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Lassen supervisors review plan to give special districts a single 16% funding seat on LAFCO
Summary
Supervisors and special‑district representatives discussed a proposal to change LAFCO funding to 16% and to permit one elected representative for all special districts; smaller districts warned the change may still be unaffordable without subsidies from larger districts.
Supervisors and representatives of local special districts spent the meeting’s opening hour debating a proposal to alter how special districts participate on the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) and how LAFCO would be funded.
Staff said the proposal under consideration would set special‑district contributions at 16% of the relevant budget rather than one‑third and would allow the special districts to choose a single representative to sit on the LAFCO board. Staff reported they had sent letters to every special district to gauge interest and supplied annual cost estimates.
Several officials and district representatives said smaller entities could struggle to pay even…
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