LAFCO Documents

Reference and Instruction Material

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Handbook Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg What's So Special About Special Districts
The LAFCO Commission approved the latest Policies and Procedures Handbook on March 13, 2013.The Handbook is the OC LAFCO collected policies and procedures. This is a complete copy of the California Government Code Section. These are the applicable laws and statutes that all LAFCOs are required to meet. This guide was created by the Senate Local Government Committee to provide a summary on Special Districts and their functions.

CEQA
CEQA - 2013 Local Guidelines
The guidelines are updated as needed to reflect changes enacted by the Legislature.

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As part of the State mandated responsibility to carry out municipal service reviews, Orange County LAFCO has developed the Shared Services Program. The website is exclusively for local agencies to exchange services and share facilities. All public agencies will have the ability to search through member profiles individually or use the search engine to find possible collaborations.

As local governments within Orange County try to balance rising costs and dwindling revenues, the sharing of services can help reduce costs. The program allows cities, special districts, home owners' associations (HOAs), and the County to list what services they can share and what service they need. If a match is found, the program will send an email to the agencies involved. Eventually LAFCO hopes to add private businesses and school districts to the matching service. The Shared Services Website has been commonly referred to as the "eHarmony for public agencies."