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Riverside LAFCO adopts one-year limit on voter-initiated annexation petitions
Summary
Riverside LAFCO voted 6-0 to adopt Policy B4, requiring proponents to submit a complete annexation application within one year of petition certification; staff said the change aims to prevent ‘stale’ signatures while allowing case-by-case extension requests to the commission.
Riverside Local Agency Formation Commission on Thursday adopted Policy B4, setting a one-year maximum period for certified voter-initiated annexation petitions to result in a submitted, complete application.
Assistant Executive Officer Crystal Craig told the commission that state law and the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg (CKH) framework do not specify how long certified petitions remain valid. Craig said two pending petition-initiated proposals—one certified about 3½ years ago and another certified four years ago—illustrated the problem of signatures and community support becoming stale over time. "Registered voters change over…
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