The Placer County Board of Supervisors settled several lingering redistricting issues Tuesday, Aug. 23, directing staff to prepare a final map showing proposed boundaries of the five supervisor districts.
The board will hold two public hearings before it adopts final district boundaries on Oct. 11. The first hearing will take place on Sept. 13 and the second will be held Oct. 11. The board will make a final decision after the second hearing.
Both hearings are scheduled to take place at 10 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors Chambers at the County Administrative Center, 175 Fulweiler Ave. in Auburn.
As required by state law, the five board members are tasked with realigning district boundaries to reflect population changes reported in the 2010 Census.
District 5, a 2.10 percent increase.
On Aug. 9, the Board of Supervisors reached consensus on a base map, choosing among five alternatives. At the Aug. 23 meeting, the board fine-tuned the base map by making decisions on several outstanding boundary issues.
Placer County has been working on redistricting since the 2010 census numbers were released in January.