Camarillo--The City of Camarillo held a follow-up discussion, Wednesday, October 27, about Ventura County’s Redistricting efforts and voted to send the Ventura County Board of Supervisors a motion that it, to the greatest extent possible, respect the geographic integrity of the City of Camarillo.
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HE county is currently redrawing supervisorial maps and voted 4-1 to move forward with draft one, which divides Camarillo between two districts, draft two, dividing the city between three districts, and a map from Supervisor Kelly Long, dividing Camarillo between three districts.
The supervisors voted Tuesday, October 19, to move forward with draft maps one and two and the map submitted by Supervisor Long.
Community Relations Officer Michelle D’Anna said the concern with the maps is that it divides Camarillo into multiple districts.
“The city’s desire is to remain whole within one district,” she said. “City staff interacted to use the county’s interactive mapping tool to look at various possibilities for keeping the city whole while achieving the board’s goals for this process.”
She presented a potential map for consideration and said the county could be developed into five new districts and still achieve the priorities the board has established for the county.
“That includes…
