Public Utilities Code section 11652

(a)

The board of supervisors shall canvass, separately, the returns of each public agency and each parcel of unincorporated territory, if any.

(b)

Subject to subdivision (c), the board of supervisors shall declare a district created and established of those public agencies and parcels of unincorporated territory in which a majority of those persons who voted did so in favor of the creation of the district. Those public agencies and parcels of unincorporated territory in which a majority of those persons voting did not vote in favor of the creation of the district shall be excluded from the district.

(c)

A district may be created and established pursuant to subdivision (b) only if the number of registered voters in the approving public agencies and parcels of unincorporated territory is two-thirds or more of the total number of registered voters within the district as proposed to the voters.

Source: Section 11652, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=PUC§ionNum=11652.­ (updated Aug. 8, 2002; accessed Sep. 1, 2025).

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