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Resident urges LAFCO oversight of Montero Water and Sanitary District
Summary
At the July 15 San Mateo LAFCO meeting, resident Alan Moss told commissioners Montero Water and Sanitary District shut off service on his street, has not answered repeated requests about where effluent is routed and is operating without adequate public accountability; he asked the commission to intervene.
Alan Moss, a Seal Cove resident, told the San Mateo Local Agency Formation Commission at its July 15 meeting that Montero Water and Sanitary District has shut off service to a sewer and water line on his street and has not explained where effluent now flows.
Moss said he has repeatedly asked district management and its attorney for information and received no response. “They issued a statement saying the sewer line and water line running down my street has been cut off and doesn’t take flows anymore,” Moss said, adding he could still see four houses with laterals tied to that line. He said he cannot get the district’s management to talk to him and called for oversight: “No agency of the government is a fiefdom,” Moss said.
The comment came during the meeting’s public comment period. Chair (the meeting’s presiding officer) thanked Moss for appearing and closed public comment after confirming there were no other speakers. The commission did not take formal action on Moss’s request during the meeting.
Why it matters: Moss’s testimony raises operational and transparency questions about a special district that serves a small community; commissioners can request staff follow-up or refer the matter to county oversight or state regulators depending on jurisdictional authority.
What was not stated: Moss said the line was compelled by the district and referenced grinder pumps installed about 25 years ago. He did not provide documentation in the hearing, and district management did not respond during the meeting. The commission did not announce any immediate follow-up assignment or timeline.
Next steps: The commission’s staff could investigate whether the district’s actions fall within LAFCO’s oversight authority or whether the matter should be referred to county environmental health, state regulators, or other appropriate bodies. No such referral was recorded at the July 15 meeting.
