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Alerts
Santa Barbara LAFCo has opened a 60 day comment period on the Proposed Amendments to Government Code 56133
CA Forward - Final Draft Potential impacts on Special Districts
[590K, PDF]
Newsletters
How Prepared Are You for When Disaster Strikes?
HR and disaster preparedness [242K, PDF]

Position Paper from Montecito Water District on the Prevention of Qugga Mussels in Lake Cachuma

Letter from Montecito Water District to First District Supervisor Carbajal (Santa Babara County Board of Supervisors) on the need to inspect boats transfering into Lake Cachima to prevent the introduction of Qugga (or Zebra) mussels into the local water supply. These mussels can be very small, multiply quicky, affect the lake's ecosystems, can clog waterways and pipelines, and create costly maintence problems. Once infested there is current no way to eliminate the mussels from a waterbody. (195K)
Lawbriefs - Brown Act: Can public employees be prevented from attending a public meeting? [MSWord copy 37K]:
Lawbriefs - Brown Act: Meetings held outside the District: Recent Opinions from the Attorney General [MSWord copy 39K]:
GSD : CLEANER CREEKS AND BEACHES
Goleta Water District Agenda & Minutes / Newsletter
Public Affairs Advisories
A Primer on Special Districts
Whats So Special About Special Dristices - 4th Edition-2010 [147K PDF]
The LAFCO Reform Act of 2000
AB2838 Cortese Knox-Hertzberg Act of 2000 [355K PDF]
Reorganization of LAFCO Commissions
Governor's Office of Planning and Research [OPR] - LAFCO Reform Webpage
Check this webpage for the latest version of the LAFCO Service Review Guidelines
Web-based Resources for Bioterrorism Related Issues.:
SB County Public Health Dept's Presentation [Jan 2002 Meeting.]
Utility Financial Reserves: Policies and Practices [3.49M PDF]:
FCS Group Presentation at the April 2006 Meeting.
Financing Issues for Special Districts [29K PDF] -
MS Word Copy (60K)
Jeff A. Stava's [CSDA's Financal Group] Presentation at the April 2009 Meeting.
Santa Barbara Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP) [3.8M PDF]:
Rob Almy's Presentation to the February 2007 Meeting.
The Performance Dividend - Community Indicators to Performance Measures [6.9M PDF]:
Mike Brown's, County Executive Officer, County of Santa Barbara, CA
Presentation to the May 2010 Meeting.
Link to the official site for California legislative information. 
This WWW site is maintained by the Legislative Counsel of California.

The Corrected SBSDA Bylaws - 2010 
The LAFCO Special District Selection Committee ByLaws as approved on 22 Feb 2010 
The nomination form for the Special District Members of the Santa Barbara LAFCO 
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