cityoflajolla.org<\/a>.<\/p>\nWilson noted cityhood has demonstrated widespread popular support. \u201cA year ago at a town council forum, 87% of La Jollans agreed it was a good idea,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Incorporation is a long and involved process requiring several legal steps with the withdrawing community seeking to become its own municipality working in tandem with their County\u2019s Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO).<\/p>\n
Wilson estimated the preliminary fiscal analysis being redone would cost approximately $60,000 with $55,000 of that amount having already been raised through private donations.<\/p>\n
Wilson said La Jolla incorporation could happen \u201cIf we are able to lease back from the City police, fire, lifeguard and other public services such as water, trash, and wastewater management.\u201d Initially, at least, Wilson said La Jolla would likely remain within the San Diego Unified School District and keep its own library. Later on, the city of La Jolla could reconsider establishing all public services independent of the City of San Diego. He added the city of La Jolla would have its own elected city council, mayor, city manager, and city attorney.<\/p>\n
There are at least two major impediments to La Jolla\u2019s incorporation. One is that it must pass by a simple voter majority both within the boundaries of the proposed city, as well as San Diego as a whole. Successful incorporation also needs to be \u201crevenue neutral.\u201d Revenues the new city receives after incorporating are required to be \u201csubstantially equal\u201d to the amount of savings the entity being detached from gets from no longer providing services to it. If that turns out to be unequal, the newly incorporated entity could be required to pay \u201calimony\u201d for a time to the entity it is detaching from, to compensate it for losses incurred during separation.<\/p>\n
The association has produced a map of a future city of La Jolla bounded by Del Mar on the north, I-5 on the east, and the ocean on the west. Turquoise Street adjoining Pacific Beach would be the new La Jolla city\u2019s southern boundary.<\/p>\n
The legal and organizational hurdles to be cleared are such that new incorporations in San Diego County have been rare. There have been none since 2000. The last four cities in San Diego County to incorporate were Solana Beach and Encinitas in 1986, and Poway and Santee in 1980.<\/p>\n
RULES FOR INCORPORATION<\/p>\n
\u2022 The incorporating entity must work with the County\u2019s Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) to guide it through the process.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The legal process for incorporating a new city can be initiated, or started, in three ways: A petition signed by at least 25% of the registered voters verified residing in the proposed incorporation area; a petition signed by at least 25% of the landowners owning at least 25% of the assessed value of land within the proposed incorporation area; or the legislative body of an affected agency can adopt a resolution of application.<\/p>\n
\u2022 All signatures must be gathered within a six-month period from the date of the first signature. Incorporation petitions must be submitted to LAFCO for filing within 60 days of the date of the last signature on the petition.<\/p>\n
\u2022 LAFCO must set a public hearing for the incorporation within 90 days.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Cities can provide services through a \u201cfull-service\u201d city providing all municipal level services (fire, police, garbage collection, water, sewer, etc.); or a city can be a contract city, providing many of these services through contract(s) with service providers such as special districts, the county or private companies providing contract municipal services.<\/p>\n
\u2022 LAFCO cannot approve a proposal for incorporation unless it finds that the amount of revenues the new city receives from the county and affected agencies after incorporation would be substantially equal to the amount of savings the county or the affected agencies would attain from no longer providing services to the proposed incorporation area.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Elections for incorporation are usually placed on the ballot of the next general election requiring approval by a simple majority of voters both within the boundaries of the area seeking to secede, as well as the City of San Diego as a whole.<\/p>\n
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