Districting the
City of Hayward
Karin Mac Donald & Steven Ochoa
Q2 Data & Research, LLC
May 28, 2024
Districting Recap and Input Hearing
Presentation Overview
1) Overview of the Districting Process & Timeline
2) Review of the Districting Criteria
3) Communities of Interest – How to define them
4) Resources and How to Participate
2 At-large versus By-district Elections
• At-Large Elections (current)
• In an at-large electoral system, all voters in the jurisdiction elect all representatives
• By-District Elections
• In a district-based electoral system, representatives are elected from districts, by the voters that live in each district.
• Candidates must reside in the district they represent. • Districting is the process of drawing the boundaries that divide the City’s population into six districts.
3 Timeline and Meetings 4
May 14, 2024
5:30pm
Hearing 1
City Hall, Council Chambers; 777 B
Street, Hayward
Focus: Comprehensive Project Overview,
Education, Receive Public Input and
Comments
May 28, 2024
6pm
Hearing 2
City Hall, Council Chambers; 777 B Street,
Hayward
Focus: Brief Project Overview, Education,
Receive Public Input
June 11, 2024
6pm
Preliminary date and
time
Virtual Workshop Focus: Learn about the input tools, how to develop input, how districts are built.
July 9, 2024
6pm
Preliminary date and
time
In-person Workshop
Chabot College
Exact location TBD
Focus: Learn about the input tools, how to
develop input, how districts are built.
August 13, 2024 Hearing 3
City Hall, Council Chambers; 777 B Street,
Hayward
Focus: Brief Project Overview, Education,
Receive Public Input, Council provides Initial
Instructions for Draft Districts
Timeline and Meetings cont. 5
August 19, 2024 Deadline to submit Communities of Interest and other Maps to be considered in the Draft maps.
August 27, 2024 Draft Maps are posted Please visit: Maphayward.org September 3, 2024
6pm
Hearing 4
City Hall, Council Chambers;
777 B Street, Hayward
Focus: Presentation of First Drafts,
Receive Public Comment, Final
Instructions
September 10, 2024 Deadline to submit Communities of Interest and other Maps to be considered in the Final maps.
September 17, 2024 Final maps are posted Please visit: Maphayward.org October 1, 2024
6pm
Hearing 5
City Hall, Council Chambers;
777 B Street, Hayward
Focus: Council finalizes the map and
Introduces the Ordinance
October 8, 2024
pm
Council meeting
City Hall, Council Chambers;
777 B Street, Hayward
Council votes to adopt the Ordinance
Districting Criteria
• 5 basic Criteria are used for drawing districts
1: Equal population
2: Compliance with the Federal Voting Rights Act (FVRA) 3: Contiguity
4: Respect for Communities of Interest
5: Compactness
These Criteria are ranked in order of importance
6 Criterion 1: Equal Population
Hayward Total Population from 2020 Census: 162,954
# of Council Districts: 6
Ideal District Population: 27,159 persons
Approx. Allowable District Deviation: up to ~ +/- 8,148 persons 7 Criteria 2, 3 and 5
• 2: Federal Voting Rights Act Compliance
• Do not crack or pack protected populations
• 3: Contiguity
• Districts must be in one piece
• Be able to travel from one end of the district to the other without crossing the district boundary
• 5: Compactness
• Keep an eye on the shape/geography of your district
• Don’t bypass nearby population
• Don’t forget: Disregard Incumbents, Candidates and
Political Parties
8 Criterion 4 – Neighborhoods and
Communities of Interest
• A Community of Interest (COI) generally refers to a contiguous population that shares social or economic interests
• Examples
• Schools, culture, transportation, parks
• Shared goals of improving parks, safety, historic resources • Employment or lack of thereof and economic opportunities • Neighborhoods may be Communities of Interest
• The Law does not limit the kinds of interests that may bind a community • Communities of Interest are not Districts:
• Frequently smaller; may be used as building blocks to construct districts • No datasets are available: COIs are defined by public input – By YOU! 9 How to document your COI
Tell us about your community:
• What is your mission or what do you have in common?
• What do you organize around?
• It can help to think about what is different outside of the boundaries of your Community of Interest
• Tell us where your community is located in the City:
• Create a map of the boundaries (use Draw My CA Community, another GIS/mapping program, paper, google maps, etc.)
• Write down the boundaries (streets, landmarks, etc)
• Please make sure we can read the street names on your map! Thank you!
10 Why and How to Participate
• Why?
• To make sure we know about your Communities of Interest. • To give your communities a voice in this process.
• To help shape a districting plan that provides your communities with opportunities to elect candidates who will represent your interests.
How?
• Submit information at a hearing, by mail, or drop off at: City of Hayward, 4th floor, c/o City Clerk’s office; 777 B St, Hayward, CA 94541
• Via email: [email protected]
• Via Phone: (510) 583-4444
• Get information online: maphayward.org
11 Tools are available on our website
• Please check for links at maphayward.org:
• Online public districting Tool; to create your own district submissions
• Paper districting kit for printing and manual line drawing • Excel districting kit for creating district submissions • Community of Interest form to print and fill out
• Online Community of Interest Tool; to create a digital map and send us information about your COI
12 Thank you for participating!
Please check maphayward.org for the most up-to-date
schedule and information!
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