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

  • Request for Proposal: ​​LAFCo staff has released a Request for Proposal to conduct a Municipal Service Review (MSR) for the Florin County Water District within the unincorporated area of Sacramento County. This MSR must specifically evaluate the District’s ability and capacity to provide water services within the service area, its finances and governmental structure and be consistent with Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Act (CKH). 
    • To find out more, please check out the Request for Proposal. 
    • Deadline is 3pm on Friday, September 30, 2024. ​
  • Learn More: ​Over the last couple of weeks, 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​. 
  • Del Paso Manor Water District: A separate webpage has been created and can be found with this lin​​k or on the panel to the left. Please watch that page for any updates and to learn more about the LAFCo process.
  • ​Airport South Update: On June 12, 2024, ​LAFCo held a ​hearing to receive public comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR)​ for this project. No decision was made on the project. 

​Recently Approved Municipal Service Reviews

Meetings​​

The next LAFCo hearing is tentatively scheduled for October 2, 2024​. 

​​​​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:

  • Ensure the orderly formation of local governmental agencies
  • Preserve agricultural and open space lands
  • Discourage sprawl

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