California Code, Public Utilities Code - PUC § 10155

When any selection of a right of way or land is made under this article by any municipal corporation, the legislative body thereof shall transmit to the State Lands Commission, State Controller, and recorder of the county in which the selected lands are situated, a verified plat of the lands selected, giving the extent thereof and the uses for which the lands are claimed or desired.  If approved, the State Lands Commission shall so endorse the plat and issue to the corporation a permit to use the right of way and lands, unless on petition properly presented to a court of competent jurisdiction a review is had and such use prohibited.