Article 1. General Provisions of California Water Code >> Division 5. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 1.

The provisions of this chapter are intended to be paramount and controlling as to all matters provided for in, and as to all questions arising out of procedure under, this chapter.

As used in this chapter, "works" includes canals, ditches, levees, dikes, embankments, dams, machinery, and other appropriate or ancillary means of accomplishing the purposes mentioned in this chapter.

As used in this chapter, "city" means any city, town, or municipal corporation incorporated under the laws of this State.

As used in this chapter, "city council" includes the legislative body of any city by whatever name it may be designated.

Every publication required by this chapter shall be made in some newspaper published in the city.

Except as otherwise specifically provided, if publication is in a daily paper the publication shall appear in at least 10 issues thereof, and if in a weekly paper in at least two issues thereof.

No publication shall be deemed to have begun until any required preceding publication has been completed.

A capital improvement project undertaken by a charter city to extend that city's water, sewer, or storm drain system or similar system to a disadvantaged community in an unincorporated area shall be considered a public work for the purpose of Section 1720 of the Labor Code, but any subsequent project to construct, expand, reconstruct, install, or repair such systems that have been so extended and that are conducted within that city's political boundaries shall not be considered a public work for the purpose of Section 1720 of the Labor Code as a result of the extension. For the purpose of this section, "disadvantaged community" means a disadvantaged community as defined in Section 79505.5.