A “newspaper of general circulation” is a newspaper published for the dissemination of local or telegraphic news and intelligence of a general character, which has a bona fide subscription list of paying subscribers, and has been established, printed and published at regular intervals in the State, county, or city where publication, notice by publication, or official advertising is to be given or made for at least one year preceding the date of the publication, notice or advertisement.
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Section § 6000
A "newspaper of general circulation" is one that regularly publishes news and has paid subscribers. It must have been in operation for at least a year in the area where it will be used for official notices or advertisements.
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Section § 6001
This law states that if a newspaper is specifically created for a particular group like a certain profession, trade, community, or cultural group, and aims to entertain or instruct that specific audience, it is not considered a general circulation newspaper.
A newspaper devoted to the interests, or published for the entertainment or instruction of a particular class, profession, trade, calling, race, or denomination, or for any number thereof, when the avowed purpose is to entertain or instruct such classes, is not a newspaper of general circulation.
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Section § 6002
For a newspaper to be considered "established" under the law, it must have existed under the same name for at least one year. However, minor changes to the newspaper's name that don't significantly alter its identity are allowed as per guidelines in Section 6024.
For a newspaper to be “established,” it shall have been in existence under a specified name during the whole of the one-year period; provided, however, nothing herein contained shall prevent a modification of name in accordance with Section 6024 hereof where the modification of name does not substantially change the identity of the newspaper.
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Section § 6003
This law specifies what it means for a newspaper to be considered "printed." For it to qualify, at least 50% of the typesetting and printing activities must be conducted consistently during the whole year. If these criteria are met, the newspaper satisfies the 'printed' requirement according to this section.
For a newspaper to be “printed,” the mechanical work of producing it, that is the work of typesetting and impressing type on paper, shall have been performed during the whole of the one year period.
If a monthly average of at least 50 per cent of the work of typesetting and a monthly average of at least 50 per cent of the work of impressing type on paper is done in accordance with the other provisions of this article, the requirements embodied in “printed” are met.
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Section § 6004
For a newspaper to officially count as being "published," it needs to be printed and available for sale or widely distributed to readers and its subscribers continuously for at least a year.
For a newspaper to be “published,” it shall have been issued from the place where it is printed and sold to or circulated among the people and its subscribers during the whole of the one year period.
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Section § 6004.5
This law states that for a newspaper to be considered a 'newspaper of general circulation,' it must be both printed and published in the same town or city.
In order to qualify as a newspaper of general circulation the newspaper, if either printed or published in a town or city, shall be both printed and published in one and the same town or city.
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Section § 6005
This section explains that the terms "printed" and "published" mean different things. They are two distinct processes that both need to happen to make a newspaper be considered as generally circulated.
“Printed” and “published” are not synonymous. Each relates to separate acts or functions necessary to constitute a newspaper of general circulation.
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Section § 6006
This section states that if a newspaper was already recognized as an established newspaper for general circulation before a specific 1923 law, its status isn't affected. It doesn't matter if the newspaper was printed and published in the same place for a year, as the law required.
Nothing in this chapter alters the standing of any newspaper which, prior to the passage of Chapter 258 of the Statutes of 1923, was an established newspaper of general circulation, irrespective of whether it was printed in the place where it was published for a period of one year as required.
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Section § 6007
This law says that if a newspaper has to stop publishing because of the economic impact of a war involving the United States, it can still keep its status as a 'newspaper of general circulation.' To maintain this status, the newspaper must start publishing again either before the war ends or within a year after the official end of the conflict.
The status of a newspaper of general circulation remains unchanged in the event that the publication of the newspaper is discontinued by reason of economic or other conditions induced by any war to which the United States is a party and the publication is then renewed either while the war is still pending or within a period of one year from and after the date on which hostilities officially terminate.
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Section § 6008
This law outlines the criteria for a newspaper to be considered a "newspaper of general circulation" in a specific area. The newspaper must publish local or general news regularly at least once a week and have paying subscribers for three years. It should distribute significantly within the area it claims to serve and dedicate at least 25% of its content to general news. The newspaper should have just one primary office within the region it covers. For legal recognition, the newspaper can file a verified petition in the local superior court.
(a)CA Government Code § 6008(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a newspaper is a “newspaper of general circulation” if it meets all of the following criteria:
(1)CA Government Code § 6008(a)(1) It is a newspaper published for the dissemination of local or telegraphic news and intelligence of a general character, which has a bona fide subscription list of paying subscribers and has been established and published at regular intervals of not less than weekly in the city, district, or public notice district for which it is seeking adjudication for at least three years preceding the date of adjudication.
(2)CA Government Code § 6008(a)(2) It has a substantial
distribution to paid subscribers in the city, district, or public notice district in which it is seeking adjudication.
(3)CA Government Code § 6008(a)(3) It has maintained a minimum coverage of local or telegraphic news and intelligence of a general character of not less than 25 percent of its total inches during each year of the three-year period.
(4)CA Government Code § 6008(a)(4) It has only one principal office of publication and that office is in the city, district, or public notice district for which it is seeking adjudication.
(b)CA Government Code § 6008(b) For the purposes of Section 6020, a newspaper meeting the criteria of this section which desires to have its standing as a newspaper of general circulation ascertained and established, may, by its publisher, manager, editor, or attorney, file a
verified petition in the superior court of the county in which it is established and published.
(c)CA Government Code § 6008(c) As used in this section:
(1)CA Government Code § 6008(c)(1) “Established” means in existence under a specified name during the whole of the three-year period, except that a modification of name in accordance with Section 6024, where the modification of name does not substantially change the identity of the newspaper, shall not affect the status of the newspaper for the purposes of this definition.
(2)CA Government Code § 6008(c)(2) “Published” means issued from the place where the newspaper is sold to or circulated among the people and its subscribers during the whole of the three-year period.
(3)CA Government Code § 6008(c)(3) “Public
notice district” means a public notice district described in Chapter 1.1 (commencing with Section 6080).
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