Streets and Highways Code section 18609

“Public way” includes all public highways, roads, streets, avenues, boulevards, alleys, parkways and other rights of way of the public, or any portion thereof, within a city.

Source: Section 18609, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=SHC§ionNum=18609. (updated Jan. 1, 1941; accessed Oct. 5, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/streets_and_highways_code_section_18609

Original Source: Section 18609, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=SHC§ionNum=18609. (last accessed May 12, 2025).