Major change coming to how Clovis residents decide City Council races.

Starting in 2026, Clovis residents will vote for City Council members who live in their neighborhoods based on a map that divides the city into five districts bordered by major roads and riverways.

The creation of new districts marks a major step in Clovis’ reluctant shift from at-large to district-based elections. The five-person City Council selected the map at a public hearing Tuesday night out of more than dozen options.

Map 502, as it’s called, mostly keeps neighborhoods intact and resembles the Clovis Unified School District’s trustee areas, said Jeff Tilton, senior consultant for National Demographics Corporation.

Besides District 1 in southwest Clovis, which has the largest Latino population at 44%, the remaining four areas each comprise about 50% white residents. District 3, located in the southeast, has a larger proportion of the city’s Asian-American population, at about 22%.



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