citation: GOV § 5903

text:
If, prior to issuing any bonds, the legislative body determines that the interest payable on the bonds to be issued by the state or local government will be subject to federal income taxation under the law in existence on the date of issuance or pending on the date of issuance with an effective date preceding the date of issuance, then notwithstanding any other provision of law, the ordinance, resolution, indenture, agreement, or other instrument providing for the issuance of the bonds may provide for any of the following:

(a) The bonds shall be in the denominations, in the form, either bearer or registered, and payable at the place or places, either within or without the United States, at the time or times, in lawful money of the United States of America, with the maturity or maturities, with the terms of redemption, and at the interest rate or rates, either fixed or variable, including methods of determining the rate or rates if variable, as the legislative body shall determine.

(b) The bonds shall be sold at public or private sale, in such manner and place or places, either within or without the United States, and at the price or prices, above or below par, as the legislative body shall determine.

(c) In connection with, or incidental to, the sale and issuance of the bonds, the state or local government may offer, sell, and issue warrants for additional bonds, as well as issue additional bonds pursuant to these warrants on terms consistent with this chapter, and may enter into any contracts which the legislative body determines to be necessary or appropriate to place the obligation of the state or local government, as represented by the bonds and the contract or contracts, in whole or in part on the interest rate, cashflow, or other basis desired by the legislative body, including, without limitation, contracts commonly known as interest rate swap agreements, forward payment conversion agreements, futures, or contracts providing for payments based on levels of or changes in interest rates, or contracts to exchange cashflows or a series of payments, or contracts, including, without limitation, options, puts or calls to hedge payment, rate, spread, or similar exposure. These contracts or arrangements may also be entered into by state or local governments in connection with, or incidental to, entering into any agreement which secures bonds, including bonds issued by private entities. These contracts and arrangements shall be made upon the terms and conditions established by the legislative body, after giving due consideration for the creditworthiness of the counterparties, where applicable, including any rating by a nationally recognized rating agency or any other criteria as may be appropriate. In addition, these contracts and arrangements may be made only if the bonds are rated in one of the three highest rating categories by two nationally recognized rating agencies, and if there has been receipt, from any rating agency rating the bonds, of written evidence that the contract or agreement will not adversely affect the rating.

(d) In connection with, or incidental to, the sale and issuance of the bonds, or entering into any of the contracts or arrangements referred to in subdivision (c), the state or local government may enter into credit enhancement or liquidity agreements, with payment, interest rate, security, default, remedy, and other terms and conditions as the legislative body shall determine.

(e) Proceeds of the bonds and any moneys set aside or pledged to secure payment of the bonds, or any of the contracts entered into pursuant to subdivision (c), may be invested in securities or obligations described in the ordinance, resolution, indenture, agreement, or other instrument providing for the issuance of the bonds and may be pledged to and used to service any of the contracts or agreements entered into pursuant to this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 201, Sec. 4. (SB 1462) Effective January 1, 2015.)

title: 1. GENERAL


kind: section

code: GOV

text: Section 5903 shall apply to any bonds the interest on which will not be subject to federal income taxation under the law in existence on the date of issuance or pending on the date of issuance with an effective date preceding the date of issuance, notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the bonds are issued by the same state or local government for the same project or purpose and within 45 days of the date of issuance of bonds described in Section 5903.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 845, Sec. 2. Effective September 21, 1987.)

division: 6. PUBLIC BONDS AND OBLIGATIONS

title: 1. GENERAL

chapter: 11. Public Financing

path: 1. GENERAL > 6. PUBLIC BONDS AND OBLIGATIONS > 11. Public Financing


citation: GOV § 5904

text: The state or a local government may take any actions, and enter into any agreements, necessary or appropriate to register or qualify the bonds described in Section 5903 for offer and sale under the federal or any state’s or nation’s securities laws and to comply with those laws.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1389, Sec. 1. Effective September 30, 1986.)

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 5905

text: One or more state or local governments may cause to be formed, and may acquire all, but not less than all, of the voting stock in, one or more corporations, not chartered by a state or federal agency as a depository institution, but organized for the purpose of undertaking financing programs approved by each legislative body and found by each legislative body to be of benefit to the state or local government.

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 5906

text: Any bonds issued by a state or local government pursuant to this chapter, or otherwise, and the purchasers or holders thereof, shall be exempt from the usury provisions of Section 1 of Article XV of the California Constitution. Any loan, lease, installment sale, investment, forbearance of money, or other agreement between a user of the proceeds of or other moneys pledged to bonds and the issuer of the bonds, or entered into by or on behalf of the issuer of the bonds that provides for the use of the proceeds of the bonds or other moneys pledged to or securing the bonds, and the issuer of the bonds or any person acting on its behalf in connection with the foregoing shall be exempt from the usury provisions of Section 1 of Article XV of the California Constitution. This section creates and authorizes exempted classes of transactions and persons pursuant to Section 1 of Article XV of the California Constitution.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 231. Effective January 1, 2007.)

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 5907

text: This chapter shall not affect bonds approved by the voters of the state or local government issuer prior to the effective date of this chapter, to the extent that this chapter is inconsistent with the measure authorizing those bonds.

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 5908

text: The authority conferred by this chapter includes the authority to enter into any and all contracts incident to the exercise of the authority conferred by this chapter, including, without limitation, contracts for the performance of professional services.

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 5909

text: To the extent that the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with any other provision of general law or special act or any part thereof, now or hereafter enacted, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 845, Sec. 4. Effective September 21, 1987.)

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 5920

text: The Legislature finds and declares that the incurring or carrying of obligations and making and managing of investments by state and local governments involves a variety of interest rates, payment, and other risks, that a number of financial instruments are available to offset, hedge, or reduce, and improve net costs, and that many state agencies and local governments lack express statutory authority to take advantage of those instruments.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 846, Sec. 1.)

title: 1. GENERAL

chapter: 12. Public Finance Contracts

path: 1. GENERAL > 6. PUBLIC BONDS AND OBLIGATIONS > 12. Public Finance Contracts


citation: GOV § 5921

text:
As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply, unless the context otherwise indicates or requires another or different meaning or intent:

(a) “Bonds” mean bonds, notes, bond anticipation notes, commercial paper, or other evidences of indebtedness, or reimbursement warrants or refunding warrants, or lease, installment purchase, or other agreements or certificates of participation therein.

(b) “State” means the state or any department, agency, board, commission, or authority of the state.

(c) “Local government” means any city, city and county, county, public district, public corporation, authority, agency, board, commission, or other public entity.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 640, Sec. 1. Effective September 29, 2006.)

title: 1. GENERAL


text: For purposes of this chapter, in addition to any other authorization provided by law, the Treasurer may enter into and manage on behalf of the state any contracts described in Section 5922 with respect to any state bonds for which the Treasurer acts as the agent for sale pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 5700).

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 640, Sec. 2. Effective September 29, 2006.)

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 5922

text:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all of the following apply:

(a) (1) In connection with, or incidental to, the issuance or carrying of bonds, or acquisition or carrying of any investment or program of investment, the state or any local government may enter into any contracts that the state or local government determines to be necessary or appropriate to place the obligation or investment of the state or local government, as represented by the bonds, investment or program of investment and the contract or contracts, in whole or in part, on the interest rate, currency, cashflow, or other basis desired by the state or local government, including, without limitation, contracts commonly known as interest rate swap agreements, currency swap agreements, forward payment conversion agreements, futures, or contracts providing for payments based on levels of, or changes in, interest rates, currency exchange rates, stock or other indices, or contracts to exchange cashflows or a series of payments, or contracts, including, without limitation, interest rate floors or caps, options, puts or calls to hedge payment, currency, rate, spread, or similar exposure. These contracts or arrangements may also be entered into by the state or by local governments in connection with, or incidental to, entering into or maintaining any agreement that secures bonds, including bonds issued by private entities. These contracts and arrangements shall be entered into with the parties, selected by the means, and contain the payment, security, default, remedy, and other terms and conditions, determined by the state or the local government, after giving due consideration for the creditworthiness of the counterparties, where applicable, including any rating by a nationally recognized rating agency or any other criteria as may be appropriate.

(2) No local government shall enter into any of the contracts or arrangements pursuant to this subdivision, unless its governing body first determines that the contract or arrangement or program of contracts is designed to reduce the amount or duration of payment, currency, rate, spread, or similar risk or result in a lower cost of borrowing when used in combination with the issuance of bonds or enhance the relationship between risk and return with respect to the investment or program of investment in connection with, or incident to, the contract or arrangement which is to be entered into.

(b) Bonds issued by the state or by a local government may be payable in accordance with their terms, in whole or in part, in currency other than lawful money of the United States of America, provided that the state or the local government enters into a currency swap or similar agreement for payments in lawful money of the United States of America, which covers the entire amount of the debt service payment obligation of the state or the local government with respect to the bonds payable in other currency, and provided further that if the term of that agreement is less than the term of the bonds, the state or the local government shall covenant to enter into additional agreements as may be necessary to cover the entire amount of the debt service payment obligation. An issuer shall include in its written notice to the California Debt Advisory Commission pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 8855 a statement of its intent to issue bonds payable in a currency other than lawful money of the United States of America.

(c) In connection with, or incidental to, the issuance or carrying of bonds, or entering into any of the contracts or arrangements referred to in subdivision (a), the state or a local government may enter into credit enhancement or liquidity agreements, with payment, interest rate, currency, security, default, remedy, and other terms and conditions as the state or the local government determines.

(d) Proceeds of bonds and any moneys set aside and pledged to secure payment of the bonds or any of the contracts entered into pursuant to this section, may be invested in securities or obligations described in the ordinance, resolution, indenture, agreement, or other instrument providing for the issuance of the bonds or the contract and may be pledged to and used to service any of the contracts or agreements entered into pursuant to this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 640, Sec. 3. Effective September 29, 2006.)

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 5923

text:
(a) To the extent that this chapter is inconsistent with any other general statute or special act or parts thereof, now or hereafter enacted, this chapter is controlling.

(b) This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect its purpose.

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 5924

text:
(a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 13340, there is hereby continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years, from the General Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of this chapter, an amount that will equal the sum annually as will be necessary to pay all obligations, including principal, interest, fees, costs, indemnities, and all other amounts incurred by the state under or in connection with any credit enhancement or liquidity agreement, as specified in paragraph (2), that is entered into by the state pursuant to this chapter for bonds payable pursuant to an appropriation from the General Fund.

(2) A credit enhancement or liquidity agreement subject to this section includes a credit enhancement or liquidity agreement that is in the form of a letter of credit, standby purchase agreement, reimbursement agreement, liquidity facility, or other similar arrangement.

(b) (1) If the agent for sale determines that the credit enhancement or liquidity agreement is expected to result in a lower cost of the borrowing for the bonds to which the credit enhancement or liquidity agreement pertains, the state may incur fees, costs, and other similar expenses under or in connection with any credit enhancement or liquidity agreement entered into by the state pursuant to this chapter.

(2) The amount appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a) for fees, costs, and other similar expenses incurred in connection with any credit enhancement or liquidity agreement, when expressed as a percentage of the original principal amount of the bonds to which the credit enhancement or liquidity agreement pertains, may not exceed 3 percent.

(3) The amount appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a) for interest incurred in connection with any credit enhancement or liquidity agreement, when expressed as a percentage of the outstanding principal amount of the bonds to which the credit enhancement or liquidity agreement pertains, may not exceed the interest rate percentage set forth in subdivision (d) of Section 16731.

history: (History: Amended (as amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 646, Sec. 1) by Stats. 2012, Ch. 32, Sec. 4. (SB 1006) Effective June 27, 2012.)

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 5925

text: The purchase or other acquisition of bonds by or on behalf of the state or local government that issued the bonds does not cancel, extinguish, or otherwise affect the bonds and the bonds shall be treated as outstanding bonds for all purposes except to the extent otherwise determined by the issuer or otherwise provided in the constituent instruments defining the rights of the holders of the bonds.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 3, Sec. 1. Effective March 26, 2008.)

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 5950

text:
As used in this chapter:

(a) “Accredited investor” has the meaning specified in Rule 501 of the Securities Act of 1933.

(b) “In this state” has the meaning specified in Section 25008 of the Corporations Code.

(c) “Issuer” has the meaning specified in Section 25010 of the Corporations Code.

(d) “Issuer transaction” means any transaction directly or indirectly for the benefit of the issuer. A transaction is indirectly for the benefit of the issuer if any portion of the purchase price of any security constituting a fractional interest in a lease, installment sale, or other obligation of a local agency involved in the transaction will be received indirectly by the issuer. An offer or sale that involves both an issuer transaction and a transaction that is not an issuer transaction shall be treated as separate transactions.

(e) “Knowingly” means that a person, with respect to an offer or sale of a security constituting a fractional interest in a lease, installment sale, or other obligation of a local agency, does any of the following:

(1) Has actual knowledge that the local agency has not consented to the offer or sale of such security.

(2) Acts in deliberate ignorance of whether or not the local agency has consented to the offer or sale of that security.

(3) Acts in reckless disregard of whether or not the local agency has consented to the offer or sale of that security.

Proof of specific intent to violate Section 5951 is not required.

(f) “Local agency” means a city, county, city and county, school district, special district, public corporation, or other public entity of this state.

(g) “Person” has the meaning specified in Section 25013 of the Corporations Code.

(h) “Qualified institutional buyer” has the meaning specified in Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

(i) “Sale,” “sell,” “offer,” and “offer to sell” have the respective meanings specified in Section 25017 of the Corporations Code.

(j) “Security” has the meaning specified in Section 25019 of the Corporations Code.

(k) “Securities Act of 1933” and “Investment Company Act of 1940” means the federal statutes of those names as amended before or after the effective date of this chapter.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 972, Sec. 3. Effective September 29, 1994.)

title: 1. GENERAL

path: 1. GENERAL > 6. PUBLIC BONDS AND OBLIGATIONS > 13. Fractional Interest in Local Agency Obligations


citation: GOV § 5951

text:
It is unlawful for any person to offer or sell in an issuer transaction in this state, or otherwise knowingly to offer or sell in this state, any security constituting a fractional interest in a lease, installment sale, or other obligation of a local agency without obtaining the prior written consent of that local agency to that offer or sale. However, this section shall not apply to any of the following:

(a) Any security that constitutes a fractional interest in a lease, installment sale, or other obligation of a local agency and that was first issued and sold prior to October 2, 1993.

(b) Offers or sales of shares or interests in any registered unit investment trust or management company, each as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

(c) Any security that constitutes a fractional interest in a lease, installment sale, or other obligation of a local agency and that is registered under the Securities Act of 1933.

(d) Offers or sales of any security described in this section subsequent to an offer or sale of that security in compliance with this section.

(e) Offers or sales of participation interests between financial institutions.

(f) Any security that constitutes a fractional interest in a lease, installment sale, or other obligation of a local agency and that is created concurrently with, and as an integral part of, a financing to which the local agency is a party.

(g) Offers or sales of any security that constitutes a fractional interest in a lease, installment sale, or other obligation of a local agency made solely to one or more persons who are reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers or accredited investors.

(h) Any security that was first issued and sold prior to the effective date of this section if that security is either described in subdivision (b), (c), or (f), or was issued and sold in a transaction described in subdivision (d), (e), or (g).

title: 1. GENERAL

chapter: 13. Fractional Interest in Local Agency Obligations


citation: GOV § 5952

text: Any consent granted by a local agency under Section 5951 shall be conclusively evidenced by a resolution of the governing body of the local agency, or by a written instrument executed on behalf of the local agency by its treasurer, chief financial officer, or purchasing agent, or by any other officer of the local agency authorized by resolution of the governing body thereof to grant consents under Section 5951.

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 5953

text: No local agency that consents to an offer or sale of a security that constitutes a fractional interest in a lease, installment sale, or other obligation of the local agency shall be required to review any proceedings relating to the creation of the security or any of the offering or placement memoranda or any other marketing or descriptive materials relating to the security, and all memoranda or materials shall include a prominent statement on the face thereof substantially to the effect that the consenting local agency (specified by name) has not reviewed any of the proceedings relating to the creation of the security or any of the offering or placement memoranda or other marketing materials relating thereto.

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 5954

text: Any person who violates this chapter shall upon conviction be fined not more than ten million dollars ($10,000,000), or imprisoned pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for five years, or be punished by both that fine and imprisonment.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 128. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 5955

text: The obtaining of local agency consent to an offer or sale of a security under Section 5951 shall not obviate the necessity of qualification of the offer or sale of such security under Division 1 (commencing with Section 25000) of Title 4 of the Corporations Code, unless the security or transaction is exempt from qualification under such law.

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 5956

text: Local governmental agencies have experienced a significant decrease in available tax revenues to fund necessary infrastructure improvements. If local governmental agencies are going to maintain the quality of life that this infrastructure provides, they must find new funding sources. One source of new money is private sector investment capital utilized to design, construct, maintain, rebuild, repair, and operate infrastructure facilities. Unless private sector investment capital becomes available to study, plan, design, construct, develop, finance, maintain, rebuild, improve, repair, or operate, or any combination thereof, fee-producing infrastructure facilities, some local governmental agencies will be unable to replace deteriorating infrastructure. Further, some local governmental agencies will be unable to expand and build new infrastructure facilities to serve the increasing population.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1040, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)

title: 1. GENERAL

chapter: 14. Infrastructure Financing

path: 1. GENERAL > 6. PUBLIC BONDS AND OBLIGATIONS > 14. Infrastructure Financing


text: It is the intent of the Legislature that local governmental agencies have the authority and flexibility to utilize private investment capital to study, plan, design, construct, develop, finance, maintain, rebuild, improve, repair, or operate, or any combination thereof, fee-producing infrastructure facilities. Without the ability to utilize private sector investment capital to study, plan, design, construct, develop, finance, maintain, rebuild, improve, repair, or operate, or any combination thereof, fee-producing infrastructure facilities, the Legislature finds that some local governmental agencies will not be able to adequately, competently, or satisfactorily retrofit, reconstruct, repair, or replace existing infrastructure and will not be able to adequately, competently, or satisfactorily design and construct new infrastructure.

title: 1. GENERAL


text: It is the intent of the Legislature that this chapter be construed as creating a new and independent authority for local governmental agencies to utilize private sector investment capital to study, plan, design, construct, develop, finance, maintain, rebuild, improve, repair, or operate, or any combination thereof, fee-producing infrastructure facilities. To that end, this authority is intended to supplement and be independent of any existing authority and does not limit, replace, or detract from existing authority. This chapter may be used by local governmental entities when they deem it appropriate in the exercise of their discretion. It is the intent of the Legislature that this act create no new governmental entities.

title: 1. GENERAL


text:
(a) For purposes of this chapter, “governmental agency” includes a city, county, city and county, including a chartered city or county, school district, community college district, public district, county board of education, joint powers authority, transportation commission or authority, or any other public or municipal corporation.

(b) For purposes of this chapter, “private entity” includes a person, business entity, combination of persons and business entities, or a combination of business entities.

(c) For purposes of this chapter, “fee-producing infrastructure project” or “fee-producing infrastructure facility” means the operation of the infrastructure project or facility will be paid for by the persons or entities benefited by or utilizing the project or facility.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 876, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1999.)

title: 1. GENERAL


text:
A governmental agency may solicit proposals and enter into agreements with private entities for the design, construction, or reconstruction by, and may lease to, private entities for the following types of fee-producing infrastructure projects:

(a) Irrigation.

(b) Drainage.

(c) Energy or power production.

(d) Water supply, treatment, and distribution.

(e) Flood control.

(f) Inland waterways.

(g) Harbors.

(h) Municipal improvements.

(i) Commuter and light rail.

(j) Highways or bridges.

(k) Tunnels.

(l) Airports and runways.

(m) Purification of water.

(n) Sewage treatment, disposal, and water recycling.

(o) Refuse disposal.

(p) Structures or buildings, except structures or buildings that are to be utilized primarily for sporting or entertainment events.

title: 1. GENERAL


text: Notwithstanding Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 4525) of Division 5, or Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) or Part 3 (commencing with Section 20100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, the governmental agency soliciting proposals and entering into agreements with private entities for the studying, planning, design, developing, financing, construction, maintenance, rebuilding, improvement, repair, or operation, or any combination thereof, by private entities for fee-producing infrastructure projects shall ensure that the contractor is selected pursuant to a competitive negotiation process. Projects may be proposed by the private entity and selected by the governmental agency at the discretion of the governmental agency. Projects may be proposed and selected individually or as part of a related or larger project. The competitive negotiation process shall utilize, as the primary selection criteria, the demonstrated competence and qualifications for the studying, planning, design, developing, financing, construction, maintenance, rebuilding, improvement, repair, or operation, or any combination thereof, of the facility. The selection criteria shall also ensure that the facility be operated at fair and reasonable prices to the user of the infrastructure facility services. The competitive negotiation process shall not require competitive bidding. The competitive negotiation process shall specifically prohibit practices that may result in unlawful activity including, but not limited to, rebates, kickbacks, or other unlawful consideration, and shall specifically prohibit governmental agency employees from participating in the selection process when those employees have a relationship with a person or business entity seeking a contract under this section that would subject those employees to the prohibition of Section 87100. Other than these criteria and applicable provisions related to providing security for the construction and completion of the facility, the governmental agency soliciting proposals is not subject to any other provisions of the Public Contract Code or this code that relates to public procurements.

title: 1. GENERAL


text:
(a) For purposes of facilitating projects, the agreements specified in Section 5956.4 may include provisions for the lease of rights-of-way in, and airspace over, property owned by a governmental agency, for the granting of necessary easements, and for the issuance of permits or other authorizations to enable the private entity to construct infrastructure facilities supplemental to existing government-owned facilities. Infrastructure constructed by a private entity pursuant to this chapter shall, at all times, be owned by a governmental agency, unless the governmental agency, in its discretion, elects to provide for ownership of the facility by the private entity during the term of the agreement. The agreement shall provide for the lease of those facilities to, or ownership by, the private entity for up to 35 years. In consideration therefor, the agreement shall provide for complete reversion of the privately constructed facility to the governmental agency at the expiration of the lease at no charge to the governmental agency. Subsequent to the expiration of the lease or ownership period, the governmental agency may continue to charge fees for use of the infrastructure facility. If, after the expiration of the lease or ownership period, the governmental agency continues to lease airspace rights to the private entity, it shall do so at fair market value.

(b) The agreement between the governmental agency and the private entity shall include, but need not be limited to, provisions to ensure the following:

(1) Compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code). Neither the act of selecting a proposed project or a private entity, nor the execution of an agreement with a private entity, shall require prior compliance with the act. However, appropriate compliance with the act shall thereafter occur before project development commences.

(2) Performance bonds as security to ensure completion of the construction of the facility and contractual provisions that are necessary to protect the revenue streams of the project.

(3) Adequate financial resources of the private entity to design, build, and operate the facility, after the date of the agreement.

(4) Authority for the governmental agency to impose user fees for use of the facility in an amount sufficient to protect the revenue streams necessary for projects or facilities undertaken pursuant to this chapter. User fee revenues shall be dedicated exclusively to payment of the private entity’s direct and indirect capital outlay costs for the project, direct and indirect costs associated with operations, direct and indirect user fee collection costs, direct and indirect costs of administration of the facility, reimbursement for the direct and indirect costs of maintenance, and a negotiated reasonable return on investment to the private entity.

(5) As a precondition to the imposition or increase of a user fee, the governmental agency shall conduct at least one public hearing at which public testimony will be received regarding a proposed user fee revenue or increase in user fee revenues. The public hearing shall precede the action by the governmental agency to actually impose a user fee or to increase an existing user fee. The governmental agency shall consider the public testimony prior to imposing a new or increased user fee. The governmental agency shall provide the following notices and utilize the following procedures:

(A) Notice of the date, time, and place of the meeting, including a general explanation of the matter to be considered, shall be mailed at least 14 days prior to the meeting to any interested party who files a written request with the governmental agency for mailed notice of the meeting on new or increased fees or service charges. Any written request for mailed notices shall be valid for one year from the date on which it is filed unless a renewal request is filed prior to the expiration of the one-year period for which the written request was filed. The legislative body may establish a reasonable annual charge for sending notices based on the estimated cost of providing the service.

(B) At least 10 days prior to the meeting, the governmental agency shall make available to the public data that supports the amount of the fee or the increase in the fee.

(C) (i) At least 10 days prior to the meeting, the governmental agency shall publish a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in that agency’s jurisdiction stating the date, time, and place of the meeting, including a general explanation of the matter to be considered.

(ii) Any costs incurred by the governmental agency in conducting the meeting or meetings required by this section may be recovered from fees charged for the services that are the subject of the fee.

(iii) For transportation projects specifically authorized by this chapter, at least 10 days prior to the meeting, the governmental agency shall publish for four consecutive times, a notice in the newspaper of general circulation in the affected area stating in no smaller that 10-point type a notice specifying the subject of the hearing, the date, time, and place of the meeting, and, in at least 8-point type, a general explanation of the matter to be considered.

(D) No local agency shall levy a new fee or service charge or increase an existing fee or service charge to an amount that exceeds the estimated amount required to provide the service for which the fee or service charge is levied and a reasonable rate of return on investment, pursuant to paragraph (4). Any action by a local agency to levy a new fee or service charge or to approve an increase in an existing fee or service charge pursuant to this chapter shall be taken only by ordinance or resolution. The legislative body of a local agency shall not delegate the authority to adopt a new fee or service charge, or to increase a fee or service charge.

(6) Require that if the legislative body of the governmental agency determines that fees or service charges create revenues in excess of the actual cost for which the user fee revenues are dedicated and a reasonable rate of return on investment, pursuant to paragraph (4), those revenues shall either be applied to any indebtedness incurred by the private entity with respect to the project, be paid into a reserve account in order to offset future operation costs, be paid into the appropriate government account, be used to reduce the user fee or service charge creating the excess, or a combination of these sources.

(7) Require the private entity to maintain the facility in good operating condition at all times, including the time the facility reverts to the governmental agency.

(8) Preparation by the private entity of an annual audited report accounting for the income received and expenses to operate the facility. The private entity shall make that report available to any member of the public for a cost not to exceed the cost of reproduction of the report.

(9) Provision for a buyout of the private entity by the governmental entity in the event of termination or default before the end of the lease term.

(10) Provision for appropriate indemnity promises between the governmental agency and the private entity.

(11) Provision requiring the private entity to maintain insurance with those coverages and in those amounts that the governmental agency deems appropriate.

(12) In the event of a dispute between the governmental agency and the private entity, both parties shall be entitled to all available legal or equitable remedies.

(13) Payment bonds to secure the payment of claims of laborers, mechanics, and materials suppliers employed on the work under the contract. Payment bonds required under this subdivision shall conform to the requirements of Sections 9550 to 9566, inclusive, of the Civil Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 94, Sec. 1. (AB 164) Effective January 1, 2014.)

title: 1. GENERAL


text:
(a) The governmental agency may exercise any power possessed by it with respect to the development and construction of infrastructure projects pursuant to this chapter. Agreements for the maintenance and police services entered into pursuant to this chapter shall provide for full reimbursement for services rendered by the governmental agency in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the agreement. The governmental agency may provide services for which it is reimbursed with respect to preliminary planning, environmental certification, and preliminary design of the infrastructure projects. The governmental agency may consult with legal, financial, and other consultants in the negotiation and development of the agreement. To the extent existing public utility infrastructure is necessarily required to be modified, relocated, or removed in order for an infrastructure project authorized by this chapter to be constructed, the cost of modification, relocation, or removal of the existing infrastructure shall be borne by the private entity and included as a recoverable capital cost of the project. This cost shall not be construed to include costs of increasing the capacity, or upgrading, or improving the existing public utility infrastructure.

(b) The private entity’s responsibility to modify, relocate, or remove existing public utility infrastructure shall not alter any agreements that may be in place between the governmental agency and any public utility regarding projects funded by the governmental agency.

(c) In the event of a dispute regarding the reimbursement required, a private entity may request an audit of the public utility’s costs by a mutually acceptable certified public accountant. The result of the audit shall determine the actual costs. If the audit indicates that the public utility’s actual costs were less than 95 percent of the cost claimed, the cost of the audit shall be borne by the public utility. If the audit indicates that the public utility’s actual costs were 95 percent or more of the cost claimed, the cost of the audit shall be borne by the private entity.

title: 1. GENERAL


text: The plans and specifications for each project constructed pursuant to this chapter shall comply with all applicable governmental design standards for that particular infrastructure project. The private entity designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining infrastructure facilities pursuant to this chapter shall utilize private sector design and construction firms to design and construct the infrastructure facilities. However, a facility subject to this chapter and leased to a private entity shall, during the term of the lease, be deemed to be public property for purposes of identification, maintenance, enforcement of laws and for purposes of Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810). All public works constructed pursuant to this chapter shall comply with Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code.

title: 1. GENERAL


text: In order to use the authority conferred by this chapter to the maximum extent, a governmental agency may use private infrastructure financing pursuant to this chapter as the exclusive revenue source or as a supplemental revenue source with federal or local funds. The governmental agency involved may be a local governmental agency or a combination of local governmental agencies. The governmental agency may work cooperatively with the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Board with regard to the design, construction, operation, and financing of privately financed facilities, but the projects will not be subject to the review or approval of that board.

title: 1. GENERAL


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, neither the state or any state agency shall directly or indirectly use the authority in this chapter nor shall any governmental agency, as defined in Section 5956.3, use the authority in this chapter to design, construct, finance, or operate a state project. For purposes of this section, a state project includes any of the following:

(1) Tollroads on state highways.

(2) State water projects.

(3) State park and recreation projects.

(4) State financed projects.

(b) These limitations shall not prohibit the state, any state agency, or any governmental agency, as defined in Section 5956.3, from utilizing authorizations contained in other provisions of law.

(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2020.

history: (History: Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 664, Sec. 2. (AB 1478) Effective September 27, 2014. Section operative January 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 5970

text:
As used in this chapter, the following phrases have the following meanings:

(a) “Person” means any broker, dealer, municipal securities dealer, investment advisor, or investment firm.

(b) “Regulatory agency” means the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, the securities administrators or other similar regulatory authority in any other state, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or any other self-regulatory organization.

(c) “State or local government” means the state, any department, agency, board, commission, or authority of the state, or any city, city and county, county, public district, public corporation, authority, agency, board, commission, or other public entity.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 452, Sec. 168. (SB 1498) Effective January 1, 2023.)

title: 1. GENERAL

chapter: 14.5. Awarding of Contracts

path: 1. GENERAL > 6. PUBLIC BONDS AND OBLIGATIONS > 14.5. Awarding of Contracts


citation: GOV § 5971

text: In selecting any person to provide underwriting services, including financial, advisory or other financial services, involving the issuance of securities, the state or the legislative body of any local governmental entity may consider, among other things, prior conduct of the person, or any employee of the person, including, but not limited to, acts constituting fraud or a violation of state or federal securities law and that resulted in the issuance by, or on behalf of, a governmental regulatory agency of a cease and desist order, a preliminary injunction that has not been dissolved by court order or replaced by a permanent injunction or a permanent injunction, censure, or any other administrative or judicial enforcement order.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 309, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 5975

text:
As used in this chapter:

(a) “Best interests of the city” means a procurement process that is determined by the city to provide the best value and an expedited delivery schedule while maintaining a high level of quality workmanship and materials.

(b) “Best value” means a value determined by objective criteria that shall include a combination of price, financing costs, features, functions, performance, life-cycle maintenance costs and abatement offsets, and development experience.

(c) “Business entity” means a partnership, corporation, or other legal entity that is able to provide appropriately licensed contracting, architectural, engineering, financial, operations, management, facilities maintenance, and other services for development of a new Long Beach Civic Center.

(d) “City” means the City of Long Beach and its departments, including the City of Long Beach Harbor Department.

(e) “Long Beach Civic Center” means the area bounded by Broadway, Pacific Avenue, Ocean Boulevard, and Magnolia Avenue, containing approximately 14.98 acres, and the parcel on the south side of 3rd Street between Pacific Avenue and Cedar Avenue, containing approximately 0.89 acres.

(f) “Private entity” means an individual, business entity, or combination of individuals and business entities.

(g) “Private portion of the project” means those parcels of land within the Long Beach Civic Center to be conveyed to a private entity and developed as residential, retail, hospitality, institutional, or industrial facilities.

(h) “Project” means the revitalization and redevelopment of the Long Beach Civic Center with a new city hall, port headquarters, public library, and public park, and residential, retail, hospitality, institutional, and industrial facilities.

(i) “Public portion of the project” means those parcels of land within the Long Beach Civic Center to be developed as a city hall, port headquarters, public park, public library, or other government facilities.

(j) “Public-private partnership” means a cooperative arrangement between the public and private sectors, built on the expertise of each partner, that best meets the city’s needs through the appropriate allocation of resources, risks, and rewards for the purposes of, and, including, but not limited to, studying, planning, designing, constructing, developing, financing, operating, maintaining, or any combination thereof, the project.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 178, Sec. 2. (SB 562) Effective January 1, 2016.)

title: 1. GENERAL

chapter: 15. Long Beach Civic Center

path: 1. GENERAL > 6. PUBLIC BONDS AND OBLIGATIONS > 15. Long Beach Civic Center


citation: GOV § 5976

text:
(a) The city may contract and procure the project pursuant to this chapter.

(b) The city shall evaluate the project proposals it solicits and receives and choose the private entity or entities whose proposal is, or proposals are, judged as providing the best value in meeting the best interests of the city. The city may enter into a public-private partnership through a concession agreement, design-build agreement, design-build-finance agreement, project agreement, lease-leaseback, or other appropriate agreements combining one or more major elements of the foregoing agreements, with one or more private entities for delivery of the project. The city shall retain the right to terminate the project prior to project award should the city determine that the project is not in the best interests of the city or should the negotiations with the private entity or entities otherwise fail.

(c) The contract award for the project shall be made to the private entity or entities whose proposal or proposals are determined by the city, in writing, to be the most advantageous by providing the best value in meeting the best interests of the city.

(d) The negotiation process shall specifically prohibit practices that may result in unlawful activity, including, but not limited to, rebates, kickbacks, or other unlawful consideration, and shall specifically prohibit city employees from participating in the selection process when those employees have a relationship with a person or business entity seeking a contract under this chapter that would subject those employees to the prohibition of Section 87100.

(e) All documents related to the project shall be subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000)), except those exempted from disclosure under that act.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 140. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 5977

text:
(a) The project is subject to compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code). Neither the act of selecting a private entity, nor the execution of an agreement with the private entity, shall require prior compliance with the act. However, appropriate compliance with the act shall thereafter occur before project construction commences.

(b) The public portion of the project, at all times, shall be owned by the city, unless the city, in its discretion, elects to provide for ownership of the project by the private entity through a separate lease agreement. Notwithstanding Section 5956.6 or any other provision of this code, the agreement shall provide for the lease of all or a portion of the project to, or ownership by, the private entity or entities, for a term up to 50 years. In consideration therefor, the agreement shall provide for complete reversion of the public portion of the project to the city at the expiration of the lease or transfer term.

(c) The private portion of the project shall not be financed or developed by the public-private partnership or otherwise using public or tax-exempt financing.

(d) The plans and specifications for the project shall comply with all applicable governmental design standards for that particular infrastructure project. The private entity studying, planning, designing, constructing, developing, financing, operating, maintaining, or any combination thereof, the project shall utilize private sector firms for studying, planning, designing, constructing, developing, financing, operating, maintaining, or any combination thereof, the project. However, a facility subject to this chapter and leased to a private entity, during the term of the lease, shall be deemed to be public property for purposes of identification, maintenance, enforcement of laws, and for purposes of Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810). All public works constructed pursuant to this chapter shall comply with Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code.

(e) This chapter shall not be construed to authorize the city to use tidelands trust revenues that are subject to Section 6306 of the Public Resources Code or any other applicable granting statute for general municipal purposes or any other purpose unconnected with the public trust.

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 5978

text: The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 5979

text: The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique and special circumstances surrounding the existing Long Beach Civic Center, and the need to immediately, quickly, and efficiently develop the project, and to resolve property issues potentially delaying the project.

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 6000

text: A “newspaper of general circulation” is a newspaper published for the dissemination of local or telegraphic news and intelligence of a general character, which has a bona fide subscription list of paying subscribers, and has been established, printed and published at regular intervals in the State, county, or city where publication, notice by publication, or official advertising is to be given or made for at least one year preceding the date of the publication, notice or advertisement.

history: (History: Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

division: 7. MISCELLANEOUS

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. General

path: 1. GENERAL > 7. MISCELLANEOUS > 1. Publications and Official Advertising > 1. General


citation: GOV § 6001

text: A newspaper devoted to the interests, or published for the entertainment or instruction of a particular class, profession, trade, calling, race, or denomination, or for any number thereof, when the avowed purpose is to entertain or instruct such classes, is not a newspaper of general circulation.

title: 1. GENERAL

chapter: 1. Publications and Official Advertising

article: 1. General


citation: GOV § 6002

text: For a newspaper to be “established,” it shall have been in existence under a specified name during the whole of the one-year period; provided, however, nothing herein contained shall prevent a modification of name in accordance with Section 6024 hereof where the modification of name does not substantially change the identity of the newspaper.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1295.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. General


citation: GOV § 6003

text:
For a newspaper to be “printed,” the mechanical work of producing it, that is the work of typesetting and impressing type on paper, shall have been performed during the whole of the one year period.

If a monthly average of at least 50 per cent of the work of typesetting and a monthly average of at least 50 per cent of the work of impressing type on paper is done in accordance with the other provisions of this article, the requirements embodied in “printed” are met.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. General


citation: GOV § 6004

text: For a newspaper to be “published,” it shall have been issued from the place where it is printed and sold to or circulated among the people and its subscribers during the whole of the one year period.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. General


text: In order to qualify as a newspaper of general circulation the newspaper, if either printed or published in a town or city, shall be both printed and published in one and the same town or city.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 937.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. General


citation: GOV § 6005

text: “Printed” and “published” are not synonymous. Each relates to separate acts or functions necessary to constitute a newspaper of general circulation.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. General


citation: GOV § 6006

text: Nothing in this chapter alters the standing of any newspaper which, prior to the passage of Chapter 258 of the Statutes of 1923, was an established newspaper of general circulation, irrespective of whether it was printed in the place where it was published for a period of one year as required.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1217.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. General


citation: GOV § 6007

text: The status of a newspaper of general circulation remains unchanged in the event that the publication of the newspaper is discontinued by reason of economic or other conditions induced by any war to which the United States is a party and the publication is then renewed either while the war is still pending or within a period of one year from and after the date on which hostilities officially terminate.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 641.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. General


citation: GOV § 6008

text:
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a newspaper is a “newspaper of general circulation” if it meets all of the following criteria:

(1) It is a newspaper published for the dissemination of local or telegraphic news and intelligence of a general character, which has a bona fide subscription list of paying subscribers and has been established and published at regular intervals of not less than weekly in the city, district, or public notice district for which it is seeking adjudication for at least three years preceding the date of adjudication.

(2) It has a substantial distribution to paid subscribers in the city, district, or public notice district in which it is seeking adjudication.

(3) It has maintained a minimum coverage of local or telegraphic news and intelligence of a general character of not less than 25 percent of its total inches during each year of the three-year period.

(4) It has only one principal office of publication and that office is in the city, district, or public notice district for which it is seeking adjudication.

(b) For the purposes of Section 6020, a newspaper meeting the criteria of this section which desires to have its standing as a newspaper of general circulation ascertained and established, may, by its publisher, manager, editor, or attorney, file a verified petition in the superior court of the county in which it is established and published.

(c) As used in this section:

(1) “Established” means in existence under a specified name during the whole of the three-year period, except that a modification of name in accordance with Section 6024, where the modification of name does not substantially change the identity of the newspaper, shall not affect the status of the newspaper for the purposes of this definition.

(2) “Published” means issued from the place where the newspaper is sold to or circulated among the people and its subscribers during the whole of the three-year period.

(3) “Public notice district” means a public notice district described in Chapter 1.1 (commencing with Section 6080).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 703, Sec. 12. (AB 2881) Effective January 1, 2017.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. General


citation: GOV § 6020

text: Whenever a newspaper desires to have its standing as a newspaper of general circulation ascertained and established, it may, by its publisher, manager, editor or attorney, file a verified petition in the superior court of the county in which it is established, printed and published, setting forth the facts which justify such action.

title: 1. GENERAL

path: 1. GENERAL > 7. MISCELLANEOUS > 1. Publications and Official Advertising > 2. Establishing Standing as Newspaper of General Circulation


citation: GOV § 6021

text:
The petition or the substance thereof, together with a notice that the petitioner intends on a named day to apply for an order declaring it to be a newspaper of general circulation, shall be published pursuant to Section 6062:

(a) In the petitioning newspaper, and

(b) In some other newspaper of general circulation published in the same city as the petitioning newspaper if there is one, and if there is none, or if publication in such newspaper is refused, then in some other newspaper of general circulation published in the same county, if there is one, and if there is none, or if publication in such newspaper is refused, then, in lieu thereof, in some other newspaper of general circulation published in an adjacent county or in such other newspaper as the court shall direct.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1279.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 2. Establishing Standing as Newspaper of General Circulation


citation: GOV § 6022

text: Upon proof of the publication of the petition and notice, the court shall set the petition for hearing. Any person may appear and contest the petition either prior to or on the day set for the hearing or the day to which it is continued.

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 6023

text: The court shall hear the proofs of the petitioner and contestant, if there be any. Within 10 days thereafter it shall render its decision and judgment and the clerk shall enter it in the records of the court.

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 6024

text:
(1) The decision and judgment may be vacated, modified or set aside by the court on its own motion, or on the motion of any person, whether a party to the original proceeding or not upon:

(a) A verified statement of facts being made to the court.

(b) Ten days’ notice to the petitioner.

(c) A satisfactory showing made to the court that the newspaper has ceased to be a newspaper of general circulation.

(2) The decision and judgment may be modified by the court on its own motion, or on the motion of any person interested, whether a party to the original proceeding or not, upon a similar verified statement and the same notice and a satisfactory showing made to the court that the newspaper has modified its name without any substantial change in its character or identity as a newspaper of general circulation.

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 6025

text: All publications made in a newspaper during the period it was adjudged to be a newspaper of general circulation are valid and sufficient.

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 6026

text: An appeal may be taken to the supreme court from any final decision or judgment, or from any final order vacating, modifying or setting aside a decision or judgment previously entered.

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 6027

text: On and after July 1, 1952, a newspaper shall not be in fact or in law a newspaper of general circulation unless it obtains or has theretofore obtained a judicial decree establishing it as having such status pursuant to the provisions of this article.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1045.)

title: 1. GENERAL


citation: GOV § 6040

text: Whenever any official advertising, notice, resolution, order, or other matter of any nature whatsoever is required by law to be published in a newspaper, such publication shall be made only in a newspaper of general circulation.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 3. Publications

path: 1. GENERAL > 7. MISCELLANEOUS > 1. Publications and Official Advertising > 3. Publications


text:
(a) Notwithstanding Section 6040, notice shall be given of ordinances enacted to authorize issuance of revenue bonds by joint powers entities and the fact that such ordinance is subject to referendum. All such notices shall meet the following requirements:

(1) Notices shall appear for five consecutive days in at least one daily newspaper of general circulation published in the affected area; and if no such daily publication exists, then at least twice in the weekly newspapers of the area; and if there are no such weekly newspapers, then notice shall be posted for no less than two weeks in at least 15 public places; and

(2) Notices shall state the fact that the ordinance is subject to referendum in no smaller than 10-point type, and describe the procedures for such referendum in no smaller than 8-point type; and

(3) Notices shall describe in no smaller than 8-point type the nature and purpose of the bond issue, the maximum amount of the bond issue, the duration of the proposed indebtedness, the probable or anticipated rate of interest on such bonds, and the anticipated sources of revenue to redeem such bonds; and

(4) Notices shall be of sufficient size to contain the information required by paragraphs (2) and (3).

(b) The cost of such notice shall be borne by the party to the joint powers entity which approves the ordinance, and may be included as part of the cost of the bond issue, to be paid by revenues from the bond issue.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 754.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 3. Publications


text:
As used in any law of this State providing for any publication, or notice by publication, or official advertising, “daily newspaper” means a newspaper of general circulation that is published on five or more days in a calendar week, and “weekly newspaper” includes any newspaper of general circulation that is published on at least one, but less than five, days in a calendar week.

Any provision in any such law for publication in a weekly newspaper shall be deemed complied with if publication is made once a week for the period specified in a weekly newspaper as defined in this section.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1587.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 3. Publications


citation: GOV § 6041

text: Whenever any publication, or notice by publication, or official advertising is required by any law of the State to be given or made by any State, county or city officer, by the officer of any political subdivision of the State, or by any officer of any court, the publication, notice by publication, or official advertising shall be given or made only in a newspaper of general circulation published within the jurisdiction of the officer.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 3. Publications


text:
Any officer who gives or makes any publication, notice by publication, or official advertising pursuant to Section 6041 may also give or make such publication, notice by publication or official advertising in a newspaper of general circulation published outside the jurisdiction of the officer, provided:

(a) The officer determines that a substantial number of residents within his jurisdiction would benefit therefrom, and

(b) Funds have specifically been made available for such purpose.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 604.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 3. Publications


citation: GOV § 6042

text: Where no newspaper of general circulation is published within the jurisdiction of the officer, then the publication, notice by publication, or official advertising shall be given or made in a newspaper of general circulation published nearest thereto.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 3. Publications


citation: GOV § 6043

text: All such publications, notices by publication, or official advertisements shall be set in type not smaller than nonpareil, and shall be preceded with words printed in black-face type, not smaller than nonpareil, describing or expressing in general terms the purport or character of the notice intended to be given.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 3. Publications


citation: GOV § 6044

text: State, county or city officers, officers of political subdivisions, and officers of courts who violate or disregard the provisions of this article, or of Article 1, are responsible personally and on their official bonds for all damages occasioned thereby, together with one hundred dollars ($100) liquidated damages in each case, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction by the person aggrieved or interested.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 3. Publications


citation: GOV § 6060

text: Whenever any law provides that publication of notice shall be made pursuant to a designated section of this article, such notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation for the period prescribed, the number of times, and in the manner provided in that section. As used in this article, “notice” includes official advertising, resolutions, orders, or other matter of any nature whatsoever that are required by law to be published in a newspaper of general circulation.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 4. Manner of Publication

path: 1. GENERAL > 7. MISCELLANEOUS > 1. Publications and Official Advertising > 4. Manner of Publication


citation: GOV § 6061

text: Publication of notice pursuant to this section shall be for one time.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 4. Manner of Publication


text: Publication of notice pursuant to this section shall be for three successive times.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 357.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 4. Manner of Publication


citation: GOV § 6062

text: Publication of notice pursuant to this section shall be for 10 days. The period of notice commences upon the first day of publication and terminates at the end of the tenth day, including therein the first day. Publication shall be made on each day on which the newspaper is published during the period.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 954.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 4. Manner of Publication


citation: GOV § 6062a

text: Publication of notice pursuant to this section shall be for 10 days in a newspaper regularly published once a week or oftener. Two publications, with at least five days intervening between the dates of first and last publication not counting such publication dates, are sufficient. The period of notice commences upon the first day of publication and terminates at the end of the tenth day, including therein the first day.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 4. Manner of Publication


citation: GOV § 6063

text: Publication of notice pursuant to this section shall be once a week for three successive weeks. Three publications in a newspaper regularly published once a week or oftener, with at least five days intervening between the respective publication dates not counting such publication dates, are sufficient. The period of notice commences upon the first day of publication and terminates at the end of the twenty-first day, including therein the first day.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 4. Manner of Publication


citation: GOV § 6063a

text: Publication of notice pursuant to this section shall be for at least 10 days. Three publications in a newspaper published once a week or oftener, with at least five days intervening between the first and last publication dates not counting such publication dates, are sufficient. The period of notice commences upon the first day of publication and terminates either at the end of the day of the third publication or at the end of the tenth day, including therein the first day, whichever period is longer.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 4. Manner of Publication


citation: GOV § 6064

text: Publication of notice pursuant to this section shall be once a week for four successive weeks. Four publications in a newspaper regularly published once a week or oftener, with at least five days intervening between the respective publication dates not counting such publication dates, are sufficient. The period of notice commences with the first day of publication and terminates at the end of the twenty-eighth day, including therein the first day.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 4. Manner of Publication


citation: GOV § 6065

text: Publication of notice pursuant to this section shall be once a week for eight successive weeks. Eight publications in a newspaper regularly published once a week or oftener, with at least five days intervening between the respective publication dates not counting such publication dates, are sufficient. The period of notice commences upon the first day of publication and terminates at the end of the fifty-sixth day, including therein the first day.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 4. Manner of Publication


citation: GOV § 6066

text: Publication of notice pursuant to this section shall be once a week for two successive weeks. Two publications in a newspaper published once a week or oftener, with at least five days intervening between the respective publication dates not counting such publication dates, are sufficient. The period of notice commences upon the first day of publication and terminates at the end of the fourteenth day, including therein the first day.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 4. Manner of Publication


citation: GOV § 6075

text: As used in this article, “newspaper” includes weekly newspaper, magazine, periodical or other publication.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 170.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 5. Foreign Language Newspapers

path: 1. GENERAL > 7. MISCELLANEOUS > 1. Publications and Official Advertising > 5. Foreign Language Newspapers


citation: GOV § 6076

text: The publisher or owner of any newspaper published in the foreign language of any enemy nation shall file with the district attorney of the county in which it is printed or distributed a correct translation in English of every article, statement, or word published in the newpaper.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 5. Foreign Language Newspapers


citation: GOV § 6077

text: Upon request the publisher shall furnish to the Attorney General or to the district attorney of the county where the newspaper is published a translation of any article, statement, or word published in the newspaper. The translation shall be certified as correct by one competent to make a translation.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 5. Foreign Language Newspapers


citation: GOV § 6078

text: Any person violating this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 5. Foreign Language Newspapers


citation: GOV § 6080

text: This chapter governs any statute requiring publication of notice in a public notice district.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 703, Sec. 13. (AB 2881) Effective January 1, 2017.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Public Notice Districts, Generally

path: 1. GENERAL > 7. MISCELLANEOUS > 1.1. Publication of Notice in Public Notice Districts > 1. Public Notice Districts, Generally


citation: GOV § 6081

text: A notice published or posted in a manner that is contrary to the provisions of this chapter shall not be invalidated as a consequence of a reasonable, good faith error as to the applicable public notice district.

title: 1. GENERAL

chapter: 1.1. Publication of Notice in Public Notice Districts

article: 1. Public Notice Districts, Generally


citation: GOV § 6082

text:
(a) Notwithstanding Section 6027, a judicial decree establishing a newspaper as a newspaper of general circulation in a former judicial district shall be treated as a judicial decree establishing the newspaper as a newspaper of general circulation in the successor public notice district.

(b) For the purposes of this section, the “successor public notice district” is the public notice district, described in Article 2, that contains substantially the same population centers as the applicable, former judicial district preserved for notice publication by former Section 71042.5.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Public Notice Districts, Generally


text:
(a) Alameda County contains the following public notice districts:

(1) Alameda District, which is comprised of the City of Alameda.

(2) Berkeley-Albany District, which is comprised of the Cities of Albany and Berkeley.

(3) Fremont-Newark-Union City District, which is comprised of the Cities of Fremont, Newark, and Union City.

(4) Livermore District, which is comprised of the City of Livermore.

(5) Oakland-Piedmont District, which is comprised of the Cities of Emeryville, Oakland, and Piedmont.

(6) Pleasanton District, which is comprised of the Cities of Dublin and Pleasanton.

(7) San Leandro-Hayward District, which is comprised of the Cities of Hayward and San Leandro and the unincorporated areas known as Ashland, Castro Valley, Cherryland, Fairview, and San Lorenzo.

(b) For the purpose of publishing notice arising from a location within Alameda County that is not within one of the districts described in subdivision (a):

(1) If the location is within five miles of a district, notice shall be published in the nearest district.

(2) If the location is not within five miles of a district, notice shall be given as if the location is in a public notice district without a newspaper of general circulation.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 2. Public Notice Districts by County

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text: Alpine County contains a single, countywide public notice district.

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text: Amador County contains a single, countywide public notice district.

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article: 2. Public Notice Districts by County


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(a) Butte County contains the following public notice districts:

(1) Biggs District, which is comprised of the City of Biggs.

(2) Chico District, which is comprised of the City of Chico.

(3) Gridley District, which is comprised of the City of Gridley.

(4) Oroville District, which is comprised of the City of Oroville.

(5) Paradise District, which is comprised of the City of Paradise and the unincorporated area known as Magalia.

(b) For the purpose of publishing notice arising from a location within Butte County that is not within one of the districts described in subdivision (a):

(1) If the location is within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be published in the nearest district.

(2) If the location is not within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be given as if the location is in a public notice district without a newspaper of general circulation.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 2. Public Notice Districts by County


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(a) Calaveras County contains the following public notice districts:

(1) Angels-Murphys District, which is comprised of the City of Angels Camp and the unincorporated area known as Murphys.

(2) San Andreas District, which is comprised of the unincorporated areas known as Rancho Calaveras, San Andreas, and Valley Springs.

(b) For the purpose of publishing notice arising from a location within Calaveras County that is not within one of the districts described in subdivision (a):

(1) If the location is within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be published in the nearest district.

(2) If the location is not within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be given as if the location is in a public notice district without a newspaper of general circulation.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 2. Public Notice Districts by County


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(a) Colusa County contains the following public notice districts:

(1) Colusa District, which is comprised of the City of Colusa.

(2) Williams District, which is comprised of the City of Williams.

(b) For the purpose of publishing notice arising from a location within Colusa County that is not within one of the districts described in subdivision (a):

(1) If the location is within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be published in the nearest district.

(2) If the location is not within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be given as if the location is in a public notice district without a newspaper of general circulation.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 2. Public Notice Districts by County


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(a) Contra Costa County contains the following public notice districts:

(1) Antioch District, which is comprised of the City of Antioch.

(2) Brentwood-Byron District, which is comprised of the City of Brentwood and the unincorporated areas known as Byron and Discovery Bay.

(3) El Cerrito-Kensington District, which is comprised of the City of El Cerrito and the unincorporated area known as Kensington.

(4) Mount Diablo District, which is comprised of the Cities of Clayton, Concord, Martinez, and Pleasant Hill.

(5) Oakley District, which is comprised of the City of Oakley and the unincorporated area known as Knightsen.

(6) Pinole-Hercules-Rodeo District, which is comprised of the Cities of Pinole and Hercules and the unincorporated area known as Rodeo.

(7) Pittsburgh District, which is comprised of the City of Pittsburgh and the unincorporated area known as Bay Point.

(8) Richmond District, which is comprised of the City of Richmond.

(9) San Pablo District, which is comprised of the City of San Pablo and the unincorporated areas known as Bayview, East Richmond Heights, El Sobrante, Montalvin Manor, North Richmond, Rollingwood, and Tara Hills.

(10) Walnut Creek-Danville District, which is comprised of the Cities of Danville, Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda, San Ramon, and Walnut Creek and the unincorporated areas known as Alamo, Contra Costa Centre, and Reliez Valley.

(b) For the purpose of publishing notice arising from a location within Contra Costa County that is not within one of the districts described in subdivision (a):

(1) If the location is within five miles of a district, notice shall be published in the nearest district.

(2) If the location is not within five miles of a district, notice shall be given as if the location is in a public notice district without a newspaper of general circulation.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 2. Public Notice Districts by County


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(a) Del Norte County contains the Crescent District public notice district, which is comprised of Crescent City.

(b) For the purpose of publishing notice arising from a location within Del Norte County that is not within the district described in subdivision (a):

(1) If the location is within 10 miles of the district, notice shall be published in the district.

(2) If the location is not within 10 miles of the district, notice shall be given as if the location is in a public notice district without a newspaper of general circulation.

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article: 2. Public Notice Districts by County


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(a) El Dorado County contains the following public notice districts:

(1) El Dorado District, which is comprised of the unincorporated areas known as Cameron Park, Diamond Springs, and El Dorado Hills.

(2) Lake Valley District, which is comprised of the City of South Lake Tahoe.

(3) Placerville District, which is comprised of the City of Placerville.

(b) For the purpose of publishing notice arising from a location within El Dorado County that is not within one of the districts described in subdivision (a):

(1) If the location is within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be published in the nearest district.

(2) If the location is not within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be given as if the location is in a public notice district without a newspaper of general circulation.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 2. Public Notice Districts by County


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(a) Fresno County contains the following public notice districts:

(1) Clovis District, which is comprised of the City of Clovis and the unincorporated area known as Tarpey Village.

(2) Coalinga District, which is comprised of the Cities of Coalinga and Huron.

(3) Firebaugh District, which is comprised of the Cities of Firebaugh and Mendota.

(4) Fowler District, which is comprised of the City of Fowler.

(5) Fresno District, which is comprised of the City of Fresno.

(6) Kerman District, which is comprised of the Cities of Kerman and San Joaquin.

(7) Kingsburg District, which is comprised of the City of Kingsburg.

(8) Parlier District, which is comprised of the City of Parlier and the unincorporated area known as Del Rey.

(9) Reedley District, which is comprised of the Cities of Orange Cove and Reedley.

(10) Sanger District, which is comprised of the City of Sanger.

(11) Selma District, which is comprised of the City of Selma.

(b) For the purpose of publishing notice arising from a location within Fresno County that is not within one of the districts described in subdivision (a):

(1) If the location is within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be published in the nearest district.

(2) If the location is not within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be given as if the location is in a public notice district without a newspaper of general circulation.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 2. Public Notice Districts by County


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(a) Glenn County contains the following public notice districts:

(1) Orland District, which is comprised of the City of Orland.

(2) Willows District, which is comprised of the City of Willows.(b) For the purpose of publishing notice arising from a location within Glenn County that is not within one of the districts described in subdivision (a):

(1) If the location is within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be published in the nearest district.

(2) If the location is not within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be given as if the location is in a public notice district without a newspaper of general circulation.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 2. Public Notice Districts by County


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(a) Humboldt County contains the following public notice districts:

(1) Arcata District, which is comprised of the Cities of Arcata, Blue Lake, and Trinidad and the unincorporated area known as McKinleyville.

(2) Eureka District, which is comprised of the City of Eureka.

(3) Fortuna District, which is comprised of the Cities of Ferndale, Fortuna, and Rio Dell.

(b) For the purpose of publishing notice arising from a location within Humboldt County that is not within one of the districts described in subdivision (a):

(1) If the location is within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be published in the nearest district.

(2) If the location is not within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be given as if the location is in a public notice district without a newspaper of general circulation.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 2. Public Notice Districts by County


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(a) Imperial County contains the following public notice districts:

(1) Brawley District, which is comprised of the City of Brawley.

(2) Calexico District, which is comprised of the City of Calexico.

(3) Calipatria District, which is comprised of the City of Calipatria.

(4) El Centro District, which is comprised of the City of El Centro.

(5) Holtville District, which is comprised of the City of Holtville.

(6) Imperial District, which is comprised of the City of Imperial.

(7) Westmoreland District, which is comprised of the City of Westmoreland.

(b) For the purpose of publishing notice arising from a location within Imperial County that is not within one of the districts described in subdivision (a):

(1) If the location is within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be published in the nearest district.

(2) If the location is not within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be given as if the location is in a public notice district without a newspaper of general circulation.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 2. Public Notice Districts by County


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(a) Inyo County contains the Northern Inyo District public notice district, which is comprised of the City of Bishop.

(b) For the purpose of publishing notice arising from a location within Inyo County that is not within the district described in subdivision (a):

(1) If the location is within 10 miles of the district, notice shall be published in the district.

(2) If the location is not within 10 miles of the district, notice shall be given as if the location is in a public notice district without a newspaper of general circulation.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 2. Public Notice Districts by County


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(a) Kern County contains the following public notice districts:

(1) Arvin-Lamont District, which is comprised of the City of Arvin and the unincorporated areas known as Lamont and Weedpatch.

(2) Bakersfield District, which is comprised of the City of Bakersfield and the unincorporated areas known as Oildale and Rosedale.

(3) Delano-McFarland District, which is comprised of the Cities of Delano and McFarland.

(4) Indian Wells District, which is comprised of the City of Ridgecrest.

(5) Kern River-Rand District, which is comprised of the unincorporated areas known as Bodfish, Kernville, Lake Isabella, Weldon, and Wofford Heights.

(6) Maricopa-Taft District, which is comprised of the Cities of Maricopa and Taft.

(7) Mojave District, which is comprised of California City and the unincorporated areas known as Mojave and Rosamond.

(8) Shafter District, which is comprised of the City of Shafter.

(9) Tehachapi District, which is comprised of the City of Tehachapi and the unincorporated area known as Bear Valley Springs.

(10) Wasco District, which is comprised of the City of Wasco.

(b) For the purpose of publishing notice arising from a location within Kern County that is not within one of the districts described in subdivision (a):

(1) If the location is within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be published in the nearest district.

(2) If the location is not within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be given as if the location is in a public notice district without a newspaper of general circulation.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 2. Public Notice Districts by County


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(a) Kings County contains the following public notice districts:

(1) Avenal District, which is comprised of the City of Avenal.

(2) Corcoran District, which is comprised of the City of Corcoran.

(3) Hanford District, which is comprised of the City of Hanford.

(4) Lemoore District, which is comprised of the City of Lemoore.

(b) For the purpose of publishing notice arising from a location within Kings County that is not within one of the districts described in subdivision (a):

(1) If the location is within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be published in the nearest district.

(2) If the location is not within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be given as if the location is in a public notice district without a newspaper of general circulation.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 2. Public Notice Districts by County


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(a) Lake County contains the following public notice districts:

(1) Clearlake Highlands District, which is comprised of the City of Clearlake.

(2) Lakeport District, which is comprised of the City of Lakeport.

(b) For the purpose of publishing notice arising from a location within Lake County that is not within one of the districts described in subdivision (a):

(1) If the location is within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be published in the nearest district.

(2) If the location is not within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be given as if the location is in a public notice district without a newspaper of general circulation.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 2. Public Notice Districts by County


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(a) Lassen County contains the Westwood-Honey Lake District public notice district, which is comprised of the City of Susanville and the unincorporated area known as Westwood.

(b) For the purpose of publishing notice arising from a location within Lassen County that is not within the district described in subdivision (a):

(1) If the location is within 10 miles of the district, notice shall be published in the district.

(2) If the location is not within 10 miles of the district, notice shall be given as if the location is in a public notice district without a newspaper of general circulation.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 2. Public Notice Districts by County


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(a) Los Angeles County contains the following public notice districts:

(1) Alhambra District, which is comprised of the Cities of Alhambra, Monterey Park, San Gabriel, and Temple City and the unincorporated areas known as East San Gabriel and South San Gabriel.

(2) Antelope District, which is comprised of the Cities of Lancaster and Palmdale and the unincorporated areas known as Antelope, Del Sur, Elizabeth Lake, Green Valley, Lake Hughes, Lake Los Angeles, Leona Valley, Little Rock, Llano, Pearblossom, Quartz Hill, Sun Village, and Wilsona.

(3) Beverly Hills District, which is comprised of the Cities of Beverly Hills and West Hollywood.

(4) Burbank District, which is comprised of the City of Burbank.

(5) Catalina District, which is comprised of San Clemente Island and Santa Catalina Island.

(6) Citrus District, which is comprised of the Cities of Azusa, Baldwin Park, Covina, Glendora, Industry, Irwindale, and West Covina and the unincorporated areas known as Citrus, Charter Oak, Rowland Heights, South San Jose Hills, Valinda, Vincent, and West Puente Valley.

(7) Compton District, which is comprised of the Cities of Carson, Compton, Lynwood, and Paramount and the unincorporated areas known as Athens, East Compton, East Rancho Dominguez, West Carson, West Compton, West Rancho Dominguez, and Willowbrook.

(8) Culver District, which is comprised of Culver City and the unincorporated areas known as Centinela, Ladera Heights, Marina Del Rey, View Park, and Windsor Hills.

(9) Downey District, which is comprised of the Cities of Downey, La Mirada, and Norwalk.

(10) East Los Angeles District, which is comprised of the Cities of Commerce and Montebello and the unincorporated areas known as Belvedere and East Los Angeles.

(11) El Monte-Rio Hondo District, which is comprised of the Cities of El Monte, La Puente, Rosemead, and South El Monte and the unincorporated areas known as Avocado Heights, East Arcadia, Hacienda Heights, Mayflower Village, North El Monte, and Rio Hondo.

(12) Glendale District, which is comprised of the Cities of Glendale and La Cañada Flintridge and the unincorporated areas known as La Crescenta and Montrose.

(13) Inglewood District, which is comprised of the Cities of El Segundo, Hawthorne, and Inglewood and the unincorporated areas known as Del Aire, Lennox, West Athens, and Westmont.

(14) Long Beach District, which is comprised of the Cities of Long Beach and Signal Hill.

(15) Los Angeles District, which is comprised of the Cities of Los Angeles and San Fernando.

(16) Los Cerritos District, which is comprised of the Cities of Artesia, Bell Flower, Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens, and Lakewood.

(17) Malibu District, which is comprised of the Cities of Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Malibu, and Westlake Village and the unincorporated areas known as Agoura, Malibu Heights, Topanga, and West Hills.

(18) Newhall-Soledad District, which is comprised of the City of Santa Clarita and the unincorporated areas known as Acton, Agua Dulce, Castaic, Canyon Country, Halsey Canyon, Gorman, Neenach, Newhall, Santa Susana Mountains, Saugus, Stevenson Ranch, Val Verde, and Valencia.

(19) Pasadena District, which is comprised of the Cities of Pasadena, San Marino, Sierra Madre, and South Pasadena and the unincorporated areas known as Altadena, East Pasadena, Kinneloa Mesa, and San Pasqual.

(20) Pomona District, which is comprised of the Cities of Claremont, Diamond Bar, La Verne, Pomona, San Dimas, and Walnut.

(21) Santa Anita District, which is comprised of the Cities of Arcadia, Bradbury, Duarte, and Monrovia and the unincorporated area known as South Monrovia Island.

(22) Santa Monica District, which is comprised of the City of Santa Monica.

(23) South Bay District, which is comprised of the Cities of Gardena, Hermosa Beach, Lawndale, Lomita, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, and Torrance and the unincorporated areas known as Alondra Park and El Camino Village.

(24) Southeast District, which is comprised of the Cities of Bell, Bell Gardens, Cudahy, Huntington Park, Maywood, South Gate, and Vernon and the unincorporated areas known as Florence-Graham and Walnut Park.

(25) Whittier District, which is comprised of the Cities of La Habra Heights, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs, and Whittier and the unincorporated areas known as East Whittier, Rose Hills, South Whittier, and West Whittier-Los Nietos.

(b) For the purpose of publishing notice arising from a location within Los Angeles County that is not within one of the districts described in subdivision (a):

(1) If the location is within five miles of a district, notice shall be published in the nearest district.

(2) If the location is not within five miles of a district, notice shall be given as if the location is in a public notice district without a newspaper of general circulation.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 2. Public Notice Districts by County


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(a) Madera County contains the following public notice districts:

(1) Chowchilla District, which is comprised of the City of Chowchilla.

(2) Madera District, which is comprised of the City of Madera.

(3) Sierra District, which is comprised of the unincorporated areas known as Ahwahnee, Coarsegold, Oakhurst, and Yosemite Lakes.

(b) For the purpose of publishing notice arising from a location within Madera County that is not within one of the districts described in subdivision (a):

(1) If the location is within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be published in the nearest district.

(2) If the location is not within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be given as if the location is in a public notice district without a newspaper of general circulation.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 2. Public Notice Districts by County


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(a) Marin County contains the Central District public notice district, which is comprised of the Cities of Belvedere, Corte Madera, Fairfax, Larkspur, Mill Valley, Novato, Ross, San Anselmo, San Rafael, Sausalito, and Tiburon and the unincorporated area known as Tamalpais-Homestead Valley.

(b) For the purpose of publishing notice arising from a location within Marin County that is not within the district described in subdivision (a):

(1) If the location is within 10 miles of the district, notice shall be published in the district.

(2) If the location is not within 10 miles of the district, notice shall be given as if the location is in a public notice district without a newspaper of general circulation.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 2. Public Notice Districts by County


text: Mariposa County contains a single, countywide public notice district.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 2. Public Notice Districts by County


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(a) Mendocino County contains the following public notice districts:

(1) Arena District, which is comprised of the City of Point Arena.

(2) Little Lake District, which is comprised of the City of Willits.

(3) Ten Mile River District, which is comprised of the City of Fort Bragg.

(4) Ukiah District, which is comprised of the City of Ukiah.

(b) For the purpose of publishing notice arising from a location within Mendocino County that is not within one of the districts described in subdivision (a):

(1) If the location is within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be published in the nearest district.

(2) If the location is not within 10 miles of a district, notice shall be given as if the location is in a public notice district without a newspaper of general circulation.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 2. Public Notice Districts by County