FGC §458: (a) Not later than December 15 of each year, the department shall provide notice of the details of its proposed recommendations under Section 457 to the board of supervisors of each county affected by

(a) Not later than December 15 of each year, the department shall provide notice of the details of its proposed recommendations under Section 457 to the board of supervisors of each county affected by a recommendation, by certified mail. (b) Not later than the February 1 next following the department’s notice, the board of supervisors of any affected county may elect to hold a public hearing on one or more of the department’s proposed recommendations. The director or the director’s representative shall attend all hearings held pursuant to this subdivision. (c) The board of supervisors of any affected county may, by resolution, elect not to exercise the rights conferred by this section. (d) This section applies only to the counties of, and to those districts or parts of districts in, Siskiyou, Modoc, Trinity, Shasta, Lassen, Plumas, Sierra, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Lake, Madera, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Riverside, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Tehama, Tuolumne, Yolo, and Yuba Counties.