6-13-23_Item No. 20_Elizabeth Ayala

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CC Date: 06-13-23 Item No. 20 Subject: FW: [EXTERNAL] Reshape Riverside - Agenda item 20 From: Elizabeth Ayala <elizabeth.ayala@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 10:01 AM To: CityClerkMbx <City Clerk@ rive rsideca.gov>; Edwards, Erin <EEdwards@riversideca.gov>; Cervantes, Clarissa <CCervantes@riversideca.gov>; Fierro, Ronaldo <RFierro@riversideca.gov>; Perry, Jim <JPerry@riversideca.gov>; Hemenway, Steve <SHem enway@rive rsideca.gov>; Plascencia, Gaby <GPIascencia@riversideca.gov>; Conder, Chuck <CConder@rive rsideca.gov>; Gause, Donesia <DGause@riversideca.gov> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Reshape Riverside - Agenda item 20 CAUTION: This email originated from outside the City of Riverside. It was not sent by any City official or staff. Use caution when opening attachments or links. dear city council, I offer thanks to the council and city staff for honoring the wishes of so many community members who came out to redistrict the city of Riverside wards and forming to the current map. Please finish the job as it is now time to do the outreach to the whole voting community on what has changed in anticipation of the elections in 2024. In outreach offerts, I ask that the city: • Send mailers multiple times, including inside utility bills. • Include the changes multiple times in as many city council newsletters or any other city newsletters. • Posting on the city website and social media media accounts, including both flyer like images and 3 minute or less videos with captioning. • Create and deploy targeted social media ads for city of Riverside residents. • Asking every single group under the umbrella of the neighborhood partnership to do its part in spreading the word and providing neighborhood leaders with a simple toolkit. • Creating simple signage with QR codes that lead to more information (that is also not overwhelming) and placing them throughout city events and ESPECIALLY at the Festival of Lights. • Make it easier to find how I know what ward someone is now in; The city website is a little hard to navigate to the address function. In fact, alert people about their ward possibly changing. • Create 1 or 2 slogans in English and in Spanish about preparing for the election, changes in the upcoming elections, whatever your comms thinks will work (especially since both election years are changing as well as wards.) • Please send outreach in English, Spanish and any other languages that have a significant presence in the city • and adopting any other impactful or innovative ideas for outreach from my fellow residents. The city already has the task of telling all voters that election years have changed. Please make sure to create a packaged strategy as quickly as possible this summer to deploy ASAP & revisit the strategy in November for a heavy January push. thank you, Elizabeth Ayala Ward 1 resident cc Mayor City Council City Manager City Attorney ACMs City Clerk