Article 2. Facilities In Aid Of Public Utilities of California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 4. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 14. >> Article 2.

As used in this article, "facility" means any works, road, railroad, tramway, power plant, telegraph or telephone line, or other necessary works or structures.

A city may construct, equip, use, maintain, and operate any facility, within or without the city or the county where the city is located, for the preparation, manufacture, handling, or transporting of any materials or supplies required in the construction or completion by the city of any public work, improvement, or utility.

For the purpose of constructing, equipping, using, maintaining, or operating any facility, the city may lease or acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise and hold and use any land, rights of way, water, water rights, quarry, gravel bed, other mineral deposits, or any other necessary property, within or without the city or the county where the city is located.

When authorized by a two-thirds vote of the members of its legislative body at a regular meeting, a city, for the purpose of breaking, crushing, or otherwise preparing gravel or rock to be used in making, paving, improving, or repairing its streets, may do any and all of the following:
  (a) Acquire, lease, purchase, and operate any gravel bed or quarry within the county where the city is situated.
  (b) Equip and operate a plant for preparing gravel or rock at the gravel bed or quarry, or within the city.
  (c) Acquire, lease, or purchase and maintain all necessary roads, rights of way, and tramways over which to transport gravel or rock from the gravel bed or quarry to the city, and all necessary appliances for that purpose.

This article does not extend or enlarge any limitation prescribed by law or charter upon taxation, expenditure of public funds, or the incurring of indebtedness by a city.