Earlier editions: 2026-07
Title CHA — Charter of the City of Pacific Grove, California
Pacific Grove Municipal Code Art. 42 Newspaper Advertising
Pacific Grove Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Pacific Grove
Cite as: Pacific Grove Municipal Code Article 42 · Text as of 2026-10-04
The Council shall advertise annually for bids for a contract or contracts for official publications, ordinances and other legal notices required to be published. The newspaper or newspapers to which such a contract or contracts are awarded shall be known as an Official Newspaper of the City. Rates for publishing public notices shall not exceed the customary rates charged for publishing legal notices of a private character.
Each bidder seeking to qualify as an Official Newspaper shall include with its bid a verifiable statement of both net paid circulation and net unpaid circulation of its newspaper within the City. The Council may accept more than one bid in any year. During any such year the City may utilize one or more of said Official Newspapers for any legal publications.
In determining which bids are lowest and best, the Council shall take into consideration, without limitation, the circulation, publication rates, frequency of publication and ability to provide legally required advertising.
The Council may reject any and all bids and may, in the event no acceptable bid is received, adopt any other legal method for legal publications.
No employee of an Official Newspaper shall be an employee of the City during his or her employer's term as an Official Newspaper.
(Amended in the November 6, 1990 general election; amended in the June 5, 1984 general election).
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