White Papers and Reports
REPORTS & Memoranda ARCHIVE
25 Year Summary of LAFCO Activity: 1963-1988 (1988)
Reinventing CKH after the Year 2000 (2001)
Training regarding the changes to LAFCO law after the passage of the Cortese - Knox - Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000.
The Good, the Bad and the Confusing: Current Protest Requirements under the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (2009)
An inventory of protest procedures under the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (“Act”).
WHITE PAPERS
Creating Sustainable Communities and Landscapes (2018)
Produced in partnership with the Strategic Growth Council and the Governor's Office of Planning and Research. This paper is intended to provided practices and tools to all local agencies for successful collaboration on climate-smart growth.
Metamorphosis of Special Districts (2008)
Metamorphosis of Special Districts (Revised 2015)
Metamorphosis of Special Districts: (Revised 2021)
Planning for a Sustainable and Predictable Future: Clarifying LAFCO Authority to Determine Government Code Section 56133(e) Exemption Eligibility (2022)
State of the Art on Agricultural Preservation (2018)
This white paper is a collaboration between CALAFCO and the American Farmland Trust (AFT). The purpose of the White Paper is to inform and inspire LAFCOs seeking to establish new policies, or enhance existing policies, that preserve agricultural land while simultaneously promoting orderly growth and development.
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act and Local Agency Formation Commissions (2016)
This paper summarizes how the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) will impact Local Agency Formation Commissions (LAFCOs) around the State of California. The paper uses a variety of existing documents and sources to describe SGMA and evaluate how this important new law might affect LAFCOs. It is important to note that LAFCOs do not have a formal role in implementing SGMA; however LAFCO can become involved in a number of ways that are discussed in this paper.
