California

Government Code

21,845 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 55361 — When the legislative body of the city or sanitary district to which a request has been made fails to grant permission or prescribe the terms upon which the permission may be granted for three months f
• § 55362 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, proceedings before the Public Utilities Commission shall be had and conducted pursuant to the Public Utilities Act.
• § 55363 — A local agency may make a complaint to the Public Utilities Commission in either of the following cases: (a) If a city or sanitary district refuses to grant permission to construct and maintain condui
• § 55364 — The local agency may make the complaint within one year after making the application and request for permission.
• § 55365 — The complaint shall set forth: (a) Copies of the resolutions of the legislative bodies of the several local agencies, relative to the application and its refusal.
• § 55366 — The Public Utilities Commission shall hear the complaint.
• § 55367 — In the judgment the Public Utilities Commission may prescribe the terms upon which the local agency making the application may use the streets and public places.
• § 554 — From the county seat of Trinity County to Sacramento it is two hundred and seventeen (217) miles.
• § 555 — From the county seat of Tulare County to Sacramento it is two hundred and six (206) miles.
• § 55500 — Counties, cities, and irrigation districts may jointly or severally purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire and operate, manage, and control rock quarries, rock plants, sand pits, cement plants, and oth
• § 556 — From the county seat of Tuolumne County to Sacramento it is one hundred and twenty-five (125) miles.
• § 55600 — As used in this article, “local agency” means a city, chartered city, or a fire protection district.
• § 55601 — As used in this article, “county” means a county in which a county firewarden has been appointed.
• § 55602 — As used in this article, “forest fire” means any fire burning uncontrolled on any lands partially or wholly covered by timber, brush, grass, grain, or other inflammable vegetation.
• § 55603 — The board of supervisors of any county may contract with any local agency within the county, and the legislative body of the local agency may contract with the county, for the performance by the count
• § 55603.5 — Every contract between a county and a city that provides for the furnishing of fire protection services by the county to the city, except a contract to render assistance whenever a fire occurs within
• § 55604 — When the contract has been made, the county firewarden, his deputies, and assistants may exercise the same powers and duties within the local agency as are conferred upon officers charged with the dut
• § 55605 — In the contract the local agency may provide for the payment by it to the county of an agreed consideration to be paid to the county treasurer.
• § 55606 — The board of supervisors may contract with the state, through the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, for the performance by the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection, his or her deputies,
• § 55607 — The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection may contract with the county for the performance by the county fire warden, his or her deputies, and assistants of functions for the prevention or suppre
• § 55608 — When a contract has been made, the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection or the county fire warden may exercise the same powers and duties within the county for the prevention and suppression of fi
• § 55609 — The contract between the county and the State may provide for the duties, directions, and salaries of such personnel upon the terms agreed upon.
• § 55631 — As used in this article, “local agency” means a neighboring city, county, fire protection district, joint powers authority that provides fire protection services, police protection district, federal g
• § 55632 — The legislative body of any local agency may contract with any other local agency for the furnishing of fire or police protection to such other local agency.
• § 55634 — All the privileges and immunities from liability, exemptions from laws and rules, and all pension, relief, disability, workmen’s compensation and all other benefits granted the fire or police force of
• § 55640 — The board of supervisors of a county may provide rescue and resuscitator services throughout the county, and to this end the board may contract with the state, through the Department of Forestry and F
• § 55641 — When a contract has been made, the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection may exercise the same powers and duties within the county for the provision of rescue and resuscitator services which by sta
• § 55642 — The contract between the county and the state may provide for the duties, directions, and salaries of personnel performing rescue and resuscitator services, including volunteer firefighters, upon the
• § 557 — From the county seat of Ventura County to Sacramento it is four hundred and ninety (490) miles.
• § 55700 — As used in this article, “local agency” means a county, city and county, and city, both chartered and general law.
• § 55701 — As used in this article, “legislative body” means the board of supervisors in the case of a county or city and county and the city council or board of trustees in the case of a city.
• § 55702 — As used in this article, “revenue” means revenue derived from the tax collected pursuant to the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law provided for in Part 1.
• § 55703 — Except as specifically provided in this article, and unless the context otherwise requires, terms used in this article shall have the same meaning as the meaning accorded them in the Sales and Use Tax
• § 55704 — In any case in which a legislative body, by resolution, determines that one or more retailers have been established, or will be established, in one local agency and that consumers residing in one or m
• § 55704.5 — Pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 29 of Article XIII of the California Constitution, on or after November 4, 1998, counties, cities and counties, and cities may enter into contracts to apportion
• § 55705 — The apportionment of revenue pursuant to this article shall be on such terms as the parties may agree pursuant to a contract signed by the individuals authorized by the resolution of each legislative
• § 55706 — A copy of the contract and a copy of each resolution shall be transmitted to the auditor, or officer holding the equivalent position, of each local agency which is a party to the contract.
• § 55707 — Except as otherwise provided in Section 55704.
• § 558 — From the county seat of Yolo County to Sacramento it is twenty-three (23) miles.
• § 55800 — (a) (1) As part of the ballot proposition to approve the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 7285) of Part 1.
• § 55802 — (a) The bonds authorized by the voters pursuant to Section 55800 may be issued at any time by the authority and shall be payable from the proceeds of the tax.
• § 55803 — Limited tax bonds issued under this chapter may be used only for the following purposes: (a) To finance the capital outlay expenditures to carry out the purposes of the retail transactions and use tax
• § 55804 — Limited tax bonds shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted at any time, and from time to time, by a two-thirds vote of the governing board of the authority, provided voter approval authorizing
• § 55805 — (a) A resolution providing for the issuance of bonds pursuant to this chapter shall state all of the following: (1) The purposes for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, which may include all co
• § 55806 — The authority may provide for the limited tax bonds to bear a variable or fixed interest rate, for the manner and intervals in which the rate shall vary, and for the dates on which the interest shall
• § 55807 — (a) In the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, the authority may also provide for the call and redemption of the bonds prior to maturity at the times and prices and upon other terms as s
• § 55808 — The principal of, and interest on, the bonds, shall be payable in lawful money of the United States at the office of the treasurer or auditor-controller of the authority, or at other places as may be
• § 55809 — (a) The bonds, or each series thereof, shall be signed by the chairperson or vice chairperson of the governing board of the authority or the treasurer or auditor-controller of the authority, and the o
• § 55810 — The bonds may be sold as the authority determines by resolution, and the bonds may be sold at a price above or below par, whether by negotiated or public sale.
• § 55811 — Delivery of any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter may be made at any place either inside or outside the state, and the purchase price may be received in cash or bank credits.
• § 55812 — All accrued interest and premiums received on the sale of the bonds shall be placed in the fund to be used for the payment of the principal of, and interest on, the bonds, and the remainder of the pro
• § 55813 — (a) The authority may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding bonds to redeem or retire any bonds issued by the authority upon the terms, at the times and in the manner which it deter
• § 55814 — Refunding bonds may be issued in a principal amount sufficient to pay all, or any part of, the principal of the outstanding bonds, the premiums, if any, due upon call and redemption thereof prior to m
• § 55815 — (a) The authority may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of bonds which have been authorized pursuant to this chapter, but which have not been sold or delivered, and may issue negotiable bond an
• § 55816 — Any limited tax bonds issued pursuant to this chapter are a legal investment for all trust funds, for the funds of insurance companies, commercial and savings banks, and trust companies, and for state
• § 55817 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) The authority and its revenues are exempt from all taxes on, or measured by, income.
• § 55818 — (a) Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter do not constitute a debt or liability of the state or of any other public agency, other than the authority issuing the bonds, or a pledge of the faith and cre
• § 55819 — Any action or proceeding wherein the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use tax ordinance provided for in this chapter or the issuance of any bonds thereunder or any of the procee
• § 55820 — The authority has no power to impose any tax other than the transactions and use tax imposed upon approval of the voters in accordance with this chapter.
• § 55821 — If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be
• § 559 — From the county seat of Yuba County to Sacramento it is fifty-two (52) miles.
• § 5600 — “Public body” as used in this chapter means any county, city and county, city, public district, public authority or other public corporation, or any agency of any thereof, which is authorized to issue
• § 56000 — This division shall be known and may be cited as the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000.
• § 56001 — The Legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of the state to encourage orderly growth and development which are essential to the social, fiscal, and economic well-being of the state.
• § 5601 — “Bonds” as used in this chapter means bonds, warrants, notes and other evidences of indebtedness issued by or on behalf of any public body.
• § 56010 — Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
• § 56011 — “Affected city” means any city that contains or would contain, or whose sphere of influence contains or would contain, territory for which a change of organization is proposed or ordered, either singu
• § 56012 — “Affected county” means any county that contains, or would contain, any territory for which a change of organization is proposed or ordered either singularly or as part of a reorganization or that con
• § 56013 — “Affected district” means any special district, as defined by Section 56036, that contains or would contain, or whose sphere of influence contains or would contain, any territory for which a change of
• § 56014 — “Affected local agency” means any local agency that contains, or would contain, or whose sphere of influence contains or would contain, any territory for which a change of organization is proposed or
• § 56015 — “Affected territory” means any territory for which a change of organization, reorganization, or sphere of influence change is proposed or ordered, or any territory to which services are proposed to be
• § 56016 — “Agricultural lands” means land currently used for the purpose of producing an agricultural commodity for commercial purposes, land left fallow under a crop rotational program, or land enrolled in an
• § 56017 — “Annexation” means the inclusion, attachment, or addition of territory to a city or district.
• § 56017.1 — “Applicant” means a local agency or person or persons that submits an application, as defined by Section 56017.
• § 56017.2 — “Application” means any of the following: (a) A resolution of application or petition initiating a change of organization or reorganization with supporting documentation as required by the commission
• § 56019 — “Board of directors” means the legislative body or governing board of a district.
• § 5602 — “Governing body” means a board of supervisors, city council, board of directors or other legislative or governing body which has the power to provide for the issuance of bonds to be issued by or on be
• § 56020 — “Board of supervisors” means the legislative body or governing board of a county.
• § 56020.5 — “Certificate of completion” means the document prepared by the executive officer and recorded with the county recorder that confirms the final successful completion of a change of organization or reor
• § 56020.6 — “Certificate of filing” means the document issued by the executive officer that confirms an application for a change of organization or reorganization has met submission requirements and is accepted f
• § 56020.7 — “Certificate of termination” or “certificate of termination of proceedings” means the document prepared by the executive officer and retained by the commission that indicates that a proposal for a cha
• § 56021 — “Change of organization” means any of the following: (a) A city incorporation.
• § 56023 — “City” means any incorporated chartered or general law city, including any city the name of which includes the word “town.
• § 56024 — “City council” means the legislative body or governing board of a city.
• § 56025 — “City officer” means the mayor or a member of the city council.
• § 56026 — “Clerk” means the clerk or secretary of a commission, county, city, or district, or the clerk or secretary of the legislative body of a county, city, or district.
• § 56027 — “Commission” means a local agency formation commission.
• § 56028 — “Commission proceedings” means proceedings which are taken by a commission pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 56650).
• § 56029 — “Conducting authority” means the commission of the principal county, or the commission’s executive officer when authorized by the commission, when exercising its responsibility to conduct protest proc
• § 5603 — Any provision of law specifying the maximum or minimum denomination of bonds to the contrary notwithstanding, a governing body in its ordinance, resolution or order providing for the issuance of any b
• § 56030 — “Consolidation” means the uniting or joining of two or more cities located in the same county into a single new successor city or two or more districts into a single new successor district.
• § 56031 — (a) “Contiguous” means territory that abuts or shares a common boundary with territory within a local agency.
• § 56032 — “County officer” means a member of the board of supervisors.
• § 56032.5 — “Dependent special district” or “dependent district” includes any special district that has a legislative body that consists, in whole or part, of ex officio members who are officers of a county or an
• § 56033 — “Detachment” means the exclusion, deletion, or removal from a city or district of any portion of the territory of that city or district.
• § 56033.5 — “Disadvantaged unincorporated community” means inhabited territory, as defined by Section 56046, or as determined by commission policy, that constitutes all or a portion of a “disadvantaged community”
• § 56034 — “Disincorporation” means the dissolution, extinguishment, or termination of the existence of a city and the cessation of its corporate powers, except for the purpose of winding up the affairs of the c
• § 56035 — “Dissolution” means the disincorporation, extinguishment, or termination of the existence of a district and the cessation of all its corporate powers, except as the commission may otherwise provide pu
• § 56036 — (a) “District” or “special district” are synonymous and mean an agency of the state, formed pursuant to general law or special act, for the local performance of governmental or proprietary functions w
• § 56036.5 — (a) For the purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 57000) to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 57176), inclusive, of Part 4 or Part 5 (commencing with Section 57300), for each of the followin
• § 56036.6 — (a) For the purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 57000) to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 57176), inclusive, of Part 4 or Part 5 (commencing with Section 57300), none of the following en
• § 56037.2 — “Divestiture of power” means the termination of the power and authority to provide particular functions or classes of services within all or part of the jurisdictional boundaries of a special district
• § 56037.5 — “Elections official” shall have the same meaning as in Section 320 of the Elections Code.
• § 56038 — “Executive officer” means the person appointed by a commission pursuant to Section 56384.
• § 56038.5 — “Feasible” means capable of being accomplished in a successful manner within a reasonable period of time, taking into account economic, legal, social, and technological factors.
• § 56039 — “Formation” means the creation of a district.
• § 5604 — A governing body, in its ordinance, resolution or order providing for the issuance of any bonds, may provide a method whereby, at any time after the original issuance of the bonds, two or more bonds o
• § 56040 — “Function” means any power granted by law to a local agency to provide designated governmental or proprietary services or facilities for the use, benefit, or protection of persons or property.
• § 56041 — “Improvement district” means an area or zone formed for the sole purpose of designating an area which is to bear a special tax or assessment for an improvement benefiting that area.
• § 56042 — “Inactive district” means a special district that meets all of the following: (a) The special district is as defined in Section 56036.
• § 56043 — “Incorporation” means the creation or establishment of a city.
• § 56044 — “Independent district” or “independent special district” includes any special district having a legislative body all of whose members are elected by registered voters or landowners within the district
• § 56045 — “Independent special district officer” means the presiding officer or a member of the legislative body of an independent special district.
• § 56045.5 — “Indirect cost” has the same meaning as used in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 33338 of the Education Code.
• § 56046 — “Inhabited territory” means territory within which there reside 12 or more registered voters.
• § 56047 — “Initiate” or “initiation” means the issuance of a certificate of filing by the executive officer.
• § 56047.5 — “Interested agency” means each local agency which provides facilities or services in the affected territory.
• § 56047.7 — “Joint powers agency” or “joint powers authority” means an agency or entity formed pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act (Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of
• § 56048 — “Landowner” or “owner of land” means any of the following: (a) A person or persons shown as the owner of land on the last equalized assessment roll prepared by the county at the time the determination
• § 56049 — “Landowner-voter” means any person entitled to vote in a landowner-voter district, or the legal representative of that person or, in the case of an election, the proxy of that person if authorized by
• § 56050 — “Landowner-voter district” means a district whose principal act provides that owners of land within the district are entitled to vote upon the election of district officers, the incurring of bonded in
• § 56050.5 — “Latent service or power” means those services, facilities, functions, or powers authorized by the principal act under which the district is formed, but that are not being exercised, as determined by
• § 56051 — “Last equalized assessment roll” means the listing in use by a county, city, or district for the purpose of the annual levy and collection of any taxes or assessments.
• § 56052 — “Legal representative” means an officer of a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company duly authorized to sign for, and on behalf of, the entity.
• § 56053 — “Legislative body” means the governing board of a city, county, or district.
• § 56054 — “Local agency” means a city, county, or district.
• § 56055 — “Member district” means any district which is included, in whole or in part, within another district, a metropolitan water district, or any of the entities enumerated in Section 56036.
• § 56056 — “Merger” means the termination of the existence of a district when the responsibility for the functions, services, assets, and liabilities of that district are assumed by a city as a result of proceed
• § 56057 — “Next equalized assessment roll” means the listing to be equalized and used by a city, county, or district for the purpose of the annual levy and collection of any taxes or assessments imposed by the
• § 56059 — “Open space” means any parcel or area of land or water which is substantially unimproved and devoted to an open-space use, as defined in Section 65560.
• § 56060 — “Open-space use” means any use as defined in Section 65560.
• § 56061 — “Overlap” or “overlapping territory” means territory which is included within the boundaries of two or more districts or within one or more districts and a city or cities.
• § 56062 — “Parent district” means any district, a metropolitan water district, or any of the entities enumerated in Section 56036.
• § 56064 — “Prime agricultural land” means an area of land, whether a single parcel or contiguous parcels, that has not been developed for a use other than an agricultural use and that meets any of the following
• § 56065 — “Principal act” means, in the case of a district, the law under which the district was formed and, in the case of a city, the general laws or the city charter.
• § 56066 — “Principal county” means the county having the greater portion of the entire assessed value, as shown on the last equalized assessment roll of the county or counties, of all taxable property within a
• § 56067 — “Proceeding,” “proceeding for a change of organization,” or “proceeding for a reorganization” means proceedings taken by the commission for a proposed change of organization or reorganization pursuant
• § 56069 — “Proposal” means a desired change of organization or reorganization initiated by a petition or by resolution of application of a legislative body or school district for which a certificate of filing h
• § 56069.5 — “Protest proceedings” means proceedings taken by a commission, or its executive officer when authorized by the commission, as the conducting authority pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 57
• § 56070 — “Public agency” means the state or any state agency, board, or commission, any city, county, city and county, special district, or any agency, board, or commission of the city, county, city and county
• § 56071 — “Registered voter” means any elector registered under, and pursuant to, the Elections Code.
• § 56072 — “Registered-voter district” means a district whose principal act provides that registered voters residing within the district are entitled to vote for the election of district officers, incurring of b
• § 56073 — “Reorganization” means two or more changes of organization contained within a single proposal.
• § 56073.1 — “Resolution of application” means the document adopted by a local agency or school district initiating a change of organization or reorganization pursuant to Section 56654 or the document adopted by a
• § 56074 — “Service” means a specific governmental activity established within, and as a part of, a function of a local agency.
• § 56074.5 — “Service review” means an analysis conducted by the commission documenting and analyzing the services in a particular geographic region or jurisdictional area pursuant to the requirements of Section 5
• § 56075 — “Special assessment district” or “assessment district” means an area fixed, established, and formed by a city, county, district, or the state, pursuant to general law, special act, or charter, that is
• § 56075.5 — “Special reorganization” means a reorganization that includes the detachment of territory from a city or city and county and the incorporation of that entire detached territory as a city.
• § 56076 — “Sphere of influence” means a plan for the probable physical boundaries and service area of a local agency, as determined by the commission.
• § 56077 — “Subject agency” means each district or city for which a change of organization or reorganization is proposed or provided in a plan of reorganization.
• § 56078 — “Subsidiary district” means a district in which a city council is designated as, and empowered to act as, the ex officio board of directors of the district.
• § 56078.5 — “Successor Agency” means the local agency the commission designates to wind up the affairs of a dissolved district.
• § 56079.5 — “Uninhabited territory” means territory within which there reside fewer than 12 registered voters.
• § 56080 — “Urban service area” means developed, undeveloped, or agricultural land, either incorporated or unincorporated, within the sphere of influence of a city, which is served by urban facilities, utilities
• § 56081 — “Voter” means a landowner-voter or a registered voter.
• § 56100 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 56036.
• § 56100.1 — (a) Contributions and expenditures for political purposes related to a proposal or proceeding shall be disclosed and reported pursuant to Article 2.
• § 56102 — For the purpose of any action to determine or contest the validity of any change of organization or reorganization, the change of organization or reorganization shall be deemed to take effect upon the
• § 56103 — An action to determine the validity of any change of organization, reorganization, or sphere of influence determination completed pursuant to this division shall be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (comm
• § 56103.5 — Any action brought in the superior court relating to this division may be subject to a mediation proceeding conducted pursuant to Chapter 9.
• § 56104 — If any provision of this division or the application of any provision of this division in any circumstance or to any person, city, county, district, the state, or any agency or subdivision of the stat
• § 56105 — Any protest or objection pertaining to the regularity or sufficiency of any proceedings or commission proceedings shall be in writing, clearly specify the defect, error, irregularity, or omission to w
• § 56106 — Any provisions in this division governing the time within which an official or the commission is to act shall in all instances, except for notice requirements and the requirements of subdivision (h) o
• § 56107 — (a) This division shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.
• § 56116 — The Legislature declares that the doctrine of automatic merger of a district with a city or the merger by operation of law of a district with a city has no further force or effect.
• § 56117 — A district may be either merged with, or established as, a subsidiary district of a city in the manner provided in this division.
• § 56118 — Except for a proposal for the merger of a then existing subsidiary district, any proposal for a merger or establishment of a subsidiary district authorized by this division shall contain a request in
• § 56119 — It is not necessary for the principal act of any district to adopt or incorporate this division by reference and any change of organization or reorganization provided for by this division may be made
• § 56120 — Where the principal act of any parent district provides that the boundaries of the parent district shall be automatically changed in the event of a change in the boundaries of a member district, or th
• § 56121 — No change of organization or reorganization, or any term or condition of a change of organization or reorganization, shall impair the rights of any bondholder or other creditor of any county, city, or
• § 56122 — Section 56886 and any term and condition provided by, or made pursuant to, that section shall be enforceable by, between, among, and against any public agency or agencies designated in the term and co
• § 56123 — Except as otherwise provided in Section 56124, if a proposed change of organization, reorganization, or determination of a sphere of influence applies to two or more affected counties, for the purpose
• § 56124 — If a proposed change of organization, reorganization, or determination of a sphere of influence applies to two or more affected counties, for purposes of this division, exclusive jurisdiction may be v
• § 56125 — If any reorganization provides for the formation of any new district or districts, the district or districts shall be deemed to have been formed upon compliance with the procedure and provisions of th
• § 56126 — Upon request by the executive officer or the clerk of any county or district, the assessor of any city, county, or district shall furnish estimated assessed valuations, determined by the same methods
• § 56127 — If the legislative body of any of the districts, agencies, or authorities enumerated in subdivision (a) of Section 56036.
• § 56128 — (a) Upon presentation of any application filed pursuant to Section 56127, the commission shall determine that the applicant district, agency, or authority is not a district or special district for pur
• § 56129 — (a) If a public utility has been granted a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing and requiring it to furnish gas or electric service within a certain service area and, as a resul
• § 56130 — Voter approval within the territory, as required by Section 56129, shall be given at an election.
• § 56131 — The executive officer shall file with the Public Utilities Commission a certified copy of any proposal for a change of organization or a reorganization which provides, as a part of the change of organ
• § 56131.5 — (a) Upon the filing of an application for the formation of, annexation to, detachment from, consolidation of, or dissolution of a local health care district created pursuant to Division 23 (commencing
• § 56131.7 — Upon the filing of an application for the formation of, consolidation of, or dissolution of a recreation and park district formed pursuant to the Recreation and Park District Law, Chapter 4 (commencin
• § 56133 — (a) A city or district may provide new or extended services by contract or agreement outside its jurisdictional boundary only if it first requests and receives written approval from the commission of
• § 56134 — (a) (1) For the purposes of this section, “fire protection contract” means a contract or agreement for the exercise of new or extended fire protection services outside a public agency’s jurisdictional
• § 56150 — Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, whenever this division requires notice to be published, posted, or mailed, the notice shall be published, posted, or mailed as provided in this chap
• § 56151 — Notice authorized or required to be given by publication, posting, or mailing shall be given by the clerk or executive officer and shall contain all matters required by any particular provision of thi
• § 56152 — Whenever any notice is required to be given and the duty of giving that notice is not specifically enjoined upon some officer, agency, or person, the clerk or executive officer, as the case may be, sh
• § 56153 — Notice required to be published shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 in one or more newspapers of general circulation within each affected county, affected city, or affected district.
• § 56154 — If the published notice is a notice of a hearing, publication of the notice shall be commenced at least 21 days prior to the date specified in the notice for the hearing.
• § 56155 — Except as otherwise provided in this division, mailed notice shall be sent first class and deposited, postage prepaid, in the United States mails and shall be deemed to have been given when so deposit
• § 56156 — If the mailed notice is notice of a hearing, the notice shall be mailed at least 21 days prior to the date specified in the notice for hearing.
• § 56157 — When mailed notice is required to be given to: (a) A county, city, or district, it shall be addressed to the clerk of the county, city, or district.
• § 56158 — Notice required to be posted shall be posted on or near the doors of the meeting room of the legislative body or commission or upon any official bulletin board used for the purpose of posting public n
• § 56159 — Posted notice shall remain posted for not less than five days.
• § 56160 — The failure of any person or entity to receive notice given pursuant to this division shall not constitute grounds for any court to invalidate any action taken for which the notice was given.
• § 56300 — (a) Each commission shall establish written policies and procedures and exercise its powers pursuant to this part in a manner consistent with those policies and procedures and that encourages and prov
• § 56301 — Among the purposes of a commission are discouraging urban sprawl, preserving open-space and prime agricultural lands, encouraging the efficient provision of government services, and encouraging the or
• § 56325 — There is hereby continued in existence in each county a local agency formation commission.
• § 56326 — In Los Angeles County, the commission shall consist of nine members, appointed as follows: (a) Two appointed by the board of supervisors from its own membership.
• § 56326.5 — In Sacramento County, the commission shall consist of seven members, appointed as follows: (a) Two appointed by the board of supervisors from their own membership.