She also said it can help build community. One benefit of moving away from at-large elections is the possibility it opens to create a more diverse city council, said Shostrom. “The law is clear that district lines drawn in consideration of an incumbent is not an appropriate community of interest for drawing district maps.” “The mayor shared where he lived and the boundaries of what he sees as his personal community of interest,” the letter from Anne Granlund, president of the League of Women Voters, said. ![]() The League of Women Voters of Diablo Valley also sent a letter to the city council expressing concern over comments made by Mayor Tim Flaherty at the district election hearing on April 17. The next public hearings will take place May 6 and May 22, and the city will choose a final map in June. Five of the maps are drawn showing five separate districts, and one map has four districts with a directly elected mayor. Pleasant Hill City Council held the first of three public hearings on May 1 to get feedback on the draft maps prepared by a city demographer as well as those submitted by members of the public. The shift in the voting procedure comes after the Pleasant Hill City Council received a letter from an attorney in January threatening a possible lawsuit if the city did not switch from at-large to by-district elections. “They’ve known that they were going to do this since late January and this is the only piece of mail that I’ve received from the city,” Shostrom said of a postcard she received on April 17, notifying her of the impending change. Shostrom said the Asian Law Caucus, the United Latino Voices of Contra Costa County, the ACLU of Northern California and the League of Women Voters all pushed the city for more transparency and outreach throughout the process. ![]() “But I think the city council has not done as much reaching out as they could have done.” “It is the right decision ,” said Marian Shostrom, a member of the League of Women Voters of Diablo Valley. The change will go into effect next year, but not everybody is happy about the process that led to the city council’s electoral change. Love DVC Drama? Please check out all the ways you can help, including donations and other forms of support, program ad sales and internships.Pleasant Hill’s city council election process will shift away from at-large elections, in which its members represent the entire city, and adopt by-district elections where the city is divided into geographic sections, each with a representative. We produce a four show season, including at least one musical theater production, utilizing both the Performing Arts Center Main Stage and the intimate Arena Theater. The DVC Drama Program offers Technical Theater students opportunities to gain both theoretical knowledge and practical experience in all areas of the theater, from an overview of the multiple disciplines of theater and the collaborations within, to the various functions that make theater productions work.ĭVC Drama is dedicated to creating avenues for aspiring theater professionals to explore and hone their skills and talents, while sharing their passion for live theater through programs that entertain, engage, and inspire our community. Our students have a solid history of becoming working professionals, booking jobs in national tours, regional theatres, theme parks, and the television and film industry. DVC Drama students have gone on to attend prestigious drama college programs such as Yale School of Drama, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Marymount University, University of Irvine, UCLA, USC, and Columbia College Chicago, as well as acting conservatories such as Pacific Conservatory Theatre (PCPA), and Arthaus Berlin (formerly LISPA). Students work with professionally trained and highly skilled faculty and staff. Our program prepares students for excellence in every aspect of theater with a myriad of creative design and performance opportunities. Diablo Valley College's drama department, DVC Drama, is a theatrical training program dedicated to creating avenues for the aspiring young theatre artists.
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