§ 13453 Petition For District Formation

• •People can ask to create a special district by signing a petition instead of going through a long process.
• •At least 10% of the voters in the area must sign the petition.
• •The petition must describe the area of the special district and include at least two public agencies or parts of them.
• •If the whole area of a public agency is included, just naming the agency is enough to describe it.

A group of people want to create a special district to improve their local parks.

They can collect signatures from at least 10% of the voters in their area. The petition must describe the boundaries of the new district and include at least two public agencies, like the local school district and the city park department. If they include the entire school district, they just need to write the name of the school district in the petition.