Mission Viejo holds first public hearing on proposed district-based elections

MISSION VIEJO — The City Council held the first of five public hearings Tuesday, Nov. 14, to educate residents about the potential switch to district-based elections and to look at maps showing the city’s population breakdown.
The council has yet to make a decision whether to switch from at-large to district-based elections after receiving a letter in September threatening a lawsuit from Malibu-based Shenkman & Hughes law firm.
The letter from Kevin Shenkman contended that M