{"id":65082,"date":"2015-07-22T13:56:06","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T20:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=65082"},"modified":"2015-07-22T14:01:39","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T21:01:39","slug":"community-meetings-set-to-discuss-palmdale-election-changes-new-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/07\/22\/community-meetings-set-to-discuss-palmdale-election-changes-new-districts\/","title":{"rendered":"Community meetings set to discuss Palmdale election changes, new voting districts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_65083\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65083\" style=\"width: 1310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Palmdale-District-Map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65083\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Palmdale-District-Map.jpg\" alt=\"An interactive district map is available at at the City of Palmdale's website for residents to see which district they live in. [Click here to access it.]\" width=\"1310\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Palmdale-District-Map.jpg 1310w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Palmdale-District-Map-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Palmdale-District-Map-1024x536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1310px) 100vw, 1310px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65083\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An interactive district map is available at at the City of Palmdale&#8217;s website for residents to see which district they live in. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofpalmdale.org\/Your-City-Hall\/City-Elections\/District-Map\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to access it.<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>PALMDALE &#8211; The City of Palmdale will host four community meetings designed to inform residents about the new voting districts and the upcoming changes to the City\u2019s election dates.<\/p>\n<p>One meeting will be held in each of the City\u2019s four new districts.<\/p>\n<p>The schedule is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wednesday, Aug. 12, at 7 p.m<\/strong>. \u2013 Palmdale Oasis Recreation Center, 3850 E. Ave. S \u2013 (District 3 \u2013 Central)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturday, Aug. 15, at 11 a.m.<\/strong> \u2013 Buena Vista Elementary School, 37005 Hillcrest Drive\u2013 (<em>District 4 \u2013 East)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday, Aug. 26, at 7 p.m.<\/strong> \u2013 Marie Kerr Recreation Center, 2723 Rancho Vista Blvd. \u2013 (District 2 \u2013 West)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday, Sept. 2, at 7 p.m.<\/strong> \u2013 Palmdale City Council Chamber, 38350 Sierra Highway, Suite B, <em>(District 1 &#8211; South)<\/em>. This will be part of the regularly scheduled City Council meeting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Residents are encouraged to attend one or more of the meetings. Maps of the new districts and updated election information will be made available at each meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Pursuant to Ordinance No. 1470, Palmdale will conduct future general municipal elections in November of even-numbered years beginning with the November 2016 election. There will be no general municipal election for the seats of Mayor or City Council in Palmdale in November 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The ordinance also calls for election of the four City Council seats to be held by districts. Four districts have been established and there will be one City Council seat to represent each district. Voters will be able to vote only for a candidate from their district. The election for the Mayor\u2019s seat will remain at-large.<\/p>\n<p>An interactive district map is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofpalmdale.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.cityofpalmdale.org<\/a> for residents to see which district they live in. <em>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofpalmdale.org\/Your-City-Hall\/City-Elections\/District-Map\" target=\"_blank\">Access it here.<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact the City Clerk\u2019s office at 661-267-5151, Monday through Thursday between 7:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<h5><em>[Information via press release from the City of Palmdale.]<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Previous related story<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/07\/02\/palmdale-council-approves-election-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Palmdale Council approves election changes<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE &#8211; The City of Palmdale will host four community meetings designed to inform residents about the new voting districts and the upcoming changes to the City\u2019s election dates. One meeting will be held in each of the City\u2019s four new districts. The schedule is as follows: Wednesday, Aug. 12, at 7 p.m. \u2013 Palmdale [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65082"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}