The public will get one more crack and having a say about how the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors redraws its districts at Tuesday’s regular board meeting.
The board unanimously endorsed a map at its Nov. 9 meeting, the fourth of the required five public hearings. State law requires a new final map, based in 2020 Census population numbers, by Dec. 15.
The new map will likely move Diablo, Blackhawk and the Camino Tassajara area from District 3, Supervisor Diane Burgis’ purview, to that of District 2 Supervisor Candace Andersen.
The new map would expand Andersen’s reach to the east, placing the three Tri-Valley communities into the same district as Danville and San Ramon – cities with which they’re already associated based on geography and demographics.
Political districts get re-drawn every ten years, after the census results are released. The 2020 Census showed Contra Costa County growing by 11.35 percent since 2010, from 1,049,025 in 2010 to 1,168,064 residents in 2020.
The biggest population gain came in Burgis’ District 3, which added an additional 36,560 residents to an area covering much of Antioch, Oakley, Brentwood, and unincorporated East County.
The least amount of growth occurred in supervisor Karen Mitchoff’s District 4 (10,442 residents), an area covering Concord, much of Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill and Clayton.
The goal is to create districts as equal in population as possible, while meeting all federal and state legal guidelines, such as respecting geographic integrity of an area, or a census-designated place, or local community of interest.
The new plan would place all of Pinole in supervisor John Gioia’s District 1. Pittsburg’s Tuscany Meadows would move to supervisor Federal Glover’s District 5, with Antioch split at Somersville Road and Auto Center Drive, up Railroad.
Morgan Territory Road area inside the Mt. Diablo School District would move to District 4. Concord would be split at the former railroad right-of-way and highways 4 and 242. District 2 would now extend through Tilden Park, almost to Kensington. Walnut Creek would split between districts 4 and 2 at Highway 24 and Interstate 680.
The Saranap and Castle Hill areas would be in District 2.
The Contra Costa Board of Supervisors meets virtually at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23. To take part, go to https://cccounty-us.zoom.us/j/87344719204.
4 comments
Great! Scum bag seeno building more damn houses and in the worst spot! Buchanan is going to be even worse! So much traffic already. He better build them a damn school k-12 because we’re crowded. All greed and money.
Leave well enough alone
Public input is ceremonial at best, save your breath…
More gerrymandering
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