Cal. Sts. & High. Code § 30406

When the State, or any department or governmental agency thereof, acquires any existing toll bridge or the real or personal property used in connection therewith, such property and toll bridge shall continue to be subject to taxation by the county, political subdivision, and municipal corporation in which it is located, and the State shall pay to the county granting the franchise for the bridge such amounts as become due to the county for the franchise for the construction of the toll bridge.