California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions LAFCo 101 An Introduction to Local...

California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions

LAFCo 101An Introduction to Local Agency Formation Commissions

Bill Chiat, Executive DirectorCALAFCO

What’s Ahead

Why LAFCo was createdLAFCo’s role and functionsWhat are MSRs and SOIs, and

why do them anyway?How to use LAFCo resourcesYour questions

Promote orderly growth

Prevent sprawl

Preserve agriculture and open space

Assure efficient, sustainable public services

Creates new cities and special districts

Changes boundariesChanges authorized servicesAllows service extensionsPerforms municipal service

reviewsReorganizes local agencies

What Does LAFCo Do??

Post World War II population and housing boom in California

Street car suburbs; scramble to finance and extend services

City annexation "wars;" proliferation of limited purpose special districts

Confusion with multiple local governments

Why Create a LAFCo?

1970 19,953,1341980 23,667,9021990 29,760,0212000 33,871,648

2005 36,132,147

No state commission or statewide agency Local control; no state appointmentsA LAFCo in every county Each LAFCo independent

Legislative Solution(1960 to 1963)

Nearly 50 Years of LAFCo1963 – Knox Nesbitt Act1965 – District Reorganization

Act1971 – Spheres of Influence1972 – Districts seated on LAFCo1985 – Cortese Knox Local

Government Reorganization Act2000 – Cortese Knox Hertzberg

Local Government Reorganization Act

All Local: 2 county supervisors, 2 city council members, 1 public member

29 LAFCos also have 2 special district members

An alternate member in each category

All members are required by law to represent the interests of the entire public

LAFCo CompositionCommissions a Unique Mix

2 county supervisors, 2 city council members, 1 public member

29 LAFCos have 2 special district board members

An alternate member for each category

Members required by law to represent interests of all the public

Commissions a Unique Mix

29 LAFCos with Special District Members

Includes: Counties, cities, most special districts

Does NOT include: Redevelopment agencies or JPAs Community facilities or Mello-Roos

districts School or college districts County boundary lines Bridge and highway districts Transit or rapid transit districts Improvement districts Flood or conservation districts – maybe!

Jurisdiction

Develop and update Spheres of Influence for cities and districts

Prepare Municipal Service Reviews for all local

Work cooperatively with public and private agencies and interests on growth, preservation and service delivery

As a PLANNING Agency

Manages modification of existing agencies and creation of new ones

Approves boundary changes if consistent with spheres

Controls extension of public services

Is prohibited from directly regulating how land is used, but …

As a REGULATORY Agency

The Courts Support LAFCo AuthorityEngaged in the pursuit of

an overriding State purposeIs quasi-legislative; limited

legal challenge to decisionsDeterminations vs. findings

Is the Legislature’s “watch dog” on local governments

Commissioners make final decisions

Adopt local policiesDecisions cannot be appealed

to other administrative bodiesExecutive Officer accountable

to Commission and statutes Administrative authority as an

independent public agency

LAFCos Are Independent

Provides own quarters, equipment, personnel

Appoints an Executive Officer Appoints a Legal Counsel Can contract for staff servicesAdministrative authority as an

independent public agency

LAFCos Are Independent

Must adopt a budget for each fiscal year

Funded by the county, cities and special districts in equal thirds

Local funding formulas are allowed

Processing fees help offset expenses

LAFCo is Funded Locally

Political Reform ActAnnual filing of assets and

campaign contributions is requiredAutomatic disqualification from

decisions related to entitlements for use

Brown ActCEQA

Subject to State Laws

The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000

Governed by Government Code

Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000Became law in January, 2001

§56425 – Spheres of Influence

§56430 – Municipal Service Reviews

A New Stage Set in 2000

Speaker Hertzberg’s Commission on Local Governance for the 21st Century

2000 ReportMost

recommendations incorporated into C-K-H in 2000

Spheres of Influence §56425

(a) “… the commission shall develop and determine the sphere of influence of each local governmental agency within the county and enact policies designed to promote the logical and orderly development of areas within the sphere.”

Typical Sphere of Influence Map

In determining the SOI the commission considers … 1.Present and planned land uses,

including agricultural and open-space

2.Present and probable need for public facilities and services

3.Present capacity of public facilities and adequacy of public services

4.Existence of any social or economic communities of interest

(g) “The commission may recommend governmental reorganizations to particular agencies in the county, using the spheres of influence as the basis for those recommendations.” (added in 2001)

Municipal Service Reviews

§56430 “In order to prepare and to

update spheres of influence in accordance with Section 56425, the commission shall conduct a service review of the municipal services provided in the county or other appropriate area designated by the commission.”

Added in January, 2001

Service Reviews Have Details §56430

Growth projectionsPresent and planned capacityFinancial ability of agencyShared facilities AccountabilityOther matters

Individual agency or jurisdiction

Type of special districtCategory of serviceCountywideRegional or area

MSRs Prepared in Several Methods

When Are SOI/MSRs Done?All Spheres to have been

updated by 1 January 2008Subsequent sphere reviews

every five years, as necessary Leaves “as necessary” to local policy 1 January 2013 next deadline

MSR required with sphere update

LAFCo Resources to Use

Municipal Service ReviewsMaps of Boundaries and

SpheresHistory of Formation and

Changes to Local Agencies Authorized powers

Local Agency Governance and Contact Information

Local Agency Formation Laws

Balance resource preservation with pressure for housing

Infill vs sprawlRegional land and transportation

planning – SB 375Water; infrastructure availabilityUrbanization outside of citiesViable local agencies and

services

Issues on the Horizon

www.calafco.orgInformation and resources on LAFCo law and process

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