Sacramento Local
Agency Formation
Commission
(LAFCo)
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What's New! ​

  • ​Airport South Update: This project was continued from the April 2, 2025 to the May 7, 2025 LAFCo hearing is scheduled for the proposed amendments to the Sphere of Influence and proposed Final EIR. The hearing packet will be made available on or about April 28, 2025.    
  • Learn More: ​LAFCo staff has created and presented a Munipical Service Review 101 and a LAFCo 101. We encourage you to learn more about this agency by checking out this link​. 

​Recently Approved Municipal Service Reviews

Meetings​​

The next LAFCo hearing is tentatively scheduled for August 6, ​2025​. 

​​​​Regularly scheduled meetings are shown live on Metro Cable channel 14 and are webcast live on Metro Cable TV website. The replay schedule varies, according to prog​ramming.​​​​

Additional Information

  • A new map system​ for looking up service providers under Sacramento LAFCo authority is now available. 
Sphere of Influence Overview

Incorporation v. Annexation: A Comparison

Additional LAFCo Requirements

The current "LAFCo law​" Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000) is available.​


​​​​​What's LAFCo?

Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) is a countywide commission, required in each California county

Our Goals:

  • Promote the orderly formation of governments
  • Preservation of open space and agricultural resources
  • Discourage sprawl
  • Ensure the efficient provision of services​

We Govern:

  • Boundary changes (annexations) of cities and special districts
  • Formation of new agencies
  • Incorporation of new cities and districts
  • Consolidation or reorganization of special districts and or cities
  • Municipal Service Reviews
  • Spheres of Influence Updates

Sacramento LAFCo joins with every LAFCo​​ across the state in accepting greater responsibility for local government service delivery​.​​​​​

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  • Receive announcements​ on completed/updated Municipal Service Reviews, Project Updates and potential LAFCo trainings available to the general public.
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Sacramento Local Agency Formation Commission
commissionclerk@saclafco.org
1112 I Street, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916)874-6458 / FAX (916) 854-9099