Please join the following closed groups designed to provide emergency and information to help make living in the Los Cabos Municipality safer and more enjoyable.
In 2021, Prof. Oscar Leggs Castro, President of the Los Cabos Municipality, in cooperation with the Municipal Council (Cabildo) authorized the formation of a Foreign Resident´s Advisory Board (FAB) which would be a permanent committee of the municipality authorized to work among the foreign resident community, to listen to their concerns, to communicate accurate information regarding their concerns to the leadership of the municipality and to inform non-Spanish speaking residents on events sponsored by the Municipality and on the processes necessary to feel safe and live easier in the Los Cabos Municipality.
In 2022, the President and Municipal leadership established a ¨closed group¨ [members only] WhatsApp Emergency System for English speaking residents. The System is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and every day of the year by Bilingual operators who receive the emergency requests and then communicate to the appropriate emergency responders or policing authorities. This system has a record of very good response time and general foreign resident´s satisfaction.
This ¨closed group¨ is designed for English speaking foreign residents only who reside full or part-time in the Los Cabos Municipality. To apply to join the group, please proved the following information in an e-mail to a member of the Foreign Resident Advisory Board: 1) Full legal name, 2) a Mexican, USA, or Canadian cell phone number with country code, area code, and phone number, and 3) the name of the development, colonial (neighborhood) in which you reside.
NOTE: Exact addresses are not required, however, you are required to have the WhatsApp application on your phone before you can be added to the system. Also, remember that this is not a social media chat group. ONLY requests for emergency assistance are to be communicated on the WhatsApp Emergency System! Abuse of the ¨emergency only¨ use requirement will result in removal from the group. Emergency needs can take place in any part of the Los Cabos Municipality, and the service works anywhere that cell phone service is available. Please become aware of how to ¨pin your location¨ before an emergency occurs to aid in the systems effectiveness. If there is more than one cell phone in use by you or your family while in the Los Cabos Municipality, please make a separate request to join the WhatsApp Emergency System for each phone or family participant.
In 2023, the Foreign Resident Advisory Board created a ¨closed group¨ Facebook group page to communicate to English speaking foreign residents important information on governmental processes (vehicle license plates, driver’s licenses, property taxes, OOMSAPA water issues, garbage collection, and other services provided by the municipality as well as safe events sponsored by the Los Cabos Municipality. Foreign residents can also ask where, when, and how questions on how to get things legally done within the Municipality and Baja California Sur most effectively. There are currently more than 1,700 members in the Facebook Foreign Residents Group.
To join the Foreign Residents Advisory Board´s ¨closed group¨ Facebook information page please go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/frcabo/ and click on ¨join the group.¨ This group is open to foreign residents living full or part-time in the Los Cabos Municipality of Baja California Sur. This site is not intended for tourists and therefore does not provide or otherize advertising for local businesses, restaurants, or professional services. All information is published in the English language. You will need to provide the same information requested above for the WhatsApp Emergency System and your e-mail address.
The Foreign Residents Advisory Board, revdavidlarsen2@gmai.com