Gov. Code, § 6085.520 · Article 2. Public Notice Districts by County

Gov. Code, § 6085.520

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

(a) Santa Clara County contains the following public notice districts:

(1) Gilroy-Morgan Hill District, which is comprised of the Cities of Gilroy and Morgan Hill.

(2) Los Gatos-Campbell-Saratoga District, which is comprised of the Cities of Campbell, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, and Saratoga.

(3) Palo Alto-Mountain View District, which is comprised of the Cities of Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View, and Palo Alto and the unincorporated areas known as Loyola and Stanford.

(4) San Jose-Milpitas-Alviso District, which is comprised of the Cities of Milpitas and San Jose and the unincorporated area known as Alum Rock.

(5) Santa Clara-Cupertino District, which is comprised of the Cities of Cupertino and Santa Clara.

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

(b) For the purpose of publishing notice arising from a location within Santa Clara 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.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

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

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV&sectionNum=6085.520.
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