CA Sts & High Code Section 2413

(a)

The department may allocate to the counties and the cities federal funds received for approved bridge reconstruction or replacement projects on county roads or city streets in accordance with procedures promulgated by the director in cooperation with the counties and the cities and approved by the commission.

(b)

The cities and the counties may use any funds available to them to match funds made available to them under this chapter, if the use of funds for such matching purposes is not prohibited by federal law. “Match,” as used in this chapter, means to provide for the payment of the cost of any project to the extent that such cost is not to be reimbursed from federal funds.