Within 10 days after each assessment is due and payable, the assessor shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation published in the principal county a notice specifying all of the following:
(a) The date on which the assessments became due and payable to the tax collector.
(b) The time when the assessments will be delinquent, or, in the event the board has made an election as provided in Section 36950.5, the times when each half of the assessments will be delinquent.
(c) That upon delinquency a penalty of 5 percent of the amount delinquent will be added thereto and the delinquent property sold to the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 380.)