Cal. Sts. & High. Code § 31854

Whenever the board determines by resolution that the public interest and necessity and the needs of the district require that additional parking places be acquired for the district, it shall also determine whether property for the parking places be acquired by lease, by contracts with installment payments, by lease with option to purchase, by a lump sum payment, or pursuant to Section 31861. It shall designate the property to be so leased or acquired.