LAFCO remains neutral on RCD participation in GSA

Under Local Agency Formation Commission law, the county LAFCO agency must grant latent powers to a special district if such latent powers are not already authorized by state law. Under a law called the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act local agencies were required to form a Groundwater Sustainability Agency for high-priority and medium-priority basins by July 2017 and have a January 2022 deadline to develop plans to achieve long-term groundwater sustainability.

San Diego County’s LAFCO addressed the inconsistency between the two laws April 5, by approving an addendum to the municipal serv...