Blowing Up the Water Authority Isn’t Off the Table at LAFCO

Dismantling San Diego’s biggest water broker could be what local boundary referees recommend later this year in the face of ever-rising water rates.

That’s just one of a menu of options that San Diego’s Local Agency Formation Commission, known as LAFCO, will analyze in what’s known as a municipal service review of the San Diego County Water Authority. Reviews like this can inspire further action by the commission, endowed with legislative powers to break up or consolidate cities and government services.

“The commission has to weigh in … on agency’s level of accountability to its constituents present and future,” said Keene Simonds, executive officer of San Diego’s LAFCO. “And, as a part of that, does LAFCO believe restructuring, whether in the form of governance or boundaries, is appropr