Cal. Government Code - GOV § 53520. Section 53520.
As used in this article “local agency” means county, city, city and county, public district or any public or municipal corporation, public agency or public authority.
ARTICLE 6. Notice by Mail [53520. - 53523.]
Cal. Government Code - GOV 6.
in effectCal. Government Code - GOV § 53521. Section 53521.
Whenever by any law of this state a local agency is required to give notice by posting or publication of a hearing on the formation of a local agency or an improvement district, zone, special assessment district or special taxing district within a local agency, or on the consolidation or dissolution of such local agency or the annexation or detachment of territory to or from any of the foregoing, or on the issuance of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness by or for any of the foregoing, the local agency may, in its discretion, cause additional notice of such hearing to be given by mail as follows:
(a)
By mailing such notice, postage prepaid, to all persons owning real property which will be within such local agency, improvement district, zone, special assessment district or other special taxing district when the same is formed, consolidated or dissolved, or within territory proposed to be annexed or detached therefrom or which will or may be taxed or assessed for the payment of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued by or for any thereof, whose names and addresses appear on the last equalized county assessment roll (including the roll of state-assessed property) or are known to the clerk or secretary of the local agency.
(b)
Such notice shall be mailed at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date fixed for the hearing.
Cal. Government Code - GOV § 53522. Section 53522.
The clerk or secretary of the local agency shall, upon the completion of the mailing of the notice, file with the legislative body of the local agency an affidavit setting forth the time and manner of such mailing.
Cal. Government Code - GOV § 53523. Section 53523.
The failure of any addressee of any mailed notice to receive the same shall not affect in any way whatsoever the validity of the proceedings including such hearing nor prevent the legislative body of the local agency from proceeding with any hearing so noticed.
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