Is a tax sale publicly advertised?

Yes.  State law dictates that the event of a tax sale must be published three (3) times in successive seven (7) day intervals before the tax sale date in a newspaper, or newspapers of general circulation within Los Angeles County.  All parcels in the next tax sale will be advertised in various local newspapers, the first publication date being not less than twenty-one (21) days prior to the date of the sale.