Merced City Council
Draft Maps Public Hearing
February 7, 2022 Dr. Jeff Tilton, Senior Consultant
National Demographics Corporation
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Step Description
City Council Public Hearing
June 21, 2021
• Held prior to release of draft maps
• Educate, solicit input on the communities in the Districts Census Data Releases • Census Bureau releases official 2020 Census population data – August 12 • California’s official ‘prisoner-adjusted’ 2020 redistricting data – Sept. 20, 27 RAC Public Hearing
September 15, 2021
• Held prior to release of draft maps
• Educate, solicit input on the communities in the Districts Public Workshop
November 6, 2021
• Gather data on communities of interest, neighborhoods • Learn more about the public mapping tools
RAC Public Hearing
December 1, 2021
• Held prior to release of draft maps
• Educate, solicit input on the communities in the Districts Public Workshop
January 12, 2022
• Gather data on communities of interest, neighborhoods RAC Public Hearing
January 22, 2022
• Review neighborhoods/communities of interest
• Discuss and recommend up to two (2) draft maps (Nos. 107, 203) City Council Public Hearing
February 7, 2022
• Discuss, revise draft maps; discuss election sequencing City Council Public Hearing
March 7, 2022
6 p.m.
• Discuss, determine final map; discuss, determine election sequencing • Deadline to submit draft maps: February 18, 2022, 5 p.m. • Draft maps posted deadline: February 28, 2022, 5 p.m.
Redistricting Process
◻ Equal Population
◻ Federal Voting Rights Act
◻ No Racial
Gerrymandering
Federal Laws California Criteria
For Cities
1. Geographically
contiguous
2. Undivided
neighborhoods and
“communities of
interest”
3. Easily identifiable
boundaries
4. Compact
Redistricting Rules and Goals
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Prohibited: “Shall not favor or discriminate against a political party.” City of Merced - 2015 Adopted Plan
District 1 2 3 4 5 6 City
Total Pop 13,236 13,332 12,728 12,579 13,700 13,267 78,842 2010 Census Deviation from ideal 96 192 -412 -561 560 127 1,121 % Deviation 0.73% 1.46% -3.14% -4.27% 4.26% 0.97% 8.53% Total Pop
% Hisp 59% 76% 52% 38% 40% 33% 50%
% NH White 20% 5% 32% 45% 35% 42% 30%
% NH Black 6% 5% 6% 5% 10% 5% 6%
% Asian-American 14% 13% 7% 8% 13% 18% 12%
Citizen Voting Age Pop
% Hisp 47% 59% 36% 27% 35% 28% 37%
% NH White 32% 9% 46% 57% 47% 49% 43%
% NH Black 7% 9% 6% 6% 7% 7% 7%
% Asian-American 12% 21% 6% 6% 8% 15% 11%
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Ideal population per District: 13,140
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City of Merced - 2020 Census
Category Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
2020 Census
Total Population 15,145 13,783 12,762 14,039 14,211 16,741 86,681 Population Dev. 698 -664 -1,685 -408 -236 2,294 3,979
Pct. Deviation 4.83% -4.60% -11.66% -2.82% -1.63% 15.88% 27.54% Total Pop.
Hispanic/Latino 66% 81% 59% 46% 49% 40% 56%
NH White 14% 6% 24% 36% 28% 32% 24%
NH Black 5% 4% 6% 5% 7% 6% 6%
NH Asian/Pac.Isl. 12% 8% 8% 10% 14% 20% 12%
NH Native Amer. 1% 1% 2% 2% 1% 1% 1%
Citizen Voting Age Pop
Total 6,064 5,206 7,763 8,925 10,085 10,010 48,053
Hisp 51% 62% 50% 39% 39% 42% 45%
NH White 27% 14% 37% 46% 35% 37% 34%
NH Black 8% 8% 6% 7% 11% 5% 7%
Asian/Pac.Isl. 15% 16% 7% 8% 14% 16% 13%
Native Amer. 1% 1% 2% 0% 1% 1% 1%
Ideal population per District: 14,447
Neighborhoods/Communities of Interest
Neighborhoods
1. What is your neighborhood?
2. What are its geographic
boundaries?
In the absence of public testimony, planning
records and other similar documents may
provide definition.
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Communities of Interest
1. What defines your community?
2. Would this community benefit
from being “included within a
single district for purposes of its
effective and fair
representation”?
Communities of Interest may not include
relationships with political parties, incumbents,
or political candidates.
Possible Neighborhoods / Communities
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Submissions edited for clarity and brevity
• Airport area
• Applegate Park
• Bear Creek as a midline
• Campus Parkway area
• City schools (“civic centers”)
• Communities north of Yosemite
Parkway – the “bird streets”
• Courthouse Park
• Cruickshank, Chenoweth,
Burbank, Peterson schools
• Downtown -- BNSF up to Bear
Creek (natural North boundary
of D3); Highway 99 and Bear
Creek (south boundary)
• Downtown Merced area
• Downtown Neighborhood
Association – Main, 18
th, 19th
• Elementary school attendance
boundaries
• Givens, Charles Wright schools
• Golden Valley Neighborhood
Association – south of Golden
Valley High School
• Greenbriar
• Historic downtown association
• Intact downtown
• Loughborough
Possible Neighborhoods / Communities
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Submissions edited for clarity and brevity
• Main Street Association
• Merced College – “college
streets”
• Merced College area
• Merced Mall area
• Muir Wood
• North Merced (schools, Merced
College)
• North/South boundary at Bear
Creek
• Old Town
• Ragsdale community -- G street,
Bear Creek, Santa Fe, Glenn
• Regional Parks
• South Merced surrounding
churches
• South Merced, circle around
Tenaya
• South Merced, South Merced
Coalition -- African American
church locations
• South of Bear Creek, end of Bear
Creek, old family residences,
down to 18
th Street, R Street-
Highway 59
• South of Childs/east of Parsons,
new housing last 15 years
• Spaghetti Acres
• University area
Summary of Redistricting
Advisory Committee’s Work
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Maps submitted to RAC: 18
Maps submitted after RAC: 1
Total maps: 19
Total maps not population balanced or not contiguous: 8 Maps for RAC consideration: 11
RAC-recommended maps: 2
Not Population Balanced or Not Contiguous
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Draft Maps
11 Map 104
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Of Note:
Deviation: 9.92%
Six overall majority minority
CVAP districts
Three Latino CVAP
districts
Map 105
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Of Note:
Deviation: 3.63%
Six overall majority
minority CVAP districts
Two Latino CVAP districts
Map 106
February 7, 2022 14
Of Note:
Deviation: 2.70%
Six overall majority
minority CVAP districts
Two Latino CVAP districts
Map 107
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Of Note:
Deviation: 5.82%
Six overall majority
minority CVAP districts
Two Latino CVAP districts
Map 108
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Of Note:
Deviation: 6.37%
Six overall majority
minority CVAP districts
Three Latino CVAP
districts
Map 109
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Of Note:
Deviation: 8.98%
Six overall majority
minority CVAP districts
Three Latino CVAP
districts
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Of Note:
Deviation: 8.96%
Six overall majority minority
CVAP districts
Three Latino CVAP districts
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Of Note:
Deviation: 4.96%
Six overall majority
minority CVAP districts
Three Latino CVAP
districts
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Of Note:
Deviation: 8.92%
Six overall majority
minority CVAP districts
One Latino CVAP
district
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Of Note:
Deviation: 3.60%
Six overall majority
minority CVAP districts
Two Latino CVAP districts
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Of Note:
Deviation: 6.60%
Six overall majority
minority CVAP districts
One Latino CVAP district
Advisory Committee Recommends
23 Public Hearing
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