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California Government Code Section 172

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The reference in Section 1 of Article XV of the Constitution
to "the navigable waters of this State," the reference in Section 2
of the same article to "a harbor, bay, inlet, estuary, or other
navigable water in this State," and the reference in Section 3 of the
same article to "the waters of any harbor, estuary, bay or inlet
used for the purposes of navigation," are declared to include and to
have included in the past all of the waters within lines drawn from
headland to headland across the mouth of each of the bays, inlets and
estuaries along the coast of the mainland and along the coast of and
across the waters between the islands of the State, regardless of
the length of such lines, such waters being inland waters of the
State.

Last modified: January 12, 2009