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San Clemente Council Blocks Push for Voting Districts on November Ballot

San Clemente

By Nick Gerda | August 11, 2016

A group of residents did everything required to get a referendum on the November ballot to change the city’s electoral system from at-large to district-based voting. But the council pushed it off to the 2018 election.

It’s Location, Location, Location in San Clemente’s Voting Districts Fight

Countywide

By Nick Gerda | July 18, 2016

While battles over creating local election districts usually revolve around disenfranchisement of minority groups, the contentious issue in this largely white seaside town is geography.