LAFCO approves new fee structure

San Diego County’s Local Agency Formation Commission approved an update of processing fees for applications submitted to LAFCO.

LAFCO’s 7-1 vote, Feb. 4, with county Supervisor Jim Desmond opposed, approved the new fees effective May 5. Any proposals submitted before May 5 will not be subject to the new fee structure.

“I believe that this is a good path,” Keene Simonds, LAFCO executive officer, said.

LAFCO has had sporadic updates to its application fees themselves with the most recent being a 10 percent increase in 2007, but the fee structure has not changed since 1972.

“Certainly a lot has c...