Local government: organization.

(1) The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Act of 2000 governs the organization and reorganization of local governmental entities, including, among other things, the annexation of island territories to a city or county. This bill would require a board of supervisors, within 180 days of receiving a petition, to apply for annexation to a city or reorganization that includes an annexation to a city, to adopt a resolution of application for an annexation to a city or reorganization that includes an annexation to a city if the affected territory meets specified conditions, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. (2) The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Act of 2000 requires a local agency formation commission to develop and determine the sphere of influence of each local governmental agency within the county and to enact policies designed to promote the logical and orderly development of areas within the sphere, and requires the commission, in preparing and updating spheres of influence, to conduct a service review of the municipal services provided in the county or other area designated by the commission, and to prepare a written statement of its determinations with respect to the growth and population projections for the affected area, the present and planned capacity of public facilities and adequacy of public services, including infrastructure needs or deficiencies, financial ability of agencies to provide services, status of, and opportunities for, shared facilities, accountability for community service needs, including governmental structure, and operational efficiencies, as specified. This bill would also require the agency to include in its written statement a determination with respect to the location and characteristics, including infrastructure needs or deficiencies, of any disadvantaged inhabited communities, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. The bill would also require a commission, upon the review and update of a sphere of influence on or after July 1, 2010, to include in the review or update of each sphere of influence of a city or special district that provides public facilities or services related to sewers, nonagricultural water, or structural fire protection to include the present and probable need for public facilities and services of disadvantaged inhabited communities. (3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.