Capron
Capron v. State of California
Opinion
Opinion
McCABE, J.
In June 1944, the Legislature enacted the Property Acquisition Act (Stats. 1945, Fourth Ex. Sess. 1944, ch. 18, pp. 149-153). As a portion of this enactment, the Property Acquisition Board was created and directed to acquire, on behalf of the state, real property sites in furtherance of the postwar proposed construction program as expressed in subsequent legislative appropriations for that purpose. Thereafter the Legislature appropriated the sum of $400,000 “to be expended under the provisions of the Property Acquisition Act for the acquisition of real property in furtherance of the postwar building program for use as a site for a state mental hospital under control of the Department of Institutions.” (Stats. 1945, Fourth Ex. Sess. 1944, ch. 26, p. 157).
In 1946, by chapter 145, Statutes 1946 (Stats. 1947, First Ex. Sess. 1946, ch. 145), there was created the State Public Works Board. The members of this board were to be the Director of Finance, the Director of Public Works, ■' and the Real Estate Commissioner. This act authorized two members of the state senate and two members of the assembly to meet with and participate in the work of the Public Works Board (hereinafter…