Section 56430 Of Chapter 4. Spheres Of Influence From California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 5. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 4.
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. (a) In order to prepare and to update spheres of influence
in accordance with Section 56425, the commission shall conduct a
service review of the municipal services provided in the county or
other appropriate area designated by the commission. The commission
shall include in the area designated for service review the county,
the region, the subregion, or any other geographic area as is
appropriate for an analysis of the service or services to be
reviewed, and shall prepare a written statement of its determinations
with respect to each of the following:
(1) Growth and population projections for the affected area.
(2) The location and characteristics of any disadvantaged
unincorporated communities within or contiguous to the sphere of
influence.
(3) Present and planned capacity of public facilities, adequacy of
public services, and infrastructure needs or deficiencies including
needs or deficiencies related to sewers, municipal and industrial
water, and structural fire protection in any disadvantaged,
unincorporated communities within or contiguous to the sphere of
influence.
(4) Financial ability of agencies to provide services.
(5) Status of, and opportunities for, shared facilities.
(6) Accountability for community service needs, including
governmental structure and operational efficiencies.
(7) Any other matter related to effective or efficient service
delivery, as required by commission policy.
(b) In conducting a service review, the commission shall
comprehensively review all of the agencies that provide the
identified service or services within the designated geographic area.
The commission may assess various alternatives for improving
efficiency and affordability of infrastructure and service delivery
within and contiguous to the sphere of influence, including, but not
limited to, the consolidation of governmental agencies.
(c) In conducting a service review, the commission may include a
review of whether the agencies under review, including any public
water system as defined in Section 116275, are in compliance with the
California Safe Drinking Water Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with
Section 116270) of Part 12 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety
Code). A public water system may satisfy any request for information
as to compliance with that act by submission of the consumer
confidence or water quality report prepared by the public water
system as provided by Section 116470 of the Health and Safety Code.
(d) The commission may request information, as part of a service
review under this section, from identified public or private entities
that provide wholesale or retail supply of drinking water, including
mutual water companies formed pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with
Section 14300) of Division 3 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code, and
private utilities, as defined in Section 1502 of the Public
Utilities Code.
(e) The commission shall conduct a service review before, or in
conjunction with, but no later than the time it is considering an
action to establish a sphere of influence in accordance with Section
56425 or 56426.5 or to update a sphere of influence pursuant to
Section 56425.