California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions

2011 ANNUAL CALAFCO CONFERENCE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE  AB 912 (Gordon) – Dissolution  AB 89 (Budget) – VLF  AB 1430 (Committee) – CKH Definitions  AB 54 (Solorio) – Mutual Water  SB 244 (Wolk) – DUCs  SB 46 (Correa) – Disclosure  AB 46 & 781 (Perez) – Vernon  ABX1 41 (Solorio) – VLF Restoration

2011 ANNUAL CALAFCO CONFERENCE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE  Allows LAFCo to dissolve district  Prior action in an MSR, Sphere, Report  Initiated by Board – Immediate  No protest, no election  Initiated by Affected Agency, LAFCo or Petition  No election, terminate upon 50% protest

2011 ANNUAL CALAFCO CONFERENCE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE  Redirects VLF from cities to safety  Dramatically affects incorporations and inhabited annexations since 2006  Had received enhanced VLF funding to compensate for VLF-property tax swap  AB 1602 (Laird) VLF fix in 2006

2011 ANNUAL CALAFCO CONFERENCE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE  Increases VLF by 0.15% 1 January 2012  Restores VLF to pre-1 July 2011 allocations to local governments  Cities  VLF “Bump”  County of Orange  Funds Local Law Enforcement Account

2011 ANNUAL CALAFCO CONFERENCE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE  Annual bill sponsored by CALAFCO  This year: 85 sections; 29 pages  60 sections updated definitions  25 sections updated related sections of Act  Major improvement in clarity

2011 ANNUAL CALAFCO CONFERENCE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE  Submit boundary map to LAFCo  By 31 December 2012  Respond to LAFCo request for information  Annex territory served by mutual to city or district  MSR: compliance with Safe Drinking Act  Permissive option for LAFCo

2011 ANNUAL CALAFCO CONFERENCE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE  Defines Disadvantaged Unincorporated Communities (DUC)  Inhabited territory: §56046 or Commission  Annexation of contiguous uninhabited territory to a DUC requires 2 applications  10+ acres or Commission policy  Exempt if previous vote or written evidence

2011 ANNUAL CALAFCO CONFERENCE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE  Sphere updates of districts or cities with DUCs within sphere of influence  Consider sewer, water, structural fire needs  Municipal Service Reviews of districts or cities with DUCs within or contiguous to SOI  Consider sewer, water, structural fire needs

2011 ANNUAL CALAFCO CONFERENCE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE  Affects all who file a Form 700 statement of economic interests  Disclose all compensation  Including reimbursements and all monetary and nonmonetary perqs  Posted on agency web site  Includes LAFCo

2011 ANNUAL CALAFCO CONFERENCE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE  Disincorporates any city less than 150 unless Board of Supervisors takes action  Creates a dependent CSD for that territory  Circumvents CKH application process  Allows LAFCo to adopt or oversee terms and conditions for both actions

2011 ANNUAL CALAFCO CONFERENCE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE  Revision of Protest Requirements  Two stage approach  Expand Authority for Service Extensions  § proposal  Special District Consolidation & Review  Legislative Analyst Office report  California Forward Initiatives

2011 ANNUAL CALAFCO CONFERENCE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE