CNPA continues to support and preserve California public notice for its adjudicated members.
Your advocacy team is monitoring and countering legislation that aims to allow governmental agencies to publish notices without engaging an adjudicated newspaper. It also is monitoring action in other states that would similarly disrupt the right to know.Are you posting?
In December 2021, the CNPA Board of Directors voted to approve a bylaw change that requires all
adjudicated CNPA Members to post their public notices on their websites and on CaPublicNotice.com.
CNPA is contacting members that are yet to publish on CaPublicNotice.com as well as on their own websites.A reminder
The purpose of the requirement is to advance the profession’s interest in the effective distribution of
public information and ensure digital access to any notices published in the state by any member of
the public that may be interested in them.Statewide sites overview
With CaPublicNotice.com, CNPA positions adjudicated newspapers as leaders in legal notice
distribution. The statewide site preempts what at least 15 other states have been asked to construct
by law. Currently, there are now 43 press associations operating statewide public notice websites in 44 states in the U.S., according to the Public Notice Resource Center.CaPublicNotice.com, owned by CNPA, provides a manual method to upload notices.
Is your newspaper ready to post to CaPublicNotice.com?Here are some quick guides:
How do I register my newspaper?Uploading to your state websiteThe platform can provide added features for intake and functionality, such as a custom public notice dashboard on your website, with the support of Column, a CNPA Allied Member.Questions? Please contact us anytime.Elsewhere: Carrillo’s bill will hurt newspapers (Antelope Valley Press editorial)
Assemblyman Juan Carrillo’s bill would mean lost revenue for newspapers across the state by changing the way storage unit facilities advertise lien auctions.“Public notice is not vestigial; it’s integral” (Jake Seaton, Column)
