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DIVISION 9. EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS 7900-7914›PART 1. GENERAL 36501-36525›CHAPTER 8. Parks Outside City Limits 38300-38304›ARTICLE 7. Miscellaneous 38790-38794

§ 38790

California Government Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · California

By gift, purchase, or condemnation any city may acquire land within the county where the city is located for garbage disposal sites and rights of way for roadways to the site. “Garbage” includes:

(a) Animal, fruit, and vegetable refuse.

(b) Offal.

(c) Leaves and cuttings, trimmings from trees, shrubs, and grass.

(d) Inorganic refuse and rubbish.

(e) Anything thrown away as worthless.

(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)

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