County Flips Its Politics at LAFCO

Democrats flipped two seats on the eight-member board in charge of making and breaking San Diego’s boundaries, setting up the board for a lot of potential tie votes.

The San Diego Local Agency Formation Commission, or LAFCO, is now split evenly between liberal and conservative members just as it’s about to take on two supremely hot topics in local politics: La Jolla’s secession from San Diego and an audit of the San Diego County Water Authority. If a commission vote ends in a tie, the issue fails.