Ayn Wieskamp, East Bay Regional Park District Board President,
Elected as Alameda LAFCo Commissioner

At the November 12, 2008 Alameda County Special Districts Association meeting, officials nominated East Bay Regional Park District Board President, Ayn Wieskamp to serve on the Alameda Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo).

Weiskamp has served as an alternate on LAFCo and has extensive experience in local government planning issues having served for 19 years on the Livermore City Council and on various East Bay Regional Park District liaison committees. She will serve as the Chapter’s non-enterprise special district commissioner and replaces Jocelyn Combs who did not seek re-election. 

LAFCo is a state mandated local agency that oversees boundary changes to cities and special districts, the formation of new agencies including incorporation of new cities, and the consolidation of existing agencies. In California, there are 58 LAFCOs working with nearly 4,000 governmental agencies in 58 counties, approximately 500 cities, and over 3,000 special districts. The broad goals of the agency are to ensure the orderly formation of local government agencies, to preserve agricultural and open space lands, and to discourage urban sprawl.

The East Bay Regional Park District is a special district in Alameda and Contra Costa counties governed by a seven-member board of directors, who are publicly elected to serve four-year terms. Wieskamp will continue serving on the Park District board representing the communities of Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton, Sunol, Newark and part of Fremont.