CALAFCO Conference 2011: LAFCOs and Environmental Justice

1. CALAFCO Conference 2011: LAFCOs and Environmental Justice www.crla.org September 1, 2011

2. Overview • Why should we care? • Why LAFCO? • Why Stakeholder Collaboration? • Examples of efforts underway • Statewide Momentum

3. A Million Californians in DUCs • Inefficiency • Major infrastructure and service deficits • non potable water, insufficient wastewater management • Systematic Exclusion and Neglect

4. Disadvantaged Communities in the San Joaquin Valley PolicyLink, 2009

5. Mapped by Cedar Grove Institute

6. Mapped by Cedar Grove Institute

9. Why LAFCO? • Unique role • Unique power • Unique expertise

10. Why stakeholder involvement • Knowledge • Power • Relationships

11. Collaborative efforts underway • Fresno County - Lanare and Riverdale • Municipal Service Review • Madera – Chowchilla and Fairmead • Sphere of Influence Update • Tulare County – Matheny Tract; County wide • Policy C-5; Municipal Service Reviews • California – SB 244

12. SB 244 • Identification of Fringe and Island DUCs • Assessment and Analysis of services and service needs • Opportunities for Shared Facilities • Possible Annexation of DUCs contiguous to a proposed annexation area

13. Questions?