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Receive a presentation from District 2 on a request to establish an Independent Redistricting Commission as contained in law under California Elections Code Div. 21, Chapter 9 (EC ? 23000-23004) amended by SB 1108 (Allen) Local Redistricting Commissions in 2016 and further amended by SB 1018 (Allen) Elections: state and local reapportionment in 2018
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
Supervisor Brown requests that the Board consider an alternate redistricting option and provide direction to staff to prepare an ordinance to do all the necessary work to create an Independent Redistricting Commission to evaluate and potentially redraw the Supervisorial District boundaries in 2021 following the outcome of the 2020 Census.
SUMMARY:
Every 10 years, the United States conducts a census to count the entire population of the United States. Based upon the outcome of the decennial census, boundary lines at every level of government are reevaluated and potentially redrawn based on the changes in population. The commissioners would be chosen through a random process and would be required to be impartial.
This proposal would take the authority of drawing the supervisorial boundaries away from the Board of Supervisors and place it with the Independent Redistricting Commission. The proposed Independent Redistricting Commission would be chosen in a fair and impartial process with the goal of making the redistricting completely independent from the Board of Supervisors.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The costs associated with preparing the agenda item are nominal and absorbed by the District 2 office FY2018/19 Adopted Budget.
There will be costs associated with creating an independent redistricting Independent Redistricting Commission. The initial costs will be the staff time to prepare an ordinance and create the Independent Redistricting Commission.
The majority of the co...
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