SERVICE & SPHERE OF INFLUENCE REVIEWS
LAFCO periodically performs municipal service reviews and updates as necessary, as well as the sphere of influence of each agency subject to LAFCO’s boundary regulations.
CITIES
—City of Santa Cruz (February 2024)
—City of Watsonville (May 2023)
—City of Capitola (May 2022)
—City of Scotts Valley (March 2021)
FIRE DISTRICTS
—Countywide Fire Protection Service and Sphere Review: 13 Fire Agencies (October 13, 2021)
—Central Fire & CSA 48 / County Fire (June 2018)
—Fire Districts (October 2016)
—South County Fire Service Study (June 2007)
WATER DISTRICTS
—Countywide Water Service and Sphere Review: 9 agencies (August 3, 2022)
—San Lorenzo Valley Water District (November 2020)
—Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency (November 2017)
—Errata for combined review of Reclamation District & PVWMA
—Scotts Valley Water District (May 2021)
—Soquel Creek Water District (May 2017)
—Central Water District (July 2017)
—Felton Water (July 2003)
Please note that the water bill comparisons (Table 23) on page 45 were corrected during the public review process. Contact LAFCO staff to request a copy of the revised table.
RECREATION & PARK DISTRICTS
Countywide Park & Recreation Service & Sphere Review (August 2021)
Parks, Open Space & Cultural Services (May 2018)
Recreation & Park Districts (March 2016)
Errata: On pages 22 and 23 of the public review draft, the discussion of the operations of the Opal Cliffs Recreation District contains errors concerning the Coastal Commission permits. A staff report was prepared for the 2009 permit, but the permit was never approved by the Coastal Commission.
SANITATION DISTRICTS
—FINAL Comprehensive Sanitation Service & Sphere Review (October 2019)
—Freedom County Sanitation District (March 2011)
—Graham Hill Sewer Agencies (September 2013)
—Salsipuedes
—Sanitary District (January 2016)
—Santa Cruz County Sanitation District (May 2011)
MISCELLANEOUS DISTRICTS
—Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (October 2024)
—Pajaro Valley Public Cemetery District (September 2020)
—Resource Conservation District (October 2020)
—Santa Cruz Port District (August 2024)
COUNTY SERVICE AREAS
—CSA 3 Aptos Seascape (April 2024)
—Road Maintenance CSAs (November 2022); Appendices 1 to 34 (Formation Resolutions)
—CSA 9 Public Works (August 2020)
—CSA 11 County Parks (August 2023)
—CSA 12 Septic Maintenance (September 2023)
—CSA 38 Sheriff’s Patrol (January 2024)
—CSA 53 Mosquito Abatement & Vector Control (June 2023)
—CSA 57 Woods Cove – Graham Hill (June 2024)
—CSA 60 Huckleberry Island (March 2020)
COUNTYWIDE SERVICE REVIEW
LAFCO accepted the Countywide Service Review which evaluates municipal-type services provided by 88 agencies with annual budgets that total more than $240,000,000:
—Countywide Service Review (August 2005)