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Address City : Pleasanton State :CA Zipcode : 94588 Phone Email Select Recipient : Mayor and City Council Comments & Questions : Mayor Brown, As I know you're aware, redistricting is ongoing throughout California. I've read your input about keeping the entire Tri -Valley together as far as State Assembly and Senate Districts and I wholeheartedly agree. If you believe in that same cohesiveness for the Alameda County Board of Supervisors redistricting effort they need to hear from you, as well as Dublin Mayor Melissa Hernandez and Livermore Mayor Bob Woernerin. Despite overwhelming public commentary on keeping the Alameda County Tri -Valley community of interest (COI) together in one Supervisory District, the Board decided, with the exception of moving Sunol into District 1, it would be best to leave the districts as they were divided in 2011 with only minor tweaking. Draft Map A, which has Pleasanton split from the Tri -Valley, remaining in District 4 with Castro Valley, was the only map approved by motion/seconding for public review out of the November 19th meeting. As of the last meeting on November 23rd, Supervisor Miley pushed to have another draft map that included Pleasanton (incorporated and unincorporated) in District 1 with Dublin, Livermore and Sunol. Although that was finally motioned and seconded, Supervisor Haubert picked up on a suggestion from newly appointed Supervisor Brown from the meeting on the 19th that Pleasanton would be better *split* between Districts 1 and 4. So another motion was seconded to move the southeast portion of Pleasanton (some incorporated, mostly unincorporated) into District 1. There seems to be a misunderstanding on the unincorporated agriculture and open space being included in Pleasanton's planning; the Board's doesn't believe it is. There is a majority resistance on the Board to moving away from our current configuration. Some of it is because the Supervisors see value inat least two representatives for larger population areas, giving those areas more votes on board issues. Of course, that assumes both/all reps agree on the issue. Supervisor Valle has a different view. In both meetings, he brought up what he's calling a "poverty COI", and the inequity of services within Alameda County depending on where one lives. Using COVID vaccinations as an example, Supervisor Valle spoke on the 19th