City of FontanaRedistricting 2021-2022
March 22, 2022
Douglas Johnson
National Demographics Corporation
Redistricting Process Recap
2 Step
Description
Two Initial Hearings
October 12 & October 26
Held prior to release of draft maps.
Education and to solicit input on the communities in the Districts.
Census Data Release
Mid/Late August
Census Bureau releases official 2020 Census population data.
California Data Release
Early October 2021
California Statewide Database releases California’s official ‘prisoner-adjusted’ 2020 redistricting data.
Two Draft Map Hearings
January 25 & March 8
Two Public Hearings to discuss and revise the draft maps and to discuss the election sequence.
Map Selection
March 22
Public hearing followed by Council selection of a map.
Final Adoption
April 12
Council formal adoption of selected map by resolution.
Map Adoption
By April 17, 2022
Final map must be posted at least 7 days prior to adoption.
Map adopted via ordinance.*
March 22, 2022
Equal Population
Federal Voting Rights Act
No Racial Gerrymandering
Minimize voters shifted to different election years
Respect voters’ choices / continuity in office
Future population growth
Preserving the core of existing districts
1. Federal Laws
2. California Criteria for Cities (rank ordered)
Geographically contiguous
Undivided neighborhoods and “communities of interest” (Socio-economic geographic areas that should be kept together) Easily identifiable boundaries
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
3 Redistricting Rules and Goals
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Initial Draft Maps
March 22, 2022
101
102
103
104
Interactive Review Map
Public Map Submissions
March 22, 2022
401
402
403
604
Interactive Review Map
Council-Selected Focus Maps
March 22, 2022
103
402
104b
Demographic Summary
Population Balance
Maps 101 – 104b and 401 – 403 are all population balanced, with plan deviations ranging from 0.11% to 5.94%. All are well below the 10% maximum deviation considered “presumptively constitutional.” Voting Rights Act compliance
The current map has three Latino-majority districts and a Latino-plurality District 1 Maps 101 – 104b and 401 – 403 all at least preserve those numbers March 22, 2022
Discussion
Conduct a Public Hearing
Council discussion and potential map selection
March 22, 2022