OPINION by HANK KRZCIUK Last year, the San Simeon Community Services District, under strong recommendations of District Counsel Jeffery Minnery, who said, or implied, the district was under the imm…
Last year, the San Simeon Community Services District, under strong recommendations of District Counsel Jeffery Minnery, who said, or implied, the district was under the imminent threat of litigation, was divided into five voting areas to “comply” with the California Voting Rights Act. It turns out that there was never a legitimate threat of litigation, as purported.
This is disenfranchisement of the very members of the community that the California Voting Rights Act was intended to protect. San Simeon is majority Hispanic. Keeping scheduled monthly board meetings can be challenging. With only three or four directors, district business is compromised. Critical decisions are delayed, and bills may not get paid on time.
A three-director board is inherently unstable; a four-director board is marginally better. This is unacceptable for a district that provides a community with critical water and wastewater services, as San Simeon CSD does. A request to change the law has been made to Assemblymember Dawn Addis’s office. State Senator John Laird’s office has not responded to an inquiry.2. Tough it out – continue with the five voting areas
Under this scenario, a San Simeon County Services Area would be created to assume the district’s responsibilities.
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