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October 24, 2025 Statement

We are pleased with the trial court’s ruling affirming San Diego LAFCO’s Executive Officer, Keene Simonds, acted fully within his statutory authority when overruling the Registrar of Voters’ improper rejection of signatures due to minor misspellings, nonstandard abbreviations, or legibility issues. Click below to read our full statement...

Welcome to San Diego LAFCO

LAFCO is responsible for coordinating, directing, and overseeing logical and timely changes to local governmental boundaries, including annexation and detachment of territory, incorporation of cities, formation of special districts, and consolidation, merger, and dissolution of districts.

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Welcome to San Diego LAFCO

Local Agency Formation Commissions (LAFCOs) were established in 1963 and responsible under State law to facilitate orderly growth and development in the most efficient manner possible while protecting against the premature conversion of agricultural and open-space resources in all 58 counties in California.

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Welcome to San Diego LAFCO

San Diego LAFCO plans and regulates the boundaries and service areas of nearly 100 local governmental agencies in San Diego County that collectively serve 3.4 million residents and expected to increase on average by 25,000 each year before reaching 3.9 million by 2040.

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