§ 11585 State Water Use Priority

• •If the state was using water or land before July 1, 1933, they get to keep using it.
• •The state's use is considered more important than other possible uses.
• •This only applies to things the state was already using before that date.

Imagine a park was built by the state in 1930, and someone else wants to use that land for a shopping mall.

The state gets to keep using the land for the park because they were already using it before 1933, and parks are important for everyone.