LAFCO discusses FPUD-RMWD merger proposal

The proposed consolidation of the Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Rainbow Municipal Water District was discussed at the December 19 meeting of the Special Districts Advisory Committee of San Diego County’s Local Agency Formation Commission.

The committee found that financial savings would occur if FPUD and Rainbow consolidated, and the December 19 recommendations also included that the proposed consolidated district should transition from a seven-member board to an eventual five-member board although the issue of whether directors should be elected by the entire district or by territ...