From Supervisor Suzanne Jones - District 4 Newsletter

Placer County Redistricting Commission Public Meetings...

The process of revising Placer County’s supervisorial district boundaries is underway!

South Placer residents are invited to join Redistricting Placer presentations - in Roseville at The Martha Riley Library on August 23rd at 5:00 PM, and at the Granite Bay Library on August 25th at 5:30 PM . Visit the Redistricting Placer’s full calendar web page for meeting details.  Members of the commission are hoping to receive input from the public before they receive final 2020 Census population data, expected in September.

The Redistricting Placer interactive website https://www.placer.ca.gov/redistricting , is a roadmap for how residents can participate in redrawing Placer’s supervisorial district boundaries to reflect population changes reported in the 2020 Census

Full meeting details are available on the Redistricting Placer website, and Residents can stay up to date on redistricting in Placer County by subscribing to Redistricting Placer informational updates at the Redistricting Placer website:  https://www.placer.ca.gov/redistricting

Placer County’s redistricting presentation at the City of Roseville’s City Council meeting June 16 is available to watch online: City Council Meeting of June 16, 2021 - City of Roseville, CA - YouTube

The Placer County Board of Supervisors in February voted to appoint the Placer County Planning Commission to act as the Advisory Redistricting Commission to draw redistricting maps, which will ultimately be brought forward to the public and board for formal review and adoption.

The following residents serve on the Advisory Redistricting Commission: Samuel Cannon, District 1; Nathan Herzog, District 2; Anthony DeMattei, District 3; Daniel Woodward, District 4; Anders Hauge, District 5; Larry Sevison, At-Large East of Sierra Crest; Richard Johnson, At-Large West of Sierra Crest.

Redistricting takes place every 10 years after the federal census. Using the Census data, county officials realign supervisorial districts in their counties, accounting for shifts in population growth since the last Census and assuring equal representation for their constituents in compliance with the “one-person, one-vote” principle of the Voting Rights Act.

Historic Conservation Program Commemorated

After nearly 20 years in development, the historic Placer County Conservation Program was commemorated at a signing ceremony last week in rural Lincoln. The program covers more than 260,000 acres of land in western Placer County and Lincoln – helping to protect covered fish and wildlife species and their habitats while streamlining planning and permitting for future urban and rural growth with construction and maintenance of infrastructure. Learn more 

Planning Commission Tables Proposed Housing Element, Rezone for Further Study and Public Comment

At the July 22nd Planning Commission meeting, the Commission heard public comment and a presentation on Housing Related Code Ammendments, General Plan Ammendment, Zoning Text Ammendment and Rezone and voted unanimously to table the items for further study.  Periodic updates of the General Plan are required for compliance with changing State Law and Federal Regulations.  The Commission decided that the complex issues involved had not been adequately noticed or explained to the public, and the far reaching nature of the ammendments required further scrutiny.  This will come before the Planning Commission again at a date TBD.  Supervisor Jones will lead a discussion on this topic at the Granite Bay MAC meeting on August 4th, 2021.