El Dorado County supervisorial districts up for a vote
El Dorado County supervisors are expected to vote Sept. 13 on the redistricting plan, with the first reading Aug. 23.
On the agenda for next week is having the current district that encompasses the South Shore expanding west. It would have the district now represented by Norma Santiago include the entire basin.
Some of the earlier proposals called for splitting the Lake Tahoe portion of El Dorado County into two supervisorial districts as had been done in the past.
— Lake Tahoe News staff report
I only remember the So. Shore having one supervisor/one vote. It seems to me we need 2 supervisors and 2 votes.
Steven, There was a time when we had two supervisors representing us now we are going down to a half of one. We need to pull away from the west slope or have our own group of supervisors that can make decisions based on what’s good for us. We are voted down on everything as we can only count to a half now with the BOD.
We had two local supervisors when about 40% of the county population lived in Tahoe. With the explosive growth around El Dorado Hills and Cameron Park the population shifted westward and Tahoe now has less than 20% of the population which requires District 5 to be expanded so that the supervisor represents approximately 20% of the population. Still probably 90% of the District 5 voters live in Tahoe. The percentages should stay in this range for some time due to West Slope development coming to a grinding halt. In 2020 there probably won’t be a significant change but by 2030 it may become a serious problem. In the meantime the local electorate has to pay attention and keep the local supervisor accountable. As for creating a separate county the idea was tested in, as I recall, the early 80’s. Secession requires approval from both sides of the county, a difficult task.