Dublin Chamber Of Commerce: DSRSD Board Adopts Voting Divisions Map

Press release from the Dublin Chamber of Commerce:

December 30, 2021

At the December 21, 2021 meeting, the Dublin San Ramon Services District Board of Directors held a public hearing and adopted a new map with updated election division boundaries. 

DSRSD began transitioning from an at-large election system to an area-based election system in 2019. Previously, all five members of the Board were elected by constituents from the District’s entire service area. With area-based elections, DSRSD is divided into five separate election areas referred to as “divisions,” and voters residing in each individual area elect one representative to the Board.

The District is required to redraw election division boundaries to reflect new data from the 2020 Census. The Board began the redistricting process at its October 5 meeting, which included reviewing census data and population shifts. Public hearings were held on October 19, November 16, and December 7 to review draft maps and take suggested revisions. In total, a demographer created 10 draft maps for consideration.

During Tuesday’s meeting, the Board selected the “Ruby” plan map. Some factors under consideration for election divisions were having nearly equal population, communities of interest (such as neighborhoods or school district boundaries), natural and manmade geographical features, and contiguity.

To learn more about the redistricting process, visit: https://www.dsrsd.com/about-us/census-redistricting. 

This press release was produced by the Dublin Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author’s own.