City of FullertonDraft Plan Presentation
Dr. Justin Levitt, Vice President
National Demographics Corporation
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Redistricting – Why Now?
Fullerton moved to districts in 2017 after voters approved Measure II in November 2016 Fullerton city elections used districts for first time in 2018 and again in 2020 Redistricting is required when the decennial Census data is released, once every ten years Delays in receiving the Census data have delayed states, counties, cities, and other jurisdictions throughout California and the US New laws like the Fair Maps Act have changed how districts are drawn and how the process is conducted March 9, 2022
Redistricting Process
Step
Description
Public Hearing 1
Dec. 15, 2021 @ 6:30 p.m.
Informational presentations, discussions of communities of interest and demonstration of public mapping tools Community Workshops
Jan. 13, Jan. 29, & Feb. 10, 2022
Informational presentations, discussions of communities of interest and demonstration of public mapping tools Public Hearing 2
Feb. 23, 2022 @ 6:30 p.m.
Discuss and revise draft maps; Commission asked to recommend map(s) to Council Draft map submittal deadline
February 28, 2022 @ 11:59 p.m.
Deadline for community members to submit proposed maps for the March 8th Hearing Public Hearing 3
March 8, 2022 @ 6:30 p.m.
Council discuss and revise draft maps and discuss the election sequence Public Hearing 4
March 29, 2022 @ 6:30 p.m.
Council discuss and select final map.
Final map must be posted at least 7 days prior to adoption Full schedule available online at cityoffullerton.com/government/departments/city-clerk/redistrict-fullerton March 9, 2022
Current Districts
Total Deviation = 16%
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Demographic Summary of Existing Districts
Estimates using official 2020 State-Adjusted Census Data Each of the 5 districts must contain about 28,786 people.
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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
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
Redistricting Rules and Goals
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All maps are also available on the Interactive Web Viewer Draft Maps
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Draft Maps Overview
The Committee received 14 legal district map proposals
This includes 11 maps from the community
NDC added three maps to the conversation (112, 113, and 114) In addition, there were four additional Community of Interest/not balanced proposals The Committee selected three “Focus Maps”: Maps 111, 112, and 114 March 9, 2022
Focus Map: 111
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Focus Map: 112
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Focus Map: 114
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Hearing & Discussion
How well do the draft maps comply with the Fair Maps Act? What do you like about the draft maps?
What parts of each map work? What parts of each map don’t work? March 9, 2022