{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-56866","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 56866","heading":"","body":"Petitions for a merger of a district which overlaps a city, or for the establishment of the district as a subsidiary district of the city, shall be signed as follows:\n(a) For a registered voter district, by either of the following:\n(1) Five percent of the registered voters of the district.\n(2) Five percent of the registered voters residing within the territory of the city outside the boundaries of the district.\n(b) For a landowner-voter district, by either of the following:\n(1) Five percent of the number of landowner-voters within the district who also own not less than 5 percent of assessed value of land within the district.\n(2) Five percent of the registered voters residing within the territory of the city outside the boundaries of the district.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 5. LOCAL AGENCIES [50001. - 57607.]","DIVISION 3. CORTESE-KNOX-HERTZBERG LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT OF 2000 [56000. - 57550.]","PART 3. COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS FOR A CHANGE OF ORGANIZATION OR REORGANIZATION [56650. - 56898.]","CHAPTER 5. Proceedings for Special Districts [56821. - 56879.5.]","ARTICLE 4. Initiation by Petition [56864. - 56871.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"875702a9178e3c7e78374e11cb633de2a800da737f6862286190082b89098fc6","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-56865","next":"us-ca/gov-56870"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}