Article 3. Advertisements For Bids of California Public Contract Code >> Division 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 3.

(a) Public notice of a project shall be given by publication once a week for at least two consecutive weeks or once a week for more than two consecutive weeks if the longer period of advertising is deemed necessary by the department, as follows:
  (1) In a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the project is located, or if located in more than one county, in such a newspaper in a county in which a major portion of the work is to be done.
  (2) In a trade paper of general circulation published in San Francisco for projects located in County Group No. 1, as defined in Section 187 of the Streets and Highways Code, or in Los Angeles for projects located in County Group No. 2, as defined in said Section 187, devoted primarily to the dissemination of contract and building news among contracting and building materials supply firms.
  (b) The department may publish the notice to bidders for a project in additional trade papers or newspapers of general circulation that it deems advisable.
  (c) In the case of the Department of Transportation, in lieu of the public notice described in subdivision (a), the public notice requirement of this section may instead be met by publishing the notice electronically on that department's Internet Web site.

The notice shall state the time and place for the receiving and opening of sealed bids, describing in general terms the work to be done and that the bids will be required for the entire project and for the performance of separate designated parts of the entire project, when the department determines that segregation is advisable.