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.

Next Meeting

The next regular meeting of LAFCO is scheduled for April 7, 2010.
Water Policy Committee

LAFCO's Water Policy Committee will hold its next meeting at 2:30 p.m., Monday, March 15, 2010.
--To receive email notices of all Water Policy Committee meetings, send an email to
info@santacruzlafco.org with the word "water" in the text.
 --LAFCO White Paper

Draft EIR UCSC

The City of Santa Cruz has released a Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Sphere of Influence Amendment and Extraterritorial Water and Sewer Applications concerning part of the UCSC North Campus. The deadline for comments on this Draft EIR was January 19, 2010. For more information:
--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 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 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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