Whats a LAFCO?
Despite the acronym, LAFCO is not a hot new comedy club (we are LAFCO, not Laugh Co.!!). From city limits to cemetery districts, Local Agency Formation Commissions (LAFCOs) are independent, quasi-legislative agencies created in 1963 by the California Legislature to control the boundaries of cities and most special districts. In carrying out this function LAFCOs are charged with encouraging the orderly formation and expansion of cities and most special districts, preserving agricultural land resources and discouraging urban sprawl. In the 1950s and early 1960s, California experienced a period of explosive growth. New cities were created, and existing cities were expanded, in what many planners and civic leaders considered an inefficient manner. A number of new or expanded cities had such irregular boundaries that service provision to some areas was infeasible. Numerous special districts were being formed to serve small or difficult to serve areas leading to inefficient or expensive serv
