State law dictates LAFCO composition. In Santa Clara County, LAFCO is composed of seven commissioners:
- Two County Supervisors appointed by the Board of Supervisors
- One Council Member from the City of San Jose appointed by the City Council
- One Council Member from any of the other cities appointed by the Cities Selection Committee
- Two Board Members from independent special districts – one appointed by the Santa Clara Valley Water District, one appointed by the Independent Special District Selection Committee
- One Public Member appointed by the other members of the Commission
Alternate commissioners are appointed for each of the categories.
State law provides that LAFCO commissioners must exercise independent judgment and represent the interests of the public as a whole in furthering the purposes of LAFCO and not solely the interests of their appointing authority.
All correspondence to LAFCO should be sent to the LAFCO office:
LAFCO of Santa Clara County
777 North First Street, Suite 410
San Jose, CA 95112
Email: lafco@ceo.sccgov.org
Individual commissioners may be contacted using the information provided below.
Commissioners
Sylvia Arenas
County Member
Phone: (408) 299-5010
Email: sylvia.arenas@bos.sccgov.org
First Appointed: January 2023
Current Term Expires: May 2026
Jim Beall
Special Districts Member
Phone: (408) 265-2600
Email: JBeall@valleywater.org
First Appointed: January 2023
Current Term Expires: May 2023
Rosemary Kamei
City of San Jose Member
Phone: (408) 535-4901
Email: rosemary.kamei@sanjoseca.gov
First Appointed: January 2023
Current Term Expires: May 2024
Yoriko Kishimoto
Special Districts Member
Phone: (650) 323-5590
Email: ykishimoto@openspace.org
First Appointed: January 2013
Current Term Expires: May 2025
Otto Lee
County Member
Phone: (408) 299-5030
Email: Supervisor.Lee@bos.sccgov.org
First Appointed: January 2023
Current Term Expires: May 2026
Susan Vicklund Wilson
Public Member
Phone: (408) 219-8806
Email: Susan@svwilsonlaw.com
First Appointed: June 1995
Current Term Expires: May 2023
Alternate Commissioners
Helen Chapman
Alternate Special Districts Member
Phone: (408) 780-4545
Email: district3@openspaceauthority.org
First Appointed: January 2021
Current Term Expires: May 2025
Cindy Chavez
Alternate County Member
Phone: (408) 299-5001
Email: cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org
First Appointed: August 2013
Current Term Expires: May 2025
Russ Melton
Alternate Cities Member
Phone: (650) 455-1163
Email: meltoncouncil@sunnyvale.ca.gov
First Appointed: January 2017
Current Term Expires: May 2023
Terry Trumbull
Alternate Public Member
Phone: (650) 328-9081
Email: terrytrumbull1011@gmail.com
First Appointed: May 2003
Current Term Expires: May 2023