ARTICLE 1. Calling of Election [20890. - 20896.]

Cal. Water Code - WAT 1.

in effect

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 20890. Section 20890.

Upon making the order on final hearing of the formation petition, the board of supervisors shall call and give notice of a formation election to be held in the proposed district for the purpose of determining whether or not it shall be formed and electing persons to fill the offices of the proposed district if it is formed.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 20891. Section 20891.

The notice of the formation election shall contain: (a) Date and hours of election. (b) Place of polls in each precinct. (c) Description of the land. (d) Name of the proposed district. (e) Offices for which candidates shall be elected at the election.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 20892. Section 20892.

Notice of the formation election shall be published once a week for three weeks previous to the election, in a newspaper published in each affected county.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 20893. Section 20893.

Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail, a written notification of the election call to the executive officer of the local agency formation commission of the county or principal county in which the territory or major portion of the territory of the proposed district is located. Such written notice shall include the name and a description of the proposed district, and may be in the form of a certified copy of the resolution adopted by the legislative body calling the district formation election. The executive officer, within five days after being notified that a district formation election has been called, shall submit to the commission, for its approval or modification, an impartial analysis of the proposed district formation. The impartial analysis shall not exceed 500 words in length and shall include a specific description of the boundaries of the district proposed to be formed. The local agency formation commission, within five days after the receipt of the executive officer’s analysis, shall approve or modify the analysis and submit it to the officials in charge of conducting the district formation election.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 20894. Section 20894.

The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled to vote on the district formation proposition, or any combination of such voters and associations of citizens, may file a written argument for or a written argument against the proposed district formation. Arguments shall not exceed 300 words in length and shall be filed with the officials in charge of conducting the election not less than 54 days prior to the date of the district formation election.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 20895. Section 20895.

If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time prescribed, such election officials shall select one of the arguments for printing and distribution to the voters. In selecting the arguments, the election officials shall give preference and priority in the order named to the arguments of the following: (a) The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board. (b) Individual voters or bona fide associations of citizens or a combination of such voters and associations.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 20896. Section 20896.

(a) The officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and mailed to each voter entitled to vote on the district formation question. (b) The ballot pamphlet printed and mailed pursuant to this section shall contain all of the following in the order prescribed: (1) The complete text of the proposition. (2) The impartial analysis of the proposition prepared by the local agency formation commission. (3) The argument for the proposed district formation. (4) The argument against the proposed district formation. (c) The election officials shall mail a ballot pamphlet to each voter entitled to vote in the district formation election at least 10 days prior to the date of the election. The ballot pamphlet is “official matter” within the meaning of Section 13303 of the Elections Code.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026