CALIFORNIA STATUTES AND CODES
SECTIONS 54000-54005
GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 54000-54005
54000. Upon application to the Department of Transportation, a
flood control district, county, or city, and subject to any
conditions imposed by it, permission may be granted to any person, or
riding club to enter, traverse, and use for horseback riding, any
trail, right of way, easement, river, flood control channel, or wash,
owned or controlled by the state, a city, or county.
54001. A fee shall not be charged for the use of such bridle paths.
54003. An equestrian group may be granted the right to erect and
maintain suitable trail markers for the convenience and guidance of
horseback riders, but a structure shall not be erected on state-owned
property without the approval of the State Lands Commission.
54004. It is unlawful for any person to remove, deface, or destroy
the markers, or to erect fences, barbed wire, or other obstructions
on the bridle trails.
54005. The granting power may extend, terminate, or modify its
permission at any time.