit of Mount Boardman, of the Mount Diablo Range, as shown on the survey and map of Wallace and Stakes, May, 1868; thence southeasterly, on the summit line of that range, being the eastern line of Santa Clara, to the northwest corner of Merced, forming the southwest corner of Stanislaus, as established by the survey and map of A. J. Stakes, July, 1868; thence northeasterly, on the line as established by that survey, to the junction of the Merced and San Joaquin Rivers; thence down the San Joaquin seven miles; thence in a direct line a little north of east to a monument established by the survey of A. J. Stakes, being on the summit of the ridge between Merced and Stanislaus, and marking the common corner of Tuolumne, Merced, Mariposa, and Stanislaus; thence northwesterly, in a direct line, and crossing the Stanislaus River, to the monument established by the survey and map of George E. Drew, May, 1860, on the north bank of the Stanislaus River; thence northwesterly, on the line of that survey, to its intersection with the western line of R. 10 E., M. D. M., which point is marked by a monument establishing the north corner of Stanislaus County; then south, on that range line, to the Stanislaus River; thence down the latter to its mouth in the San Joaquin River; thence southwesterly on the line as surveyed and mapped by Wallace and Stakes, May, 1868, to the place of beginning.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 248, Sec. 80.)

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The boundaries of Sutter County are as follows:

Beginning at the northwest corner of Sacramento County, said northwest corner being at the intersection of the center line of the channel of the Sacramento River with the line dividing Section 12, Township 10 North, Range 3 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian into north and south halves; running thence upstream along said center line of the channel of Sacramento River, following the meanderings thereof as said channel was established by official government meander line surveys prior to 1870, of record in the Office of the United States Surveyor General for the State of California, to the intersection of said center line of the channel of Sacramento River with the center line of the channel of Butte Slough; thence northeasterly along said center line of the channel of Butte Slough to the intersection of said last named center line with the east line of Section 35, Township 16 North, Range 1 West, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian; thence northerly along said east line of Section 35 and along the extension thereof to the intersection of said east line of Section 35 extended northerly with the center line of the channel of Butte Creek; thence northwesterly and northeasterly along said center line of the channel of Butte Creek upstream following the meanderings thereof to the intersection of said center line of the channel of Butte Creek with the north line of Section 30, Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian; thence easterly along the north lines of said Section 30, and Sections 29, 28, 27, 26, and 25, of said last named township and range, along the north lines of Sections 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, and 25, Township 17 North, Range 2 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, along the north line of fractional Section 30, Township 17 North, Range 3 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, and along said last named north line of fractional Section 30 produced easterly through Boga Rancho to the intersection of said last named line produced easterly with the center line of the channel of Feather River; thence southerly downstream along said center line of the channel of Feather River following the meanderings thereof, as said channel of Feather River was established by official government meander line surveys prior to 1870, of record in the Office of the United States Surveyor General for the State of California, to the intersection of said center line of the channel of Feather River with the center line of the channel of Bear River, said point of intersection being 2100.00 feet south of a monument on the boundary line between the Counties of Yuba and Sutter, said monument being south 88° 40´ 32″ west and distant on said course 3990.00 feet from the southwest corner of Section 32, Township 13 North, Range 4 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian; running thence north 2100.00 feet to said monument; thence north 12° 25´ 50″ east 5472.52 feet to a point which is south 89° 13´ 30″ west and distant on said course 2840.00 feet from the northwest corner of said Section 32; thence north 28° 05´ 20″ east 6041.67 feet to the northwest corner of Section 29 of said township and range; thence north 88° 40´ 30″ east along the north line of said Section 29, 2220.00 feet to a point which is south 88° 36´ 20″ west and distant on said course 2878.20 feet from the intersection of said north line of Section 29 with the center line of the Sacramento Northern Railway, formerly known as the Northern Electric Railway, as said center line of the railway is laid down and delineated upon the official plat of Bear River Garden Subdivision No. 2 of record in Book 3 of Surveys, page 22, Sutter County Records; thence north 23° 01´ 36″ east, 7439.33 feet to a point on said center line of the Sacramento Northern Railway, which point is north 0° 16´ 30″ east and distant on said course 6780.00 feet from said intersection of the center line of the railway with the north line of said Section 29; thence south 86° 03´ 55″ east 5334.98 feet to a point which is north 0° 06´ 00″ west and distant on said course 3620.00 feet from a concrete monument at the southwest corner of Lot 25 of Bear River Garden Subdivision No. 2; thence north 47° 02´ 26″ east 6060.57 feet; thence north 82° 44´ 27″ east 830.00 feet to a point which is north 0° 05´ 33″ west and distant on said course 2488.27 feet from a concrete monument at the southwest corner of Lot 1 of Bear River Garden Subdivision No. 3; thence north 82° 44´ 27″ east 3582.00 feet; thence north 10° 52´ 00″ east 938.34 feet; thence north 54° 20´ 00″ east 641.00 feet; thence north 0° 04´ 00″ east 971.00 feet; thence north 37° 17´ 00″ east 715.00 feet; thence south 42° 50´ 00″ east 692.00 feet; thence south 81° 50´ 00″ east 118.00 feet to a point which is north 0° 13´ 30″ west and distant on said course 2504.99 feet from the southwest corner of Section 12 of said last named township and range; thence south 81° 50´ 00″ east 142.03 feet; thence north 15° 52´ 10″ east 570.02 feet; thence north 60° 01´ 10″ east 245.08 feet; thence north 69° 24´ 50″ east 799.71 feet; thence north 70° 09´ 50″ east 283.24 feet; thence south 76° 42´ 25″ east 691.78 feet; thence south 78° 32´ 50″ east 493.68 feet; thence south 70° 42´ 40″ east 794.33 feet; thence north 80° 36´ 30″ east 450.13 feet; thence north 58° 30´ 50″ east 529.14 feet; thence north 68° 57´ 10″ east 993.96 feet to a point which is north 0° 03´ 30″ west and distant on said course 3390.71 feet from the southeast corner of said Section 12; thence north 69° 57´ 40″ east 774.51 feet; thence north 44° 02´ 50″ east 650.79 feet; thence north 60° 57´ 20″ east 617.99 feet; thence north 71° 37´ 20″ east 974.27 feet; thence north 78° 44´ 50″ east 925.30 feet; thence south 76° 01´ 50″ east 1301.54 feet to a point which is north 0° 46´ 00″ west and distant on said course 4763.20 feet from the southwest corner of Section 8, Township 13 North, Range 5 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian; thence south 76° 20´ 00″ east 205.00 feet; thence south 88° 35´ 00″ east 527.00 feet; thence south 70° 20´ 00″ east 251.00 feet; thence south 43° 50´ 00″ east 867.00 feet; thence south 35° 05´ 00″ east 500.00 feet; thence south 55° 20´ 00″ east 169.00 feet; thence south 58° 20´ 00″ east 428.00 feet; thence north 39° 25´ 35″ east 816.05 feet; thence south 70° 50´ 00″ east 1365.00 feet; thence north 65° 40´ 00″ east 435.00 feet; thence south 77° 20´ 00″ east 270.00 feet; thence north 72° 50´ 04″ east 555.45 feet to a point which is north 0° 00´ 39″ west and distant on said course 3646.71 feet from the southeast corner of said Section 8; thence north 73° 05´ 51″ east 1379.31 feet; thence north 22° 11´ 28″ east 231.36 feet; thence north 88° 05´ 00″ east 352.00 feet; thence north 73° 45´ 00″ east 300.00 feet; thence north 45° 10´ 00″ west 448.00 feet; thence north 7° 50´ 00″ east 101.00 feet; thence north 50° 05´ 00″ east 257.00 feet; thence north 77° 53´ 08″ east 584.63 feet; thence north 23° 20´ 00″ east 472.00 feet; thence north 65° 30´ 00″ east 190.00 feet; thence south 30° 00´ 00″ east 405.00 feet; thence north 54° 00´ 00″ east 441.00 feet; thence north 36° 45´ 00″ east 515.00 feet; thence north 63° 30´ 00″ east 438.00 feet; thence north 66° 24´ 35″ east 729.53 feet; thence north 40° 30´ 00″ east 386.00 feet; and thence south 86° 00´ 00″ east 217.00 feet to a point on the east line of Section 4 of said Township 13 North, Range 5 East, said point being north 0° 16´ 05″ west and distant on said course 1343.08 feet from the southeast corner of said Section 4, and said point being the corner common to Sutter and Placer Counties on the southerly line of Yuba County; thence southerly along the east line of said Section 4 and along the east lines of Sections 9, 16, 21, 28, and 33 of said township and range to the southeast corner of said Section 33; thence westerly along the south line of said Section 33 and along the south lines of Sections 32 and 31 of said last named township and range to the southwest corner of said Section 31; thence southerly along the range line between Township 12 North, Range 4 East and Township 12 North, Range 5 East and along the range line between Township 11 North, Range 4 East and Township 11 North, Range 5 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian to the southeast corner of Section 36 of said Township 11 North, Range 4 East; thence westerly along the south line of said Section 36 to the northeast corner of fractional Section 1 of Township 10 North, Range 4 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian; thence southerly along the east line of fractional Section 1 and along the east line of Section 12 of said last named township and range to the intersection of said east line of Section 12 with the northerly line of Sacramento County, said intersection being south 85° 15´ 00″ east of a point on the line dividing Section 11 of said last named township and range into north and south halves, said point being 2121.00 feet westerly measured along said half section line from the quarter section corner between said Section 11 and 12, and said northerly line of Sacramento County being a direct line drawn from said point on the line dividing Section 11 into north and south halves to the junction of the north and south forks of the American River; thence north 85° 15´ 00″ west to said point on the line dividing Section 11 into north and south halves; and thence westerly along said line dividing Section 11 into north and south halves, along the lines dividing Sections 10, 9, 8, and 7 of said last named township and range and along said line dividing Section 12 of Township 10 North, Range 3 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian into north and south halves to the point of beginning.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 836.)

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The boundaries of Tehama County are as follows:

Beginning at the point of intersection of the Sacramento River with the south line of T. 23 N., M. D. B.; thence west, on said line, being the northern line of Glenn to the summit of the Coast Range, being the southwest corner; thence northerly, on said summit line, to the southwest corner of Shasta; thence easterly, on the southern line of Shasta to the northwest corner of Plumas, being the point of intersection of the southern line of Shasta with the summit line of the dividing ridge between the waters of Mill and Deer Creeks, tributaries of the Sacramento River, and Rice’s and Warner’s Creeks, tributaries of the north fork of the Feather River, forming the northeast corner of Tehama; thence southerly, along said summit line, to the north point of Butte, it being the point where the northern road from Big Meadows to Butte Meadows, by Dye’s house, crosses the said summit line; thence southwesterly, in a direct line, to the head of Rock Creek; thence southwesterly, down Rock Creek, to the south line of T. 24 N., M. D. B.; thence west, on said line, to the Sacramento River; thence along said river to the place of beginning.

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The boundaries of Trinity County are as follows:

Beginning at the northeast corner of Mendocino and southeast corner of Trinity as established and marked by Wm. H. Fauntleroy in 1872, on the summit of the Coast Range at or near the quarter section corner on the east line of Sec. 34 in T. 25 N., R. 10 W., M. D. B. & M.; thence northerly along the summit of said range and the line of Tehama to the northwest corner of Tehama; thence northeasterly and northerly along the summit of the mountain dividing the waters flowing into Sacramento River and the waters flowing into Trinity River on the west line of Shasta and Siskiyou to a point in the southern line of Siskiyou located in Sec. 26, T. 41 N., R. 6 W., M. D. B. & M.; thence southwesterly and westerly along the summit of the mountain dividing the waters flowing into Trinity River from the waters flowing into the Scott and Salmon Rivers to the intersection of the east line of Humboldt on what is known as Salmon Summit, being the northwest corner of Trinity near the corner to Secs. 4, 5, 8, and 9, T. 9 N., R. 7 E., H. B. & M.; thence southwesterly and southerly by the eastern line of Humboldt to the southwest corner of Trinity as surveyed and marked by Wm. H. Fauntleroy in August, 1872, the same being in the SE. 14 of Sec. 31, T. 5 S., R. 6 E., H. B. & M.; thence east along the line between Trinity and Mendocino, as surveyed and marked by Wm. H. Fauntleroy in 1872 to the point of beginning.

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The boundaries of Tulare County are as follows:

Beginning at the southwest corner, being the common corner of Kings, Kern, and Tulare, and being located on the sixth standard south at the southwest corner of T. 24 S., R. 23 E., M. D. B. & M.; thence east, on said standard, to the point of intersection with the summit line of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, forming the southeast corner of Tulare and southwest corner of Inyo; thence northwesterly, on said summit, being on the western line of Inyo, to the east corner of Fresno; thence on the southern line of Fresno to the eastern line of Kings; thence southerly, on the line of Kings, to the place of beginning.

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The boundaries of Tuolumne County are as follows:

Beginning at the most western corner, being the southern corner of Calaveras, in the Stanislaus River; thence southeasterly to the common corner of Merced, Mariposa, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne; thence easterly on the northern line of Mariposa and Madera, following the summit line of the dividing ridge between the Tuolumne and Merced Rivers, to Mount Lyell, as marked on Warren Holt’s map, 1869, and the summit of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, being on the western line of Mono and the common corner of Tuolumne, Madera, and Mono; thence northerly by the line of Mono, being the summit line of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, to the southern corner of Alpine; thence northwesterly by the line of Alpine to the southeastern corner of Calaveras; thence westerly on the line of Calaveras and down the Stanislaus River to the place of beginning.

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The boundaries of Ventura County are as follows:

Commencing on the coast of the Pacific Ocean, at the mouth of the Rincon Creek; thence following up the center of said creek to its source; thence due north to the corner common to Kern, Santa Barbara, and Ventura located on the township line between T. 9 and 10 N., R. 24 W., S. B. B. & M., and running thence east with said line between T. 9 and 10 N., to the northeast corner of T. 9 N., R. 24 W., S. B. B. & M.; thence south with the range line to the quarter section corner in the west line of Sec. 7, T. 9 N., R. 23 W., S. B. B. & M.; thence east with the center line of Secs. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of said T. 9 N., R. 23 W., to the line between R. 22 and 23 W., of said township; thence south with the range line to the southwest corner of Sec. 18, T. 9 N., R. 22 W.; thence east to the corner of Secs. 16, 17, 20, and 21 of said township; thence south to the southwest corner of Sec. 33, of said township; thence east on the line between T. 8 and 9 N., to the west line of Sec. 2, T. 8 N., R. 20 W., S. B. B. & M.; thence south along said west line of said Sec. 2 and Sec. 11 of said township to the southwest corner of said Sec 11; thence east along the south line of said Sec. 11 and Sec. 12 of said township to and along the south line of Secs. 7, 8, 9, and 10 of T. 8 N., R. 19 W., S. B. B. & M. to the western line of Los Angeles; thence southerly along said western line of Los Angeles to the Pacific Ocean and three miles therein; thence in a northwesterly direction to a point due south of and three miles distant from the center of the mouth of Rincon Creek; thence north to the point of beginning, and including the islands of Anacapa and San Nicholas.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 51, Sec. 2.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Boundaries of the Several Counties


text:
The boundaries of Yolo County are as follows:

Beginning on the southeast corner, at the most easterly northeast corner of Solano, in Sutter Slough, at its intersection with the first standard north; thence west on said standard line to the west line of R. 3 E., M. D. M.; thence north on said range line to the northeast corner of T. 7 N., 2 E.; thence west nine and seventy-two one-hundredths chains to the southeast corner of T. 8, 2 E.; thence north on the easterly line of said township to the old bed of Putah Creek; thence westerly up the old bed and main Putah Creek to a point on the eastern line of Napa, in the canon, called Devil’s Gate, where the highest ridge of mountains divides the waters of the Sacramento from Berryessa Valley, forming the most westerly of the southwest corner of Yolo and northwest corner of Solano; thence northerly along the highest ridge of said mountains to Cache Creek; thence east to the summit of the spur of the Coast Range which divides the waters flowing east into Bear Creek and Stony Creek, and those flowing west into the north fork of Cache Creek; thence along the dividing ridge, to the southwest corner of Colusa; thence easterly on southern line of Colusa to the Sacramento River, forming the northeast corner at the point of intersection of the southern line of T. 13 N., M. D. B.; thence down said river to Sutter Slough; thence down said slough to the place of beginning.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Boundaries of the Several Counties


text:
The boundaries of Yuba County are as follows:

Beginning at the southwest corner at a point at the intersection of the center of the channel of Bear River with the center of the channel of Feather River, said point being 2100.00 feet south of a monument on the boundary line between the Counties of Yuba and Sutter, said monument being south 88° 40´ 32″ west and distant on said course 3990.00 feet from the southwest corner of Section 32, Township 13 North, Range 4 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian; running thence north 2100.00 feet to said monument; thence north 12° 25´ 50″ east 5472.52 feet to a point which is south 89° 13´ 30″ west and distant on said course 2840.00 feet from the northwest corner of said Section 32; thence north 28° 05´ 20″ east 6041.67 feet to the northwest corner of Section 29 of said township and range; thence north 88° 40´ 30″ east along the north line of said Section 29, 2220.00 feet to a point which is south 88° 36´ 20″ west and distant on said course 2878.20 feet from the intersection of said north line of Section 29 with the center line of the Sacramento Northern Railway, formerly known as the Northern Electric Railway, as said center line of the railway is laid down and delineated upon the official plat of Bear River Garden Subdivision No. 2 of record in Book 3 of Surveys, page 22, Sutter County Records; thence north 23° 01´ 36″ east, 7439.33 feet to a point on said center line of the Sacramento Northern Railway, which point is north 0° 16´ 30″ east and distant on said course 6780.00 feet from said intersection of the center line of the railway with the north line of said Section 29; thence south 86° 03´ 55″ east 5334.98 feet to a point which is north 0° 06´ 00″ west and distant on said course 3620.00 feet from a concrete monument at the southwest corner of Lot 25 of Bear River Garden Subdivision No. 2; thence north 47° 02´ 26″ east 6060.57 feet; thence north 82° 44´ 27″ east 830.00 feet to a point which is north 0° 05´ 33″ west and distant on said course 2488.27 feet from a concrete monument at the southwest corner of Lot 1 of Bear River Garden Subdivision No. 3; thence north 82° 44´ 27″ east 3582.00 feet; thence north 10° 52´ 00″ east 938.34 feet; thence north 54° 20´ 00″ east 641.00 feet; thence north 0° 04´ 00″ east 971.00 feet; thence north 37° 17´ 00″ east 715.00 feet; thence south 42° 50´ 00″ east 692.00 feet; thence south 81° 50´ 00″ east 118.00 feet to a point which is north 0° 13´ 30″ west and distant on said course 2504.99 feet from the southwest corner of Section 12 of said township and range; thence south 81° 50´ 00″ east 142.03 feet; thence north 15° 52´ 10″ east 570.02 feet; thence north 60° 01´ 10″ east 245.08 feet; thence north 69° 24´ 50″ east 799.71 feet; thence north 70° 09´ 50″ east 283.24 feet; thence south 76° 42´ 25″ east 691.78 feet; thence south 78° 32´ 50″ east 493.68 feet; thence south 70° 42´ 40″ east 794.33 feet; thence north 80° 36´ 30″ east 450.13 feet; thence north 58° 30´ 50″ east 529.14 feet; thence north 68° 57´ 10″ east 993.96 feet to a point which is north 0° 03´ 30″ west and distant on said course 3390.71 feet from the southeast corner of said Section 12; thence north 69° 57´ 40″ east 774.51 feet; thence north 44° 02´ 50″ east 650.79 feet; thence north 60° 57´ 20″ east 617.99 feet; thence north 71° 37´ 20″ east 974.27 feet; thence north 78° 44´ 50″ east 925.30 feet; thence south 76° 01´ 50″ east 1301.54 feet to a point which is north 0° 46´ 00″ west and distant on said course 4763.20 feet from the southwest corner of Section 8, Township 13 North, Range 5 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian; thence south 76° 20´ 00″ east 205.00 feet; thence south 88° 35´ 00″ east 527.00 feet; thence south 70° 20´ 00″ east 251.00 feet; thence south 43° 50´ 00″ east 867.00 feet; thence south 35° 05´ 00″ east 500.00 feet; thence south 55° 20´ 00″ east 169.00 feet; thence south 58° 20´ 00″ east 428.00 feet; thence north 39° 25´ 35″ east 816.05 feet; thence south 70° 50´ 00″ east 1365.00 feet; thence north 65° 40´ 00″ east 435.00 feet; thence south 77° 20´ 00″ east 270.00 feet; thence north 72° 50´ 04″ east 555.45 feet to a point which is north 0° 00´ 39″ west and distant on said course 3646.71 feet from the southeast corner of said Section 8; thence north 73° 05´ 51″ east 1379.31 feet; thence north 22° 11´ 28″ east 231.36 feet; thence north 88° 05´ 00″ east 352. 00 feet; thence north 73° 45´ 00″ east 300.00 feet; thence north 45° 10´ 00″ west 448.00 feet; thence north 7° 50´ 00″ east 101.00 feet; thence north 50° 05´ 00″ east 257.00 feet; thence north 77° 53´ 08″ east 584.63 feet; thence north 23° 20´ 00″ east 472.00 feet; thence north 65° 30´ 00″ east 190.00 feet; thence south 30° 00´ 00″ east 405.00 feet; thence north 54° 00´ 00″ east 441.00 feet; thence north 36° 45´ 00″ east 515.00 feet; thence north 63° 30´ 00″ east 438.00 feet; thence north 66° 24´ 35″ east 729.53 feet; thence north 40° 30´ 00″ east 386.00 feet; and thence south 86° 00´ 00″ east 217.00 feet to a point on the east line of Section 4 of said Township 13 North, Range 5 East, said point being north 0° 16´ 05″ west and distant on said course 1343.08 feet from the southeast corner of said Section 4, and said point being the corner common to Sutter and Placer Counties on the southerly line of Yuba County; thence easterly upstream along the centerline of the original or old channel of Bear River as said channel was established by official government meander line surveys prior to 1870, of record in the office of the United States Surveyor General for the State of California, to the southwesterly corner of Nevada County, said corner being a point in the center of said channel of Bear River which point is south of the point of intersection of the centerline of the main channel of Yuba River with the centerline of the channel of Deer Creek; thence north to said point of intersection of the main channel of Yuba River with the centerline of Deer Creek; thence northeasterly upstream along said centerline of the main channel of Yuba River to the intersection of said centerline of the main channel of Yuba River with the centerline of the channel of the Middle Yuba River; thence northeasterly and easterly upstream, along said centerline of the channel of the Middle Yuba River 10 miles to the southwesterly corner of Sierra County; thence northerly along the boundary line between Yuba and Sierra Counties in a direct line to Cuteye Foster’s Bar on the North Yuba River, thence northwesterly downstream along the centerline of the channel of said North Yuba River to the intersection of said centerline of North Yuba River with the centerline of Big Cannon Creek, also known as Cannon Creek; thence northeasterly upstream along said centerline of the channel of Big Cannon Creek four miles; thence northerly in a direct line to the corner common to Yuba and Sierra Counties on the southeasterly line of Plumas County in the center of Slate Creek; thence southwesterly along said southeasterly line of Plumas County in a direct line to the corner common to Plumas, Butte and Yuba Counties situated in the northwest quarter of Section 15, Township 20 North, Range 8 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian and indicated by a large spruce tree standing in front of Buckeye House; thence southerly in a direct line to the southeast corner of Section 16 of said Township and range last named; thence westerly along the south line of said Section 16 and along the south line of Section 17 of said last named township and range to the quarter section corner between said Section 17 and Section 20 of said last named township and range; thence southerly along the line dividing said Section 20 and Section 29 of said last named township and range into east and west halves to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of said Section 29; thence westerly along the south line of said northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 29 and along the south line of the northwest quarter of said northwest quarter of Section 29 to the southwest corner of said northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 29; thence southerly along the west line of said Section 29 to the quarter section corner between said Section 29 and Section 30 of said last named township and range; thence westerly along the line dividing said Section 30 and Section 25 of Township 20 North, Range 7 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian into north and south halves to the center of said Section 25; thence southerly along the line dividing said Section 25 into east and west halves to the quarter section corner between said Section 25 and Section 36 of said last named township and range; thence westerly along the north line of said Section 36 to the northwest corner of said Section 36; thence southerly along the west line of said Section 36 and along the west line of Section 1 of Township 19 North, Range 7 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, to the southwest corner of said Section 1; thence westerly along the north line of Section 11 of said last named township and range to the quarter section corner between said Section 11 and Section 2 of said last named township and range; thence southerly to the center of said Section 11; thence westerly along the line dividing said Section 11 and Section 10 of said last named township and range into north and south halves to the quarter section corner between said Section 10 and Section 9 of said last named township and range; thence northerly along the east line of said Section 9 to the northeast corner of said Section 9; thence westerly along the north line of said Section 9 and the north lines of Sections 8 and 7 of said last named township and range to the northwest corner of said Section 7; thence southerly along the west line of said Section 7 to the southwest corner of said Section 7; thence westerly along the southerly line of Sections 12 and 11 of Township 19 North, Range 6 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian to the southwest corner of said Section 11; thence northerly along the west line of said Section 11 to the quarter section corner between said Section 11 and Section 10 of said last named township and range; thence westerly along the line dividing said Section 10 and Section 9 of said last named township and range into north and south halves to the center of said Section 9; thence southerly along the line dividing said Section 9 and Section 16 of said last named township and range into east and west halves to the quarter section corner between said Section 16 and Section 21 of said last named township and range; thence westerly along the north line of said Section 21 to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of said Section 21; thence southerly along the east line of said northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 21, the east line of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of said Section 21 and the east line of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of said Section 21 to the southeast corner of said northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 21; thence westerly along the south line of said northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 21 to the southwest corner of said northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 21; thence southerly along the west line of said Section 21 and Section 28 of said last named township and range, to the quarter section corner between said Section 28 and Section 29 of said last named township and range; thence westerly along the line dividing said Section 29 into north and south halves to the center of said Section 29; thence southerly along the line dividing said Section 29 into east and west halves to the quarter section corner between said Section 29 and Section 32 of said last named township and range; thence westerly along the north line of said Section 32 to the northwest corner of said Section 32; thence southerly along the west line of said Section 32 to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 31 of said last named township and range; thence westerly to the northwest corner of said southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 31; thence southerly along the west line of said southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 31, the west line of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of said Section 31 and the west line of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of said Section 31 to the south line of said Section 31; thence westerly along said south line of Section 31 to the intersection of said south line of Section 31 with the center line of the channel of Honcut Creek; thence southwesterly down stream along the center line of the channel of Honcut Creek, following the meanderings thereof as said channel is shown on the map entitled, “Map of Re-Survey of Part of the Line between the Counties of Butte and Yuba Cal. following Line of Honcut Creek as established by Westcoatt and Henning in 1859, surveyed in the Month of November 1901 by orders of the Boards of Supervisors of the Counties of Butte and Yuba by Jason R. Meek County Surveyor Yuba County B. L. McCoy, County Surveyor Butte County,” to the intersection of said center of the channel of Honcut Creek with the center line of the channel of Feather River; thence southerly along the center line of the channel of Feather River following the meanderings thereof as said channel was established by official government meander line surveys prior to 1870, of record in the Office of the United States Surveyor General for the State of California to the point of beginning.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Boundaries of the Several Counties


text: Every common boundary between counties which has been mutually recognized and used by the counties adjacent thereto for the purpose of the assessment and collection of taxes for a period of 25 years continuously prior to July 30, 1927, is confirmed, validated, and declared to be legally established.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 3. Settlement of Boundary Disputes

path: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES > 1. COUNTIES GENERALLY > 2. Boundaries > 3. Settlement of Boundary Disputes


text: All common boundaries and common corners of counties not adequately marked by natural objects or lines, or by surveys lawfully made, shall be definitely established by surveys made jointly by the surveyors of all the counties affected, and approved by the boards of supervisors of the counties, or by a survey made by the State Lands Commission, on application of the board of supervisors of any county affected.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 3. Settlement of Boundary Disputes


text: If the boards of supervisors do not agree upon and finally approve the survey made by the county surveyors, each surveyor shall make a report to the State Lands Commission, with surveys, maps, notes, and explanations touching disputed points.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 3. Settlement of Boundary Disputes


text: Upon the reports made by the county surveyors the State Lands Commission shall finally determine and establish the common boundaries and corners, if it can collate a satisfactory description therefrom. If the reports are insufficient for the purpose, it shall cause surveys to be made, and when approved by it, the surveys establish the common boundaries and corners.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 3. Settlement of Boundary Disputes


text: The cost of making any survey pursuant to this article shall be apportioned equally among the counties interested. The boards of supervisors shall audit the account, and the amounts shall be paid out of the general county fund.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 3. Settlement of Boundary Disputes


text: Any survey finally approved pursuant to this article is a conclusive ascertainment of the lines and corners included in the survey.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 3. Settlement of Boundary Disputes


text: All surveys and maps of boundary lines legally made and approved prior to March 30, 1874, are valid, and are prima facie evidence of the establishment of such lines, except as they are inconsistent with this code.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 3. Settlement of Boundary Disputes


text: Every common boundary between counties which has been mutually used by the counties adjacent thereto for the purpose of the assessment and collection of taxes for a period of 15 years continuously prior to the effective date of this section is hereby confirmed, validated, and declared to be legally established.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1531.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 3. Settlement of Boundary Disputes


text: Whenever a common boundary between counties has been legally established in accordance with Article 3 of this chapter, or by judicial proceedings, a certified copy of any instrument recorded in one of such counties affecting title to real property so established to be situated in an adjoining county may be recorded in the office of the recorder of such adjoining county, with the same force and effect as if the original instrument had been recorded in such adjoining county and the real property mentioned therein had been described as situated in such adjoining county.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 3. Settlement of Boundary Disputes


text: The Legislature finds and declares that the existing boundaries of some counties no longer meet the needs of their residents and landowners. The Legislature further finds and declares that the statutory procedures for altering county boundaries which existed before the enactment of this article were cumbersome and discouraged county boards of supervisors from adjusting their mutual boundaries. In enacting this article, it is the intent of the Legislature to permit county boards of supervisors to approve changes to the boundaries of their counties. This article shall be deemed a uniform procedure for county boundary change as required by Section 1 of Article XI of the California Constitution.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 702, Sec. 2.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 4. Minor Boundary Changes

path: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES > 1. COUNTIES GENERALLY > 2. Boundaries > 4. Minor Boundary Changes


text:
As used in this article:

(a) “Affected county” means any county which contains or would contain territory which is the subject of a boundary change.

(b) “Affected territory” means any unincorporated area which is proposed to be transferred from one county to another.

(c) “Conducting county” means any county whose board of supervisors adopts a resolution pursuant to Section 23206.

(d) “Inhabited territory” means territory within which there reside 12 or more registered voters at the time a resolution is adopted pursuant to Section 23203 or a petition is filed pursuant to Section 23205.

(e) “Initiating county” means any county whose board of supervisors adopts a resolution pursuant to Section 23203.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 4. Minor Boundary Changes


text:
A boundary line between counties shall not be changed, pursuant to this article, if the change would result in any of the following:

(a) The line to be moved a distance of more than 5 miles from its original location.

(b) A reduction by more than 5 percent in the area of any affected county.

(c) A reduction by more than 5 percent of the population of any affected county, as determined by the State Department of Finance’s most recent estimate of population.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 4. Minor Boundary Changes


text:
The board of supervisors of any affected county may propose to change the boundary line between that county and another county by adopting a resolution which shall:

(a) State that the proposal is made pursuant to this article and request that proceedings be taken.

(b) State the reasons for the proposal.

(c) Set forth a description of the proposed new boundary line.

(d) State whether or not the proposed new boundary line will be more than 5 miles from its original location.

(e) State whether or not the proposed new boundary line will reduce the area of any affected county by more than 5 percent.

(f) State whether or not the proposed new boundary line will reduce the population of any affected county by more than 5 percent.

(g) State whether or not the proposal affects inhabited territory.

(h) Set forth any proposed terms and conditions to which the proposed boundary change shall be subject, including, but not limited to, the division of any county indebtedness or property.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 4. Minor Boundary Changes


text: The board of supervisors of the initiating county shall file its resolution with the board of supervisors of the other affected county.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 4. Minor Boundary Changes


text:
(a) A proposal to change the boundary line of two counties may be initiated by petition which shall contain all the matters required to be contained in a resolution adopted pursuant to Section 23203. The petition shall also designate a chief petitioner.

(b) A petition shall be signed by not less than 25 percent of the resident-voters within the affected territory or by not less than 25 percent of the property owners within the affected territory who also own not less than 25 percent of the assessed value of land and improvements within the affected territory.

(c) A petition may consist of a single instrument or separate counterparts. Each signer of a petition shall add the date of signing to his or her signature. A signature by a resident-voter shall be accompanied by the address of the voter. A signature by a property owner shall be accompanied by a description sufficient to identify the property owned.

(d) A petition shall be filed with the board of supervisors of any affected county. No petition shall be accepted for filing unless the signatures have been secured within 90 days of the date on which the first signature was affixed.

(e) Within 30 days of the receipt of a petition, the clerk of the board of supervisors shall determine whether the petition is signed by the required number of signatures. If the petition does not contain the required number of signatures, the clerk of the board of supervisors shall return the petition to the chief petitioner. If the petition contains the required number of signatures, the board of supervisors shall conduct proceedings pursuant to this article.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 4. Minor Boundary Changes


text:
Within 30 days of receiving a resolution adopted pursuant to Section 23203 or of determining that a petition filed pursuant to Section 23205 has been signed by the required number of signatures, the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution which shall:

(a) Set a time, date, and place of hearing on the proposal which shall be not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days from the date of adoption of the resolution setting the hearing.

(b) State that any person may appear and be heard at the hearing. Any person desiring to protest against the proposal may file a written protest with the board of supervisors. Any written protest by a resident-voter shall contain the address of the voter. Any written protest by a property owner shall contain a description sufficient to identify the property owned.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 4. Minor Boundary Changes


text:
The board of supervisors of the conducting county shall give notice of the hearing by each of the following:

(a) Notice shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the affected territory and within each affected county. Publication shall commence at least 15 days before the date set for the hearing.

(b) Notice shall be mailed to the board of supervisors of the other affected county, to each special district and school district which includes the affected territory within its boundaries, to the local agency formation commission of each affected county, and to each person who has filed a written request for special notice.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 4. Minor Boundary Changes


text: The hearing on the proposed boundary change shall be held by the board of supervisors of the conducting county on the date and at the time specified in the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 23206. The board of supervisors of the conducting county may hold the hearing jointly with the board of supervisors of the other affected county. At the hearing, the board of supervisors shall hear testimony from interested persons and receive any oral or written protests. Any person who filed a written protest may withdraw it at any time before the conclusion of the hearing. The hearing may be continued from time to time, not to exceed 45 days from the date specified in the resolution.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 4. Minor Boundary Changes


text:
At the conclusion of the hearing, the board of supervisors of the conducting county shall adopt a resolution abandoning the proposed boundary change if:

(a) In the case of inhabited territory, more than 50 percent of the resident-voters in the affected territory have filed and not withdrawn written protests before the conclusion of the hearing.

(b) In the case of uninhabited territory, more than 50 percent of the property owners who own more than 50 percent of the value of the land and improvements in the affected territory have filed and not withdrawn written protests before the conclusion of the hearing.

(c) In the case of either inhabited or uninhabited territory, the board of supervisors of either affected county has filed and not withdrawn a written protest before the conclusion of the hearing.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 4. Minor Boundary Changes


text:
(a) Not later than 30 days after the conclusion of the hearing, if a proposed boundary change has not been abandoned pursuant to Section 23209, the board of supervisors of each affected county shall adopt substantially similar ordinances approving the proposed boundary change.

(b) The ordinances shall declare that the proposal meets each of the conditions of Section 23202. The ordinances shall specify any terms and conditions to which the boundary change is subject, including, but not limited to, a division of any county debt or property. In addition, the ordinances shall state the effective date of the boundary change. The ordinances shall be adopted by majority vote of each board of supervisors.

(c) If, in the case of inhabited territory, more than 25 percent, but not more than 50 percent, of the resident-voters in the affected territory have filed and have not withdrawn written protests before the conclusion of the hearing, the board of supervisors of each affected county shall provide that their ordinances are subject to confirmation by the voters in the affected territory. The election shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures of the Elections Code relating to county referendum elections regarding the qualifications of voters, the manner of voting, the form of the ballot, the duties of precinct and election officers, the canvassing of returns, and all other particulars.

(d) After the canvass of the returns of any election on the proposed boundary change conducted pursuant to subdivision (c), the board of supervisors of the conducting county shall declare by resolution the total number of votes cast in the election and the number of votes cast for and against the proposed boundary change. If a majority of the votes were cast against the proposed boundary change, then the ordinances adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not take effect. If a majority of the votes were cast in favor of the proposed boundary change, then the ordinances shall take effect, as provided.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 702, Sec. 2.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 4. Minor Boundary Changes


text: Each county shall continue to provide services to the territory within its own boundaries until the effective date of the boundary change as specified in the ordinances adopted pursuant to Section 23210.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 4. Minor Boundary Changes


text: When a county boundary is changed pursuant to this article, the boards of supervisors of the affected counties shall file before the following December 1, with the State Board of Equalization and with the assessors of the affected counties, a statement setting forth the legal description of the boundary, as changed, together with a map or plat indicating the boundary. The change of the boundary shall not be effective for purposes of assessment or taxation unless the statement, together with the map or plat is filed with the assessors and the State Board of Equalization on or before December 1 of the year immediately preceding the year in which the assessments or taxes are to be levied.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 2001.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 4. Minor Boundary Changes


text: All taxes levied before the effective date of the boundary change shall be collected by the officers of and belong to the county in which the affected territory was situated before the boundary change, unless the ordinances adopted pursuant to Section 23210 provide otherwise.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 4. Minor Boundary Changes


text: After the effective date of the boundary change, the officers of the affected counties shall complete all proceedings necessary for the assessment or collection of state and local taxes for the current year with respect to the affected territory. Subject to Section 23213, all actions taken by the officers of the affected county before the effective date of the boundary change shall be deemed performed by the officers of the county in which the affected territory is situated after the effective date of the boundary change, for the benefit of that county.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 4. Minor Boundary Changes


text: The officers of an affected county shall immediately execute and deliver to the board of supervisors of the other affected county copies of all assessments or other proceedings relative to the assessment and collection of the current state and local taxes in the affected territory. The copies shall be filed with the respective officers of the affected counties who would have their custody if the proceedings had been originally had in that county and shall be deemed originals. All proceedings recited in the copies shall be deemed original proceedings in the other affected county and shall have the same effect as if the proceedings had been had at the proper time and in the proper manner by the respective officials of that county.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 4. Minor Boundary Changes


text: The county superintendent of schools of an affected county shall furnish the superintendent of the other affected county with a certified copy of the last school census of the school districts in the affected territory. A county superintendent of schools shall transfer to the superintendent of the other affected county any money that is or may be due to the school districts in the affected territory.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 4. Minor Boundary Changes


text: The auditor of an affected county shall transfer to the auditor of the other affected county any money that is or may be due to the other affected county from road districts in the affected territory. The money shall be properly credited in each county.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 4. Minor Boundary Changes


text: No school district and no special district, including a special district which is governed by a board of supervisors or whose governing body is the same as the board of supervisors, shall have its territory divided or have its organization changed in any other way as the result of a county boundary change except by proceedings taken pursuant to law subsequent to the boundary change.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 4. Minor Boundary Changes


text: If the affected counties are located in different district court of appeals districts, the district court of appeals district which includes the affected territory shall retain jurisdiction in all cases pending in a session of that court.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 4. Minor Boundary Changes


text: On and after the effective date of the boundary change, the superior court in each affected county shall retain jurisdiction in all cases pending in a session of that court.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 133. Effective January 1, 2003.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 4. Minor Boundary Changes


text: Any action to determine the validity of any minor change to the boundaries of a county pursuant to this article shall be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 699, Sec. 4.1. (SB 894) Effective January 1, 2011.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 4. Minor Boundary Changes


text: This article shall provide the sole procedure for the change, alteration or reformation of existing county boundaries, not authorized to be taken pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 23200) of Chapter 2 of Division 1 of Title 3 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1393.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 4.5. Alteration of Boundaries

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text:
As used in this article:

(a) “Accepting county” means the county accepting transferred territory by reason of a county boundary change.

(b) “Clerk” means the clerk of a county board of supervisors. When the office of clerk of the board is separate from the office of registrar of voters, “clerk” means the registrar of voters with respect to all duties pertaining to the conduct of elections and the certification of petitions and clerk of the board with respect to all other duties specified in this article.

(c) “Commission” means the County Boundary Review Commission.

(d) “Indebtedness” means the net obligations of a county arising from contract or through the operation of law, other than short-term operational expenses, but including and not limited to obligations arising under general obligation bonds, leases, joint powers agreements, and similar obligations or contracts entered into by the county prior to the date on which a petition is filed. Net obligation shall be deemed to mean the gross obligation outstanding after deduction of offsetting revenues, other than tax revenues.

(e) “Owner” means the owner as shown on the last equalized assessment roll, except that the person entitled to be shown as owner on the current assessment roll shall be deemed the owner, and except that, where the property affected is subject to a recorded written agreement to buy, the purchaser under such agreement to buy shall be deemed the owner.

(f) “Transferring county” means the county from which territory is, or is proposed to be, transferred by reason of a county boundary change.

(g) “Uninhabited territory” means territory where less than 12 persons who have been registered to vote within the territory for at least 54 days reside at the time of filing of a petition or resolution for county boundary change.

(h) “Value of the uninhabited territory” means the value of land and improvements thereon.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 4.5. Alteration of Boundaries


text: Proceedings under this article shall not be subject to the provisions of the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5), relating to local agency formation commissions.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 332, Sec. 3. (SB 113) Effective January 1, 2010.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 4.5. Alteration of Boundaries