Electoral Districts

City Council Narrows the Electoral Districts Draft Maps Down to One Final Map*

City Council Narrows the Electoral Districts Draft Maps Down to One Final Map*

City Manager Charlie McClendon provides an informative video on the electoral districts draft map process up to now, and how you can still provide input prior to ratification. The video can be viewed at https://youtu.be/8Bg0Qof-VLQ.

Recent news:
On Wednesday, August 23rd, the City Council voted 5 to 0 to approve Purple 2 map with a (*) potential modification of the district lines in the downtown area if the census blocks used to draw boundaries align with the proposed change made by Mayor Stan Henry. The change would expand District 2 to allow for more area of the downtown that currently has no residential population to be included, thereby reducing District 1 proportionately. District 2 proposed new boundaries of Purple 2 map under the proposal will include the downtown area north of D street, east of Van Fleet and Monty Hall Drive, head west to Cathedral Canyon Drive along the North Cathedral City Channel, then north to the Whitewater Wash to connect with its current boundary. Mayor Henry suggested this change to divide the downtown among at least two councilmembers in order to guarantee continued progress and for at least two members to carry the responsibility.

Additionally, the Council’s motion stipulated for Districts 3, 4, and 5 to have a city council election in 2018 and Districts 1 and 2 have elections in 2020.

Currently, Mayor Pro Tem Greg Pettis lives in District 1 and he serves as an “at large” member of the council until 2020. Likewise, Councilmember John Aguilar lives in District 2 and he also holds an “at large” seat until 2020 as both councilmembers were elected to four-year terms in the November 2016 election. Councilmember Shelley Kaplan lives in District 1 and his term ends in 2018.

Mayor Stan Henry and Councilmember Mark Carnevale both live in District 3. Both councilmembers are termed out in 2018. District 3’s election will occur in 2018. If both councilmembers decided to run for re-election, then they would have to run against each other.

District 4 and 5 have no current councilmembers living in these districts and both districts are up for election in 2018. The voters in those districts will elect a new councilmember.

You can view NDC’s Purple 2 map and the electoral districts draft map schedule at http://www.cathedralcity.gov/government/electoral-districts

The final electoral district map will be heard in a public hearing as a first reading of an ordinance on September 13, 2017, and as a second and final reading as an ordinance on September 27, 2017. Both readings will allow for additional public input.

Background:
On March 8, 2017, the City Council approved a Resolution initiating procedures for establishing and implementing “by-district” elections for City Council Members starting in November 2018, which is consistent with Elections Code section 10010. The City Council also approved a Resolution specifying the criteria to guide the establishment of electoral districts. These criteria require the districts to be roughly equal in population, and drawn in a manner that does not result in a denial or abridgement of the right of any citizen to vote on account of race or color.

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Chris Parman

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