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Los Angeles properties in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone have year-round vegetation rules, with exact clearance measurements and a parcel lookup through LAFD.
Home and property
Los Banos has a street issue form for problems like illegal dumping, potholes, and streetlights, and the form works best with a cross street or pole detail.
Rules and licenses
Lynwood residents and businesses have separate doors for business licenses, online building permits, and everyday requests such as graffiti, bulky items, parking enforcement, water service, and animal control.
Rules and licenses
Madera asks local business license applicants to clear the proposed location and activity with Planning before the license application is processed.
Home and property
MCAlert is Madera County's primary warning system, while MaderaAware and Genasys show address-based evacuation zones, current status, and road closures.
Rules and licenses
Madera County's online permit page asks people to have the property address or Assessor's Parcel Number ready before they apply, pay, or check permit status.
Home and property
Malibu's four base zones give alerts a shared location name, while Genasys Protect carries the live status, routes, roadblocks, and shelter details for an incident.
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Malibu separates imminent-threat notifications, lower-level city alerts, a listen-only hotline, county alerts, evacuation status, and utility outage information.
Home and property
Manteca uses the Citizen Access portal for building permits, permit history research, inspection scheduling, and questions through the permit office.
Rules and licenses
Manteca requires a business license for permanent, temporary, seasonal, and one-time business activity, with requirements that vary by business type.
Rules and licenses
Menifee separates out-of-city, commercial, industrial, home occupation, and special business paths, with some in-city businesses needing a Certificate of Occupancy or added permits.
Home and property
Menifee routes non-urgent reports through the city app or online portal, while urgent non-emergency park safety or maintenance issues use the police non-emergency line.
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Merced Refuse handles solid waste collection inside city limits, including residential and commercial service, street sweeping, leaf collection, alley cleanup, tire amnesty, and bulky drop-off.
Home and property
Merced's important-number page separates billing, water, sewer, storm drains, street maintenance, refuse, trees, signals, and other Public Works questions by phone line.
Rules and licenses
Milpitas routes business license questions through its Business License Center, while building permit questions move through building resources and e-permit tools.
Home and property
Milpitas has a separate city path for code reports, while permit, utility, garbage, and recycling questions use different city pages.
Rules and licenses
Mission Viejo's Client Self Service system handles permit and plan requests, including applications, plan submittals, revisions, inspections, invoices, and status checks.
Home and property
Mission Viejo's Service Request page and MV Life app give residents a direct way to request city service, report issues, or report a problem within the city.
Home and property
HCD must generally be notified within 20 days of a covered mobilehome title-interest transfer, but permanent-foundation homes and tax-status differences can change the path.
Home and property
Modesto separates storm-related reports for street flooding, clogged storm drains, tree emergencies, signal outages, streetlight outages, and power issues, so the right contact matters during heavy rain.
Home and property
Modesto's Utility Billing pages handle start, stop, and transfer service requests, with online and customer service options.
Rules and licenses
Montebello business license work starts online, and a business located in the city must schedule a fire inspection after submitting its application.
Home and property
Monterey County uses three-letter, three-number evacuation zones with Alert Monterey County and a live emergency page that defines warnings, orders, and shelter-in-place actions.
Home and property
Moreno Valley separates Alert MoVal city messages, Alert RivCo county warnings, and Genasys Protect evacuation zones, so residents should set up all three roles.
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