LAFCO revises policy on development-related jurisdictional conflicts

Some development proposals are approved by an incorporated city or the county Board of Supervisors with conditions that the property be annexed into that city or into a special district. That sometimes creates a conflict between the city or special district gaining that territory, and the county or special district from which the territory is detached.

Each county in California has a Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) which is responsible for jurisdictional boundary changes, including annexations and detachments as well as consolidations, dissolutions, and city incorporations.

In May 20...