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◈ Homepage — https://www.contracostalafco.org/Contra Costa Local Agency Formation Commission Home Meetings/Public Hearings Policies Local Agencies Understanding LAFCO About Us Next Meeting Date Wednesday, June 10, 2026 Board of Supervisors Chambers 1025 Escobar Street, Martinez, CA 94553 | View Map Agendas and Minutes In 1963, the California Legislature responded to the urban boundary wars, and the problem of public finance and service they created, by enacting the Local Agency Formation Commissions (LAFCOs). This law established a commission in each county responsible for overseeing most forms of local government boundary change, including incorporation, annexations, and special district formations. In the interest of more orderly development, LAFCOs were to act as judges of boundary disputes among governments and communities. Since 1963, numerous changes have been made to the law, culminating in the current Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Act of 2000, operative January 1, 2001. News Contra Costa Reclamation Districts MSR July 2025 – Public Review Draft Contra Costa Countywide Reclamation Services MSR-Public Review Draft Municipal Services Review (MSR) & Sphere of Influence (SOI) for County Service Areas Providing Miscellaneous Services Public Review Final Draft April 2025 – MSR & SOI Updates for County Service Areas Providing Miscellaneous Services, public review Final Draft, is now available. MSR & SOI for CSAs Providing Miscellaneous Services DRAFT Special Study – Cemetery Districts August 2023 – the Alamo Lafayette Cemetery District applied to LAFCO to dissolve the district. In response, LAFCO commissioned a special study to review the finances and operations of the two public cemeteries in Contra Costa County. Special Study – Cemetery Districts Report Contra Costa LAFCo Commissioners Receive State Award Contact Contra Costa LAFCO Please contact us if you wish to receive meeting notices, discuss an application, or request public records. Senate Bill 272 Approved on October 11, 2015, Senate Bill 272 adds a section to the California Public Records Act requiring local agencies by July 1, 2016 to create and annually update a catalog of Enterprise Systems and to post the catalog on the local agency’s website Looking for information on a city or special district? Check out our Directory of Local Agencies. Office 40 Muir Rd 1st Fl Martinez CA 94553 View Map Contact Phone: 925-313-7133 Staff Emails ◈ Interior Pages — 10 pages crawledMunicipal Services Review (MSR) & Sphere of Influence (SOI) for County Service Areas Providing Miscellaneous Services Public Review Final Draft – Contra Costa LAFCo Contra Costa Local Agency Formation Commission Toggle navigation Home Meetings/Public Hearings Policies Agricultural & Open Space Preservation Commissioner Handbook Campaign Disclosure Requirements Local Agencies Local Agency Directory Municipal Service Reviews Special Studies Unincorporated Islands Understanding LAFCO About Us Joint Powers Authorities (JPAs) Commissioners and Staff News Financial Documents Request for Proposals Senate Bill 272 Municipal Services Review (MSR) & Sphere of Influence (SOI) for County Service Areas Providing Miscellaneous Services Public Review Final Draft April 4, 2025 April 5, 2025 ccadmin April 2025 – MSR & SOI Updates for County Service Areas Providing Miscellaneous Services, public review Final Draft, is now available. MSR & SOI for CSAs Providing Miscellaneous Services DRAFT permalink . Post navigation Special Study – Cemetery Districts Contra Costa Reclamation Districts MSR Meetings/Public Hearings Local Agency Formation Commission Directory Municipal Service Reviews Unincorporated Islands About Contra Costa LAFCO Request for Proposals Proposal Processing Commissioners and Staff Agricultural & Open Space Preservation Senate Bill 272 Campaign Disclosure Requirements Policies Local Agencies Joint Powers Authorities (JPAs) Commissioner Handbook Search Meeting Archive: 2017 Meeting Archive: 2018 Meeting Archive: 2019 Meeting Archive: 2023 Home Campaign Disclosure Requirements – Contra Costa LAFCo Contra Costa Local Agency Formation Commission Toggle navigation Home Meetings/Public Hearings Policies Agricultural & Open Space Preservation Commissioner Handbook Campaign Disclosure Requirements Local Agencies Local Agency Directory Municipal Service Reviews Special Studies Unincorporated Islands Understanding LAFCO About Us Joint Powers Authorities (JPAs) Commissioners and Staff News Financial Documents Request for Proposals Senate Bill 272 Campaign Disclosure Requirements Any person or combination of persons who directly or indirectly makes an expenditure or independent expenditure for political purposes of $1,000 or more in support of, or in opposition to, a change of organization or reorganization submitted to LAFCO to which Government Code Section 56700.1 applies, shall comply with reporting and disclosure requirements of the Political Reform Act (Government Code Section 81000 et seq.), to the same extent and subject to the same requirements as for local initiative measures. Click on links below for the Commission’s policy and explanation of the requirements and related forms. Should you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact the LAFCO office at 925-335-1094 or via e-mail at [email protected] . Campaign Disclosure Requirements Policy Forms Form 410 (Statement of Organization) Form 460 (Consolidated Campaign Disclosure Form-quarterly) Form 497 (Late Contribution Report) Meetings/Public Hearings Local Agency Formation Commission Directory Municipal Service Reviews Unincorporated Islands About Contra Costa LAFCO Request for Proposals Proposal Processing Commissioners and Staff Agricultural & Open Space Preservation Senate Bill 272 Campaign Disclosure Requirements Policies Local Agencies Joint Powers Authorities (JPAs) Commissioner Handbook Search Meeting Archive: 2017 Meeting Archive: 2018 Meeting Archive: 2019 Meeting Archive: 2023 Home Request for Proposals – Contra Costa LAFCo Contra Costa Local Agency Formation Commission Toggle navigation Home Meetings/Public Hearings Policies Agricultural & Open Space Preservation Commissioner Handbook Campaign Disclosure Requirements Local Agencies Local Agency Directory Municipal Service Reviews Special Studies Unincorporated Islands Understanding LAFCO About Us Joint Powers Authorities (JPAs) Commissioners and Staff News Financial Documents Request for Proposals Senate Bill 272 Request for Proposals none at this time Meetings/Public Hearings Local Agency Formation Commission Directory Municipal Service Reviews Unincorporated Islands About Contra Costa LAFCO Request for Proposals Proposal Processing Commissioners and Staff Agricultural & Open Space Preservation Senate Bill 272 Campaign Disclosure Requirements Policies Local Agencies Joint Powers Authorities (JPAs) Commissioner Handbook Search Meeting Archive: 2017 Meeting Archive: 2018 Meeting Archive: 2019 Meeting Archive: 2023 Home Local Agency Formation Commission Directory – Contra Costa LAFCo Contra Costa Local Agency Formation Commission Toggle navigation Home Meetings/Public Hearings Policies Agricultural & Open Space Preservation Commissioner Handbook Campaign Disclosure Requirements Local Agencies Local Agency Directory Municipal Service Reviews Special Studies Unincorporated Islands Understanding LAFCO About Us Joint Powers Authorities (JPAs) Commissioners and Staff News Financial Documents Request for Proposals Senate Bill 272 Local Agency Formation Commission Directory This document is continuously being updated. The document below is published in PDF format. CC LAFCO Directory 06-2025 Document Sections Title Page Table of Contents Preface & Introduction Section 1 – County of Contra Costa & Cities and Towns Section 2 – Cemetery Districts Section 3 – Community Services District Section 4 – County Service Areas Section 5 – Fire Protection Districts Section 6 – Healthcare Districts Section 7 – Irrigation Districts Section 8 – Mosquito and Vector Control Districts update Section 9 – Municipal Improvement District Section 10 – Municipal Utility District Section 11 – Reclamation Districts Section 12 – Parks & Recreation Section 13 – Resource Conservation Districts Section 14 – Sanitary Districts Section 15 – Water Districts Meetings/Public Hearings Local Agency Formation Commission Directory Municipal Service Reviews Unincorporated Islands About Contra Costa LAFCO Request for Proposals Proposal Processing Commissioners and Staff Agricultural & Open Space Preservation Senate Bill 272 Campaign Disclosure Requirements Policies Local Agencies Joint Powers Authorities (JPAs) Commissioner Handbook Search Meeting Archive: 2017 Meeting Archive: 2018 Meeting Archive: 2019 Meeting Archive: 2023 Home Commissioner Handbook – Contra Costa LAFCo Contra Costa Local Agency Formation Commission Toggle navigation Home Meetings/Public Hearings Policies Agricultural & Open Space Preservation Commissioner Handbook Campaign Disclosure Requirements Local Agencies Local Agency Directory Municipal Service Reviews Special Studies Unincorporated Islands Understanding LAFCO About Us Joint Powers Authorities (JPAs) Commissioners and Staff News Financial Documents Request for Proposals Senate Bill 272 Commissioner Handbook Many of the documents below are published in PDF format, which requires the free Acrobat viewer. To download the viewer software, use the button to the right. Cover page & Table of Contents i. Introduction ii. Why LAFCO? Historical Perspective 1. LAFCO OPERATIONS 1.1 Role of the Commissioner 1.2 Membership 1.3 Powers & Duties 1.4 Rules and Procedures 1.5 Budget & Financial Procedures 1.6 Staffing and Administrative Support 1.7 Personnel Policies & Procedures – to be developed 1.8 CALAFCO 1.9 Roster of Cities and Special Districts 1.10 Conflict of Interest & Financial Disclosure 1.11 Document Retention and Destruction Policy 1.12 Legislative Platform 2. GENERAL POLICIES & PROCEDURES 2.1 Policies and Standards 3. BOUNDARY CHANGE PROCEDURES 3.1 Boundary Change Processing Procedures 3.2 Incorporation Proposal Processing Procedures 3.3 Multi-County Boundary Change Procedures 3.4 City Annexations and Detachments 3.5 District Annexations and Detachments 3.6 District Mergers and Establishment of Subsidiary Districts 3.7 LAFCO-Initiated Proposals 3.8 New or Different Services 3.9 District Dissolution 3.10 District Formation 3.11 District Consolidation 3.12 City Consolidation 3.13 City Disincorporation 3.14 Reorganization 3.15 Provision of Services by Contract 3.16 Provision of Service by Contract (Fire Protection Services) 4. CEQA PROCEDURES 4.1 CEQA Guidelines – to be developed Meetings/Public Hearings Local Agency Formation Commission Directory Municipal Service Reviews Unincorporated Islands About Contra Costa LAFCO Request for Proposals Proposal Processing Commissioners and Staff Agricultural & Open Space Preservation Senate Bill 272 Campaign Disclosure Requirements Policies Local Agencies Joint Powers Authorities (JPAs) Commissioner Handbook Search Meeting Archive: 2017 Meeting Archive: 2018 Meeting Archive: 2019 Meeting Archive: 2023 Home Understanding LAFCO – Contra Costa LAFCo Contra Costa Local Agency Formation Commission Toggle navigation Home Meetings/Public Hearings Policies Agricultural & Open Space Preservation Commissioner Handbook Campaign Disclosure Requirements Local Agencies Local Agency Directory Municipal Service Reviews Special Studies Unincorporated Islands Understanding LAFCO About Us Joint Powers Authorities (JPAs) Commissioners and Staff News Financial Documents Request for Proposals Senate Bill 272 Understanding LAFCO FIRST, THE LAW… LAFCO IMPLEMENTS NEXT, THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE STAFF REGULATORY POWERS AND DUTIES SPHERES OF INFLUENCE AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT STUDIES AND INITIATE CHANGES FACTORS LAFCO MUST CONSIDER PERMITTED TERMS AND CONDITIONS YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE FIRST, THE LAW… LAFCO IMPLEMENTS CORTESE-KNOX-HERTZBERG LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT OF 2000 (Government Code Section 56000 et seq.) LAFCO’s responsibilities are defined by this statute that creates the Commission, mandates its activities and grants it legal authority. Guide to the Cortese–Knox–Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 THE RALPH M. BROWN OPEN MEETING LAW (Government Code Section 54950 et seq.) LAFCO meetings are subject to this State Open Meeting Law. The Commission conducts its business in public. CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) (Public Resource Code Section 21000 et seq.) LAFCOs are subject to State environmental policies, procedures, and public participation rules in environmental matters. CALIFORNIA REVENUE AND TAXATION CODE (Revenue & Taxation Code Section 99 et seq.) LAFCOs commence property tax negotiations among agencies affected by a change of organization and establish the amounts of property tax revenues to be distributed to new cities and districts. NOTE:  To access State Codes on the Internet go to www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html   and follow the instructions for locating specific sections. NEXT, THE COMMISSIONERS… Each California county has a Local Agency Formation Commission. These were formed by the California Legislature in 1963 in response to urban boundary wars and the disappearance of agricultural lands, to promote more orderly development. While their responsibilities have expanded over the years, Commissions generally have the following makeup*: Two City Members (selected by the cities in that county) Two County Members (selected by the Board of Supervisors Two Special District Members (elected by independent special districts in that county) One Public Member (selected by the other six LAFCO Commissioners) Alternate members—one in each category—are also appointed and vote whenever a regular member is absent or disqualified from participating. All members serve four-year terms. *Twenty-eight LAFCOs do not have Special District Members. Others have extra City Members, and at least one LAFCO has no City Members. For a listing of current Contra Costa LAFCO Commissioners please go to the Commissioners and Staff page . Regular meetings are at 1:30 PM, generally on the second Wednesday of each month, in the Board of Supervisors Chambers in Martinez. The public can attend meetings and give testimony. …AND THE STAFF The Commission’s appointed Executive Officer conducts its day-to-day business, prepares staff reports and recommendations on proposals submitted to LAFCO, hires and supervises LAFCO staff, and consults with Legal Counsel, also appointed by the Commission, on matters as necessary. For a listing of current Contra Costa LAFCO Staff please  go to the Commissioners and Staff page . REGULATORY POWERS AND DUTIES… LAFCO is a regulatory agency charged by the State legislature with “discouraging urban sprawl and encouraging the orderly formation and development of local agencies” based on “local circumstances and conditions.” To meet its responsibilities, LAFCO reviews and approves or denies proposals to: Annex land to cities or special districts, Detach land from cities or special districts, Consolidate two or more cities or two or more special districts, Form new special districts and incorporate new cities, Dissolve special districts and disincorporate cities, Merge cities and special districts, Allow cities or special districts to provide services outside of their boundaries. SPHERES OF INFLUENCE… LAFCO is charged by the State Legislature to determine and update at least every five years the “sphere of influence” of each city and special district. A sphere of influence is a plan for the probable physical boundaries and service area of a local agency. Factors that LAFCO must consider in determining spheres of influence are: The present and planned land uses, including agricultural and open space lands, The present and probable needs for public facilities and services in the area, The present capacity of public facilities and adequacy of public services that the agency provides or is authorized to provide, The existence of any social or economic communities of interest in the area if the Commission determines that they are relevant to the agency. LAFCO is required to review and update spheres of influence every five years. AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT STUDIES AND INITIATE CHANGES… The Commission is authorized to inventory and study governmental agencies. In updating spheres of influence LAFCO must prepare Municipal Service Reviews of relevant local agencies and services. Based upon the spheres of influence or special studies, the Commission may initiate proposals to consolidate special districts, merge a special district with a city, dissolve a special district, establish a subsidiary district or any combination of these changes. FACTORS LAFCO MUST CONSIDER… While LAFCO cannot impose conditions that directly regulate land use or subdivision requirements it must consider specific factors when it reviews a proposal. These factors include but are not limited to: Land area and land use, topography, natural boundaries and drainage basins, population, population density, and proximity to other populated areas, Likelihood of significant growth in the area and in adjacent incorporated and unincorporated areas during the next ten years, Effect of the proposed action and of alternate actions on adjacent areas, mutual social and economic interests, and the local governmental structure, Need for organized community services, the present cost and adequacy, and probable future needs for governmental services and controls in the area, Probable effects of the proposal and of alternatives on the cost and adequacy of services and controls in the area and adjacent areas, Ability of the entity to provide services to the area, including the sufficiency of revenues for those services, Timely availability of water supplies adequate for projected needs, Extent to which the proposal will assist the entity in achieving its fair share of regional housing needs, Consistency with appropriate city or county general and specific plans and the sphere of influence of any local agency, which may be applicable to the proposal, Definiteness and certainty of the boundaries of the territory, the non-conformance of proposed boundaries with lines of assessment or ownership, the creation of islands or corridors of unincorporated territory, and other similar matters affecting the proposed boundary, Conformity of the proposal and anticipated effects with adopted Commission policies on providing planned, orderly efficient patterns of urban development. PERMITTED TERMS AND CONDITIONS… When it approves a proposal LAFCO can apply various conditions. These include but are not limited to: Payment for acquisition of existing property; levying or fixing and collecting special or extraordinary taxes, assessments or service charges for payment for acquired property, Disposition of responsibility for outstanding bonds or contractual obligations as well as the amount of responsibility, Formation of new improv Agricultural & Open Space Preservation – Contra Costa LAFCo Contra Costa Local Agency Formation Commission Toggle navigation Home Meetings/Public Hearings Policies Agricultural & Open Space Preservation Commissioner Handbook Campaign Disclosure Requirements Local Agencies Local Agency Directory Municipal Service Reviews Special Studies Unincorporated Islands Understanding LAFCO About Us Joint Powers Authorities (JPAs) Commissioners and Staff News Financial Documents Request for Proposals Senate Bill 272 Agricultural & Open Space Preservation Contra Costa LAFCO adopts Agricultural & Open Space Preservation Policy Contra Costa LAFCO is pleased to announce the final adoption of its Agricultural & Open Space Preservation Policy (AOSPP) . After 18 months of policy work and extensive stakeholder outreach and input, on December 14, 2016, the Commission finalized its first-ever AOSPP. The policy reflects the interests of the many stakeholders in Contra Costa County, including the agricultural, environmental and development communities. We extend our sincere thanks to all who participated and provided input. Why Did Contra Costa LAFCO Adopt an Agricultural & Open Space Preservation Policy? LAFCO’s are charged with: Encouraging orderly formation of cities and special districts Preserving agricultural and open space lands Curbing urban sprawl Encouraging efficient delivery of services LAFCO’s mission involves balancing the competing needs for efficient services, affordable housing, economic opportunity, and preservation and protection of our valuable agricultural and natural resources. LAFCOs are governed by the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (CKH), which has as one of its central tenets the limitation of premature conversion and loss of California’s open space and agricultural lands. Generally, the CKH states: 56001 . The Legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of the state to encourage orderly growth and development which are essential to the social, fiscal, and economic well-being of the state. The Legislature recognizes that the logical formation and determination of local agency boundaries is an important factor in promoting orderly development and in balancing that development with sometimes competing state interests of discouraging urban sprawl, preserving open-space and prime agricultural lands, and efficiently extending government services. Further, the CKH lays out basic guidelines that LAFCOs shall follow in considering boundary change proposals: 56377 . In reviewing and approving or disapproving proposals which could reasonably be expected to induce, facilitate, or lead to the conversion of existing open-space lands to uses other than open-space uses, the commission shall consider all of the following policies and priorities: 1. Development or use of land for other than open-space uses shall be guided away from existing prime agricultural lands in open-space use toward areas containing nonprime agricultural lands, unless that action would not promote the planned, orderly, efficient development of an area. 2. Development of existing vacant or nonprime agricultural lands for urban uses within the existing jurisdiction of a local agency or within the sphere of influence of a local agency should be encouraged before any proposal is approved which would allow for or lead to the development of existing open-space lands for non-open-space uses which are outside of the existing jurisdiction of the local agency or outside of the existing sphere of influence of the local agency Beyond these basic guidelines, LAFCOs are required to develop local policies that encourage efficient urban development while preserving open-space and agricultural lands. What is the purpose of LAFCO’s Agricultural & Open Space Preservation Policy? The purpose of the Contra Costa LAFCO’s AOSPP is threefold: 1) to provide guidance to the applicant on how to assess the impacts on prime agricultural, agricultural and open space lands of applications submitted to LAFCO, and enable the applicant to explain how the applicant intends to mitigate those impacts; 2) to provide a framework for LAFCO to evaluate and process in a consistent manner, applications before LAFCO that involve or impact prime agricultural, agricultural and/or open space lands; and 3) to explain to the public how LAFCO will evaluate and assess applications that affect prime agricultural, agricultural and/or open space lands. The LAFCO AOSPP contains goals, policies and guidelines for the applicant as well as for LAFCO. GOALS - Agriculture and open space are vital and essential to Contra Costa County’s economy and environment. Accordingly, boundary changes for urban development should be proposed, evaluated, and approved in a manner that is consistent with the continuing growth and vitality of agriculture within the county. Open space lands provide the region with invaluable public benefits for all who visit, live and work in Contra Costa County. POLICIES - Contra Costa LAFCO encourages planned, well-ordered, efficient urban development patterns with appropriate consideration to preserving open space, agricultural and prime agricultural lands within those patterns. LAFCO’s Agricultural and Open Space Preservation Policy provides for a mitigation hierarchy which 1) encourages avoidance of impacts to prime agricultural, agricultural and open space lands, 2) minimizes impacts to these lands, and 3) mitigates impacts that cannot be avoided while pursuing orderly growth and development. GUIDELINES - The Guidelines are intended to provide further direction regarding the application of LAFCO’s Goals and Policies; to advise and assist the public, agencies, property owners, farmers, ranchers and other stakeholders with regard to LAFCO’s expectations in reviewing an application that involves prime agricultural, agricultural and/or open space lands; and to provide sample mitigation measures. Frequently Asked Questions To provide further clarification on key issues, and respond to a number of recurrent questions and misperceptions, the LAFCO Policy Committee prepared a Frequently Asked Questions document. For more information regarding the LAFCO AOSPP, please see Background and Chronology . Questions? Please call the LAFCO Office at (925) 335-1094 or email us at [email protected] . 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LAFCO’s expenditures consist of Salaries & Benefits, Services & Supplies, Contingency Reserve, Other Post Employment Benefit (OPEB) Trust, and Contra Costa County Employees’ Retirement Association (CCCERA) fund. LAFCO’s revenue sources include funding from the County, cities and independent special districts (each category of agencies provides one-third of the budget, as determined by the County Auditor-Controller and prorated based on general revenues reported to the State Controller), application fees, interest earnings, and available fund balance. 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Layer 2 — Body · Complete measurement snapshot frozen at mint. Identity, SEO, schema graph, six-layer topology fingerprint, ratio signals, navigation. Law II — Temporal Attestation.
rld:body — contracostalafco.org
{
  "domain": "contracostalafco.org",
  "canonical_url": "https://www.contracostalafco.org/",
  "tld": "org",
  "slug": "contracostalafco-org",
  "status_code": 200,
  "redirect_chain": [],
  "response_time_ms": 1325,
  "ssl_valid": true,
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  "title": "Contra Costa LAFCo",
  "h1": "Contra Costa\nLocal Agency Formation Commission",
  "meta_description": "",
  "lang_declared": "en-US",
  "schema_types": [],
  "schema_score": 0.0,
  "schema_prop_count": 0,
  "schema_gap_list": [],
  "top_semantic_words": [
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    "local",
    "contra",
    "costa",
    "agricultural",
    "agency",
    "space",
    "public",
    "special",
    "meeting",
    "commission",
    "archive",
    "service",
    "districts",
    "formation",
    "policies",
    "services",
    "agencies",
    "commissioners",
    "staff",
    "preservation",
    "proposals",
    "municipal",
    "requirements",
    "disclosure",
    "county",
    "meetings",
    "district",
    "directory",
    "campaign",
    "request",
    "section",
    "commissioner",
    "reviews",
    "powers",
    "senate",
    "bill",
    "handbook",
    "unincorporated",
    "hearings"
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    "nav_ratio": 0.2394,
    "content_to_structure_ratio": 0.087552,
    "external_tld_diversity": 1,
    "self_declaration_coherence": 0.2857,
    "schema_to_navigation_alignment": 0.0,
    "javascript_surface_ratio": 0.0,
    "url_depth_distribution": {
      "depth_0": 13,
      "depth_1": 10,
      "depth_2": 19,
      "depth_3plus": 29
    }
  },
  "semantic_html_ratio": 0.0,
  "javascript_surface_ratio": 0.0,
  "img_alt_coverage": 0.0,
  "robots_complexity_score": 0,
  "ariadne_blocked": false,
  "security_label": "STRONG",
  "https_enforced": true,
  "freshness_label": "CURRENT",
  "tld_starjet_url": "https://globaldataregistry.com/registry/tld/ledger/org",
  "schema_starjet_urls": [],
  "native_text_sample": "Contra Costa\nLocal Agency Formation Commission\nHome\nMeetings/Public Hearings\nPolicies \nLocal Agencies \nUnderstanding LAFCO\nAbout Us \nNext Meeting Date\nWednesday, June 10, 2026\n\nBoard of Supervisors Chambers\n\n1025 Escobar Street, Martinez, CA 94553 | View Map\n\nAgendas and Minutes\n\nIn 1963, the California Legislature responded to the urban boundary wars, and the problem of public finance and service they created, by enacting the Local Agency Formation Commissions (LAFCOs). This law established a c",
  "topology_fingerprint_version": "1.0.0"
}
Layer 3 — Recursive · Empty at mint. Grows forever through accumulated corpus passes. Common edges (Law V), uncommon edges (Law VI), topology cluster scores. The graph builds itself. Law VII — Torus.
rld:recursive — edge_count=0
{
  "edges": [],
  "appended_at": [],
  "edge_count": 0
}
Root-LD v1.0 · root-ld.org · Law I+II+VII root-ld.org ↗
Schema.org Intelligence scored · graph traversal · Law VI negative space
1% coverage · 0 types · 0 props · 0 gaps · click to expand
1%
Schema Utilization Score
NO SCHEMA DETECTED — INVISIBLE TO AI
schema.org v2.0.0 · 0 props extracted · 0 gaps · https://www.contracostalafco.org/
No schema types declared
◈ Schema Graph — Three-Direction Traversal
Declared: None
✓ Implemented
No properties extracted.
✗ Not Implemented / Gap
namegap
openingHoursgap
hasOfferCataloggap
slogangap
urlgap
knowsAboutgap
numberOfEmployeesgap
logogap
descriptiongap
aggregateRatinggap
contactPointgap
priceRangegap
sameAsgap
areaServedgap
legalNamegap
alternateNamegap
emailgap
keywordsgap
addressgap
imagegap
identifiergap
foundingDategap
geogap
telephonegap
No ancestor types — root level.
No sibling types found.
No child types — leaf node.
◈ Structural Negative Type Space — Constitutional Law VI
◈ Action Branch

No structural connection to the Action branch. Graph position measurement. schema.org/Action ↗ · Law III — meaning is yours.

◈ BioChemEntity Branch

No structural connection to the BioChemEntity branch. Graph position measurement. schema.org/BioChemEntity ↗ · Law III — meaning is yours.

◈ CreativeWork Branch

No structural connection to the CreativeWork branch. Graph position measurement. schema.org/CreativeWork ↗ · Law III — meaning is yours.

◈ Event Branch

No structural connection to the Event branch. Graph position measurement. schema.org/Event ↗ · Law III — meaning is yours.

◈ Intangible Branch

No structural connection to the Intangible branch. Graph position measurement. schema.org/Intangible ↗ · Law III — meaning is yours.

◈ MedicalEntity Branch

No structural connection to the MedicalEntity branch. Graph position measurement. schema.org/MedicalEntity ↗ · Law III — meaning is yours.

◈ Organization Branch

No structural connection to the Organization branch. Graph position measurement. schema.org/Organization ↗ · Law III — meaning is yours.

◈ Person Branch

No structural connection to the Person branch. Graph position measurement. schema.org/Person ↗ · Law III — meaning is yours.

◈ Place Branch

No structural connection to the Place branch. Graph position measurement. schema.org/Place ↗ · Law III — meaning is yours.

◈ Product Branch

No structural connection to the Product branch. Graph position measurement. schema.org/Product ↗ · Law III — meaning is yours.

◈ Taxon Branch

No structural connection to the Taxon branch. Graph position measurement. schema.org/Taxon ↗ · Law III — meaning is yours.

◈ Gap List (0 properties unmapped)
◈ Source Schema.org — Raw Extraction (0 blocks)
⚠ NO JSON-LD MARKUP DETECTED
No structured data found at https://www.contracostalafco.org/. This entity is invisible to AI systems that reason from structured data.
schema.org v2.0.0 · source: https://www.contracostalafco.org/ schema.org/Thing ↗
Semantic Words 40 words · frequency ranked · Law III
40 words · top 5: lafco · local · contra · costa · agricultural · click to expand
Top 40 words by frequency from https://www.contracostalafco.org/ + 10 interior pages (3,917 words total). Stop-words stripped. Ranked by repetition.
#1lafco90x · 3.18%
#2local75x · 2.65%
#3contra53x · 1.87%
#4costa53x · 1.87%
#5agricultural49x · 1.73%
#6agency46x · 1.63%
#7space45x · 1.59%
#8public44x · 1.56%
#9special44x · 1.56%
#10meeting42x · 1.48%
#11commission36x · 1.27%
#12archive36x · 1.27%
#13service31x · 1.1%
#14districts31x · 1.1%
#15formation30x · 1.06%
#16policies30x · 1.06%
#17services30x · 1.06%
#18agencies28x · 0.99%
#19commissioners27x · 0.95%
#20staff27x · 0.95%
#21preservation27x · 0.95%
#22proposals27x · 0.95%
#23municipal26x · 0.92%
#24requirements26x · 0.92%
#25disclosure25x · 0.88%
#26county24x · 0.85%
#27meetings23x · 0.81%
#28district23x · 0.81%
#29directory23x · 0.81%
#30campaign23x · 0.81%
#31request22x · 0.78%
#32section22x · 0.78%
#33commissioner22x · 0.78%
#34reviews22x · 0.78%
#35powers22x · 0.78%
#36senate21x · 0.74%
#37bill21x · 0.74%
#38handbook21x · 0.74%
#39unincorporated21x · 0.74%
#40hearings20x · 0.71%
Law III — frequency measured, meaning is the reader's · source: https://www.contracostalafco.org/
Text Topology Fingerprint v1.0.0 · long · 31,073 chars · Law III
Six-layer pre-linguistic shape measurement. Deterministic. Same input, same output, always. Hash: 288898c52b5a8a6e017aa5fb5b937d53...
◈ Signal Matrix
0.288
TTR
0.178
HAPAX
0.822
REP
0.510
BIGRAM
0.617
H2T
0.433
CPRT
2.353
SKEW
4.919
KURT
1.198
C/P
1.751
PENT
0.706
S1P
0.001
NASC
TTR=type-token ratio · HAPAX=hapax ratio · REP=repetition score · BIGRAM=bigram repetition · H2T=hapax-to-type · CPRT=capital token ratio · SKEW=sentence skewness · KURT=sentence kurtosis · C/P=comma-period ratio · PENT=punct entropy · S1P=single-sent para ratio · NASC=non-ASCII ratio
◈ Topology Position
Latin dominant · moderate lexical diversity · short-form declarative register · moderate clause complexity · narrow topic focus · moderate uncommon edge signal
◈ Six Measurement Layers
Layer 1 — Character
0.0011
Non-ASCII Ratio
0.0 = Latin-dominant · 1.0 = fully non-Latin script
Layer 1 — Character
3.3562
Character Entropy
Shannon entropy of character distribution.
Layer 1 — Character
'e' (2636x)
Most Frequent
Highest-frequency character. Law V — common edge.
Layer 2 — Token
0.2881
Type-Token Ratio
Unique tokens / total tokens. Lexical diversity signal.
Layer 2 — Token
0.1777
Hapax Ratio
Tokens appearing exactly once. Law VI — uncommon edge.
Layer 6 — Document
0.6169
Hapax to Type
Hapax count / unique token count.
Layer 3 — Punctuation
1.1985
Comma/Period Ratio
Clause complexity per sentence.
Layer 3 — Punctuation
1.7514
Punct Entropy
Shannon entropy across punctuation types.
Layer 4 — Sentence
87
Sentence Count
Total detected sentences across all crawled pages.
Layer 4 — Sentence
2.3530
Skewness
Positive = long-tail. Negative = conversational.
Layer 5 — Paragraph
0.7059
Single Sent Ratio
High = web copy. Low = academic prose.
Layer 6 — Document
0.8223
Repetition Score
Tokens appearing more than once / total.
◈ Token Length Distribution
1-3
24%
4-6
32%
7-10
34%
11-15
10%
16-20
0%
21+
0%
◈ Density Gradient — TTR per Document Tenth
Front-loaded = abstract/preamble · Flat = consistent prose · Back-loaded = building complexity
◈ Lexical Richness Curve — Rolling Window TTR
0.440.98
Window=50 tokens · Step=25 · 170 data points
topology_fingerprint.py v1.0.0 · sha256: 288898c52b5a8a6e... · Law III + Law VI
Ratio Signals 8 deterministic measurements · the gap is the signal
Eight deterministic measurements. Law I: every value traces to its source stage.
schema density
0.0000
Schema props extracted / top semantic words.
nav ratio
0.2394
Nav URLs / total internal URLs.
content to structure ratio
0.0876
Total words / raw HTML bytes. Content density.
external tld diversity
1
Unique TLD count in outbound links.
self declaration coherence
0.2857
Fuzzy overlap across title / H1 / meta / schema name.
schema to nav alignment
0.0000
Schema type tokens vs nav link text overlap.
javascript surface ratio
0.0000
Fraction of interior pages JS-gated.
URL Depth Distribution
depth_0: 13 · depth_1: 10 · depth_2: 19 · depth_3plus: 29
Internal URLs by path depth. Depth 0 = root.
Tech Stack · Security · Freshness SecurityLabel.STRONG · FreshnessLabel.CURRENT
Sitemap: ✗Robots.txt: ✗Schema.org: ✗Open Graph: ✗Canonical: ✓HTTPS: ✓HSTS: ✓CSP: ✓
Security
SecurityLabel.STRONG
Freshness
FreshnessLabel.CURRENT
Server
BunnyCDN-LA1-852
cmsWordPress
web_serverBunnyCDN-LA1-852
analytics['Google Analytics']
Ledger Appends 1 ledgers · graph edge traversal · Law V+VII
Every ledger this entity appends to. Follow any link to see every other entity in the registry that shares that TLD or schema type. Law VII — Torus. The corridor never ends.
TLD LEDGER
.org
https://globaldataregistry.com/registry/tld/ledger/org ↗
Law V — Common Edge · Law VII — Torus · 1 ledger appends
Build: national-transit-v1.0.0 Spec: Root-LD v1.0 Status: LIVE Minted: 2026-05-16
contracostalafco.org · gdr-af696cb9
contracostalafco.org is recorded in the Global Data Registry — open provenance infrastructure for the machine-readable web.
View the Registry →
A gift from the Global Data Registry

When the Global Data Registry crawled https://www.contracostalafco.org/, we found no structured data — the language AI systems use to understand and describe a business online.

Schema is how ChatGPT, Google, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity know what your business does and how to describe you accurately to your customers. Without it, AI systems are guessing.

The most important field in this block is sameAs — a verified edge connecting your website to your permanent record at the Global Data Registry. This is a free, confirmed link to a real verified source. It costs nothing and gives your website a confirmed node in the graph that AI systems traverse when building answers about your business.

Copy the block below and paste it into the <head> of your website. Or drop it into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini and ask it to extend it with your full business details — that is the fastest path to a complete schema record.

▶   What is schema?

Schema is a standard vocabulary maintained at schema.org that lets websites describe themselves in a language machines can read. When you add schema to your website, you are telling AI systems, search engines, and knowledge graphs exactly what your business is and how it connects to the rest of the web.

Google structured data guide ↗  ·  schema.org ↗  ·  Standard Terminal schema reference ↗

schema.org · verified by Global Data Registry · https://globaldataregistry.com/entity/contracostalafco-org
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@graph": [
    {
      "@type": "WebSite",
      "@id": "https://www.contracostalafco.org/#website",
      "url": "https://www.contracostalafco.org/",
      "name": "contracostalafco.org — Contra Costa LAFCo",
      "sameAs": "https://globaldataregistry.com/entity/contracostalafco-org"
    },
    {
      "@type": "WebPage",
      "@id": "https://www.contracostalafco.org/#webpage",
      "url": "https://www.contracostalafco.org/",
      "name": "contracostalafco.org — Contra Costa LAFCo",
      "isPartOf": {
        "@id": "https://www.contracostalafco.org/#website"
      },
      "keywords": "contracostalafco.org — Contra Costa LAFCo"
    }
  ]
}
◈ Verified source: https://www.contracostalafco.org/ · GDR record: https://globaldataregistry.com/entity/contracostalafco-org · Issued by globaldataregistry.com
Claim your profile at Standard Terminal → View your GDR record ↗

The Global Data Registry is on a mission to give every business and website owner a fair chance at discovery in the AI era of the internet. This schema block is free. No account required. No strings. The sameAs edge is a verified, permanent link — your website's first confirmed node in the machine-readable web.