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.

Terms Used In California Government Code 53521

  • County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
  • local agency: means county, city, city and county, public district or any public or municipal corporation, public agency or public authority. See California Government Code 53520
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18

(b) Such notice shall be mailed at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date fixed for the hearing.

(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1918.)