LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake Local Agency Formation Commission, or LAFCo, has scheduled a protest hearing next week for the city of Lakeport’s proposed South Main Street annexation.
The meeting will take place from 11 to 11:15 a.m. Friday, May 6, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
The hearing’s purpose is to receive written protests about the annexation. They will not take testimony about the substance of the city’s application.
The annexation covers nearly 137 acres, made up of 50 parcels, in the area south of the existing Lakeport city limits, adjacent to South Main Street and Soda Bay Road and east of Highway 29.
The city of Lakeport formally began the annexation process in 2019.
LAFCo approved the annexation proposal at a special March 30 meeting subject to a protest proceeding after receiving a small number of written protests from property owners.
LAFCo reported that property owners and voters residing within the annexation area may now file written protests against this proposal.
To be counted, protests must be in writing and submitted before the close of the hearing, and they must be made by owners of land within the area and/or by registered voters residing within the subject detachment territory.
Download a protest form here.
Protests may be mailed to Lake LAFCo, P.O. Box 2694, Granite Bay, CA 95746 or delivered to LAFCo Executive Officer John Benoit or his designee at the protest hearing.
Each protest must clearly state whether it is made by a landowner or a registered voter or submitted for both and must include the name and address of the person submitting it with an original signature.
Landowner protests must also include a street address or assessor’s parcel number identifying the location of the property in question. A registered voter’s protest must show the voter’s name and residence address as it appears on the affidavit of registration.
LAFCo said the value of protests received and not withdrawn before the hearing concludes will be determined within 30 days following the hearing in accordance with Government Code Section 57075.
This annexation may be effective upon recordation of the certificate of completion, LAFCo reported.
For more information, call the LAFCo office at 707-592-7528.
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Lake LAFCO to hold Lakeport annexation protest hearing May 6
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