Cal. Mil. & Vet. Code § 1195.2
If the board of directors of the district shall fail to take the action necessary to hold a general district election pursuant to Section 1195, the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is situated may call and hold a special election to vote for members of the board of directors of the district. Such special election shall be held and conducted pursuant to the provisions of Section 1180, at the expense of the district. If, on the 40th day prior to the day fixed for such special election, not more than one candidate has been nominated for each office of member of the board of directors to be filled at such election, and if on the 30th day prior to the day fixed for such election, a petition signed by 5 percent of the qualified electors in the district, requesting that such election be held, has not been presented to the board of supervisors, such election shall not be held, and the board of supervisors shall appoint persons to fill such offices and shall give notice that such election will not be held, substantially as provided in Section 1195.1.
Ca. Mil. and Vet. Code § 1195.2