Public Hearing - Draft Maps
June 14, 2023
A 3-Phase Process
1. Adopt an initial 5-district map
o Removes threat of litigation under the
California Voting Rights Act
2. Decide on potential Charter
amendments for March 2024 ballot
3. Implement final approach for
November 2024 Council election
The Phase 1 Districting Process
Additional events may be added
and dates are subject to change.
Districting Rules & Goals
• Equal Population
• Federal Voting Rights Act
• No Racial Gerrymandering
• Respect voters’ choices / avoid
unnecessary pairing of
incumbents
• Future population growth
1. Federal Laws 2. California Criteria for Cities
(in priority order)
1. Geographically contiguous
2. Minimize division of neighborhoods and
“communities of interest”
(Socio-economic geographic areas that
should be kept together)
3. Easily identifiable boundaries
4. Compact
(Do not bypass one group of people to get
to a more distant group of people)
Prohibited:
“Shall not favor or discriminate against a
political party.”
3. Other Traditional
Redistricting Principles
Public Mapping & Map Review Tools
o Different tools for different purposes
o Different tools for different levels of technical
skill and interest
• Simple “review draft maps” tool
• Paper-based simple “Draw a draft map” tools
• Simple “Draw your neighborhood” tool
• Powerful, data-rich “Draw a draft map” online tool
Whether you use the online mapping tool, the paper kit, or just draw on a napkin, we welcome your maps!
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Input Received
o __ participants in community forums
o 14 areas drawn in “Draw Your Neighborhood” tool
o 26 draft maps submitted by the public
Tonight’s Goals
o Review map submissions
o Hear public comment on draft maps
o Narrow down to 3 to 5 “focus” maps
o Provide Council direction to demographer regarding revisions or combinations of maps to add (if any)
o Note: the public can continue to draw and submit additional maps until July 7 Neighborhood / Community Maps
14 neighborhood / community maps
submitted using the “draw your
neighborhood” tool:
o “Idea 1” through “Idea 3”
1. Retirement Neighborhood
2. Quiet Area
3. Opposed to Leaf Blowers
4. 91501
5. Citywide use Zip Codes
6. Bike Path to Buena Vista Library
7. East Magnolia Park
8. Burroughs High to Buena Vista Library
9. Rancho & Rancho Adjacent
10. West Magnolia Park / Toluca Lake
11. My most trafficked
Neighborhood / Community Maps (1 of 3)
More detail can be seen on the “draw
your neighborhood” website
Neighborhood / Community Maps (2 of 3)
More detail can be seen on the “draw
your neighborhood” website
Neighborhood / Community Maps (3 of 3)
More detail can be seen on the “draw
your neighborhood” website
Draft Maps
o 27 unique public-drawn maps submitted by 29 people
o 22 of the 27 are population-balanced
o 2 maps added by NDC (Maps 127 and 128)
o 24 total population-balanced maps
o (1 additional map received after the deadline will be officially considered at the community forums and the next Council hearing)
Draft Maps
o Population-balanced maps roughly fall into 7 groups:
A. 3 horizontal west and 2 eastern hills-to-freeway districts, divided along I-5 (3) B. 3 horizontal west and 2 eastern districts, with one eastern clustered along I-5 (6) C. 2 vertical southern districts, and 2 eastern districts (5) D. Cross-freeway “central city” district (3)
E. Two I-5-focused districts with 2 horizontal southern districts (3) F. Two I-5-focused districts with a ‘wrap-around’ district in the south (2) G. Unique Maps (2)
Maps that are not population balanced
More detail can be seen
on the interactive review map
Group A: 3 horizontal west and 2 eastern hills-to-freeway districts More detail can be seen
on the interactive review map
Group B: 3 horizontal west and 2 eastern districts, with one clustered along I -5 More detail can be seen
on the interactive review map
Group C: 2 vertical southern districts, and 2 eastern districts More detail can be seen
on the interactive review map
Group D: Cross-freeway ‘central city’ district
More detail can be seen
on the interactive review map
Group E: Two I-5-focused districts with 2 horizontal southern districts More detail can be seen
on the interactive review map
Group F: Two I-5-focused districts with a ‘wrap-around’ district More detail can be seen
on the interactive review map
Group G: two unique maps
Map 124 has significant “FAIR MAPS Act” questions
More detail can be seen
on the interactive review map
Sequencing
Resides in District electing in 2024 Resides in District electing in 2026 Term ends in
2024 Runs for election in district at end of current term Leaves office at end of current term in
2024. Can run (but not as incumbent)
when district is up for election in 2026.
Term ends in
2026
Option 1: Leaves office at end of current term in 2026.
Can run (but not as incumbent) when district is up for
election again in 2028.
Option 2: In 2024, runs for by-district seat. If elected, is sworn into by-district 4-year term, creating a vacancy for remaining two years of at-large term, which is filled by appointment or special election.
Runs for election in district at end of
current term
Statutory Language:
o “the governing body shall give special consideration to the purposes of the California Voting Rights Act . . . and it shall take into account the preferences expressed by members of the districts.” (Elections Code 10010(b)) Standard Practice after Section 10010(b) compliance:
o The number of seats up for election each year does not change (2 in 2024, 3 in 2026). o Let voters make re-election decisions by matching district election years to the year the term of the resident officeholder(s) expire.
o Complication: how to handle a District containing a 2024 Councilmember and a 2026 Councilmember? Discussions of map by map specifics are more
productive when there after narrowing down
the number of active maps.
Public Hearing & Discussion
o Which group’s approach best represents your neighborhood or community of interest?
o Are there any group(s) you would propose eliminating entirely? o In each group, which maps do you prefer?
o Goal: narrow list down to 3 to 5 “focus” maps
o Allows residents to focus on a few key maps in detail rather than nearly 30 total maps o Tonight Council can direct demographer draw variations or revisions of a focus map o The public can continue to draw and submit additional maps until July 7 o Any Council direction on revisions or combinations of maps NDC should prepare?
All Balanced
Draft Maps
More detail can be seen
on the interactive review map
G
A
B
CD
E
F