El Dorado County supes’ redistricting causes discord
By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee
El Dorado County supervisors picked a map in June to form the basis of new supervisorial districts, but that decision has a hazy future.
Approved on a split 3-2 vote, that tentative map is facing second thoughts and growing discontent – especially from organized groups on the increasingly powerful west side of the county.
The map approved in June is not a final decision, said Mike Applegarth, a spokesman for the county.
However, he said, “it’s significantly narrowed.”
The supervisors looked at five possible options in April.
After that, county staff took input from public sessions and written comments to redraw districts.
The map they drew was probably the least radical of the options.
“I feel the supervisors are trying to keep as much of the old districts as possible,” said John Raslear, with the Four Seasons Civic League in El Dorado Hills.
To activists in El Dorado Hills, the old isn’t a good thing.