Welcome to the Santa Cruz Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) web site.

The Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) was created by State law in 1963 to regulate the boundaries of cities and special districts. There is a LAFCO in each of the 58 counties of California. The objectives of LAFCO are:

  • to encourage efficient service areas for services provided by cities, counties, and special districts;

  • to guide urban development away from prime agricultural lands and open space resources; and

  • to promote orderly growth and discourage urban sprawl.

The Commission in Santa Cruz County is comprised of seven members: two city council members chosen by the mayors of the cities in the county, two county supervisors chosen by the Board of Supervisors, two special district board members chosen by the twenty-four independent special district board chairpersons in the county, and a public member chosen by the other members of LAFCO.

As a public agency, LAFCO discusses and acts upon its business monthly in open public meetings. We welcome your interest and participation in the important matters under study by LAFCO.

 

September 1 Meeting Cancelled

Due to a lack of public hearing items, the LAFCO meeting scheduled for September 1, 2010 has been cancelled.

The next meeting is scheduled for September 29, 2010.

Water Policy Committee

The next LAFCO Water Policy Committee meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010 at 2:30 p.m. in Room 520 of the County Governmental Center. Written comments must be submitted to the LAFCO staff no later than September 15th to be included in the agenda packet for the September 23rd committee meeting.

To receive email notices of all Water Policy Committee meetings, send an email to
info@santacruzlafco.org with a request to be sent notices of Water Policy Committee meetings.
--Policy Paper

EIR for UCSC North Campus
Water and Sewer Service

The City of Santa Cruz has certified a Final Environmental Impact Report for the Sphere of Influence Amendment and Extraterritorial Water and Sewer Applications concerning part of the UCSC North Campus:
--Link to City

Emergency Cell Phone Notification (Reverse 911)

Santa Cruz Regional 9-1-1, which dispatches emergency police, fire, and ambulances in Santa Cruz County, has a service. In cases of imminent threat, it has the capability to make reverse 911 calls to cell phones. In the case of an imminent threat, the Santa Cruz Regional 9-1-1 would make an automated call to cell phones registered to threatened addresses. A sample message might be "At 9:30 on Monday morning, a mandatory evacuation has been ordered for all homes on XZY Road due to threat from the wildfire. " To utilize this service, cell phone users must register with the dispatch center:
--Link Santa Cruz Regional 9-1-1 Registration

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

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