Politics & Government

Census Requires Redistricting of Riverside County

State law requires redistricting to occur with each census.

Riverside County's district boundaries could look a little different in the near future, as redistricting is required under state law after every 10-year census.

Currently, Murrieta is part of District 3, represented on the Riverside County Board of Supervisors by .

The county's Redistricting Steering Committee is gearing up to draft its first proposal on how each district will be shaped for the next 10 years, and public input is desired, county officials said.

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Accordingly, Riverside County residents are being invited to attend any of three community forums planned in the next two weeks to discuss plans to redraw supervisorial district boundaries based on the latest U.S. Census.

Meetings are planned at the following dates and locations:

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-- April 20, County Administrative Center, first floor board room, 4080 Lemon St., Riverside;

-- April 21, Kay Cisneros Senior Center, 29995 Evans Rd., in Sun City, near Menifee.; and

-- April 27, Desert Hot Springs Senior Center, 11-777 West Drive.

Each meeting is slated to begin at 7 p.m. and last about two hours.

Decennial census figures published last month showed Riverside County had swelled by more than 644,000 people -- an increase of 42 percent -- between 2000 and 2010. The county recorded the .

Murrieta between 2000 and 2010, an increase of 134 percent.

The target for each supervisorial district is 437,928 residents. That number is not supposed to vary by more than 10 percent between the least and most populated districts.

According to county officials, to stay within the required margins:

-- Supervisor Bob Buster's District 1 boundaries would need to be redrawn to add another 15,601 residents;

-- Supervisor John Tavaglione's District 2 would need to add 30,657 people;

-- Supervisor Jeff Stone's District 3 would need to drop 79,925 residents;

-- Supervisor John Benoit's District 4 would need to add 41,349 people; and

-- Supervisor Marion Ashley's District 5 would need to shrink by 7,683 residents.

More information about redistricting meetings is available at http://www.rivcoredistricting.org.

See a map of the current District 3 boundaries attached.

City News Service contributed to this report.


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