Public health: County of San Luis Obispo and Los Osos Community Services District.

Existing law authorizes the County of San Luis Obispo to undertake any efforts necessary to construct and operate a community wastewater collection and treatment system to meet the wastewater collection and treatment needs within the Los Osos Community Services District. Existing law prohibits the Los Osos Community Services District, on and after January 1, 2007, from undertaking any efforts to design, construct, and operate a community wastewater collection and treatment system within, or for the benefit of, the district, until the County of San Luis Obispo adopts a resolution that would return the responsibility to the Los Osos Community Services District, as specified. This bill would authorize the County of San Luis Obispo, and the Los Osos Community Services District, upon resuming the responsibilities of operating a community wastewater collection and treatment system, to develop a program that would offset the assessments and charges adopted by the county for very low and low-income households with outside funds, including grants. The bill would prohibit the county and the district from including in an assessment or charge an amount to cover the costs in offsetting the services. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of San Luis Obispo and the Los Osos Community Services District.