El Dorado supes to have one more meeting about redistricting
By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee
Seemingly moved by complaints from El Dorado Hills and Cameron Park residents, El Dorado County supervisors unanimously decided Tuesday to postpone a decision on a redistricting map under discussion.
However, they also limited further discussion in a way that will thwart the desires of the activists in the western part of the county.
“They may as well have just adopted the map,” said Rachel Michelin, who spoke representing a new organization, the El Dorado Citizens for Responsible Government, formed in response to the redistricting issue.
El Dorado Hills and Cameron Park residents – with about a third of the county’s total population – have lobbied to have redistricting give them two representatives who would be directly beholden to the suburban communities.
The current proposed map, however, has one supervisor representing most of El Dorado Hills, while other parts of El Dorado Hills and Cameron Park are split between districts dominated by rural populations.