City of Santa Rosa MSR and SOI Update

May 9, 2024 By Monroe Roush, Senior Analyst The City of Santa Rosa has grown over the past decade, and that growth has brought both opportunities and challenges to the community when it comes to the provision of services. RSG worked with the Sonoma County Local Agency Formation Commission (“LAFCO”) on a Municipal Service Review […]
RSG Speaking at CALAFCO 2023 Staff Workshop

April 20, 2023 Next week, RSG will be moderating two separate workshop sessions at the annual California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions (“CALAFCO”) Staff Workshop, which takes place in-person at Ironstone Vineyards from April 26-28. If you will be attending the conference, please come and say hi to our RSG team: Jim Simon, Wesley […]
La Mirada and Whitter Municipal Services Review Unanimously Approved and What to do with a Joint Sphere of Influence

There’s nothing in state law that prevents multiple agencies sharing a sphere of influence. But one of the primary goals of LA LAFCO was to address whether the city of La Mirada or Whitter should have the 0.86 square mile neighborhood known as both “East La Mirada” and “East Whittier” in the ultimate boundaries of […]