Section 8598 Of Article 1. General Powers From California Water Code >> Division 5. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 1.
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. The board may also do any of the following:
(a) Establish a standard of levee construction.
(b) Do any and all things necessary or incident to the powers
granted or to carry out the objects specified in this article.
(c) Maintain actions in the name of the people of the State to
restrain the diversion of the water of any stream that will increase
the flow of water in the Sacramento or San Joaquin Rivers or their
tributaries, and such diversion of the water of any stream into the
rivers or either of them or any of their tributaries, is a public
nuisance which may be prevented or abated by the board.
(d) Rent, lease for oil, gas or other hydrocarbons in the manner
provided for in this chapter, or dispose, by sale, exchange, in
payment for work done or services rendered, or for any other purpose
which the board may deem advisable, of any land, property, material,
equipment, or any other thing in the possession of the drainage
district, which, in the opinion of the board, is no longer needed for
the purposes of flood control works or other necessary or convenient
purposes.