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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:
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to encourage efficient service areas for services provided by cities, counties, and special districts;
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to guide urban development away from prime agricultural lands and open space resources; and
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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.
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Bonny Doon Fire Proposal | Bonny Doon Volunteer Fire/Rescue, Inc. has filed a request that LAFCO reconsider LAFCO's disapproval of Application No. 913 to form a Bonny Doon Fire Protection District and detach Bonny Doon from County Service Area 48 (County Fire). LAFCO has scheduled a public hearing to reconsider this matter: 9:30
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December Meeting Date | LAFCO
has cancelled its regular meeting scheduled for December 3, 2008,
and will hold a special meeting on December 8, 2008 to conduct a
public hearing to reconsider its disapproval of the proposal to
form a fire protection district in Bonny Doon. LAFCO will also conduct
other agendized business on December 8, 2008. The December 8th meeting
will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the Santa Cruz City Council Chambers,
809 Center Street, Santa Cruz.
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Emergency Cell Phone Notification (Reverse 911) | The
Santa Cruz Consolidated Emergency Communications Center, which dispatches
911 emergency police, fire, and ambulances in Santa Cruz County,
has a new service. In cases of imminent threat, it now has the capability
to make reverse 911 calls to cell phones. In the case of an imminent
threat, the Communications Center 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 Communications
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