LAFCO
Inyo - Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO)
PO Drawer L
Independence, CA 93526
Phone: 760-878-0263
FAX: 760-872-2712
Purpose of Inyo LAFCO
The Inyo Local Agency Formation Commission's (LAFCO's) role is to ensure the orderly formation of local government agencies, to preserve agricultural and open space lands and to discourage urban sprawl. LAFCO serves the City of Bishop and over 30 special districts located within the boundaries of Inyo County, California.
On September 26, 2000, Governor Gray Davis signed into law AB 2838 (Chapter 761, Statutes of 2000), authored by Assembly Speaker Robert M. Hertzberg. This legislation, titled the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, marked the most significant reform to local government reorganization law since the 1963 statute that created local agency formation commissions (LAFCOs) in each county. The legislation resulted from the recommendations of the Commission on Local Governance for the 21st Century, created by legislation enacted in 1997. The Commission's recommendations were included in its final report, titled Growth Within Bounds, issued on January 20, 2000. The Commission ceased to exist on July 1, 2000, pursuant to a statutory sunset provision.
Members of the Inyo LAFCO
VOTING MEMBERS
Jeff Griffiths - Inyo County
Scott Marcellin - Inyo County (Chairperson)
Karen Kong - City of Bishop (Vice-Chairperson)
Stephen Muchovej
Allen Toby - Public
Trina Orrill - Alternate: Inyo County
Jim Ellis - Alternate: City of Bishop
INYO LAFCO STAFF
Cathreen Richards - Executive Officer & Planning Director
Sally Faircloth - Staff Analyst & Clerk
Counsel - John Vallejo