Santa Barbara LAFCO approves five-year service-review work plan, declines immediate AI contract
Feb 5, 2026
The Local Agency Formation Commission voted unanimously to move forward with a staff-led five-year municipal service review focusing on fire, police and EMS; commissioners asked staff to collect overtime and dispatch data and declined to purchase a proposed $175,000-per-year AI subscription without a vendor briefing.
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The Santa Barbara Local Agency Formation Commission on Feb. 5 approved a staff-recommended five-year work program to update municipal service reviews for fire, police and emergency medical services and to rehearse sphere-of-influence determinations.
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