The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California approved the annexation of 454.41 acres within the Pechanga Indian Reservation.

The April 12 MWD board vote also approves the annexation of that area into the Eastern Municipal Water District and authorizes MWD general manager Jeff Kightlinger to enter into a service area extension agreement with EMWD and Pechanga. The MWD annexation approvals forward that process to Riverside County’s Local Agency Formation Commission, which has the actual authority over jurisdictional boundary changes.