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January 13, 2022

Trustee Area Redistricting

Map Consideration Hearing #1

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Background & Overview

Del Norte’s Current Method of Election

    • Hybrid At-Large (from Trustee Areas)

California Voting Rights Act

    • Prohibits at-large elections that result in “racially polarized voting”

Process to Establish By-Trustee Area Elections

    • Adopted Intent Resolutions
    • Reviewed Hearing Procedures
    • Discussed Outreach Considerations

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Current Election Method:�Hybrid At-Large (from Trustee Areas)

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Proposed Election Method:�District-Based (By-Trustee Area)

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Election District 1

Election District 5

Election District 3

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4

Public agency boundaries

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Election District 2

5

Election District 4

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= Trustee

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3

4

5

= Voters residing in Trustee area

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Tentative Process/Timeline

First Pre-Map Hearing

    • September 9, 2021

Second Pre-Map Hearing

    • September 23, 2021

Tentative Release of 2020 Census Data

    • September/October 2021

First Map Consideration Hearing

    • January 13, 2022 (today)

Second Map Consideration Hearing

    • January 27, 2022

Final Map Adoption Hearing and Approval

    • February 10, 2022

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Introduction to Districting

Federal Laws

    • Equal Population
    • Federal Voting Rights Act
    • No Racial Gerrymandering

Traditional Districting Principles

    • Be composed of contiguous territory
    • Be geographically compact
    • Preserve “identifiable communities of interest”
    • Be bounded by natural and/or man-made boundaries
    • Minimize voters shifted to different election years
    • Preserve the core of existing election areas

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Defining Communities of Interest

  • What defines your community?
    • Geographic Area
    • Shared issues or characteristics
    • Shared social or economic interests
  • Would this community benefit from being included within a single trustee area for purposes of its effective and fair representation?
    • Or would it benefit more from having multiple representatives?
  • What data is available that reflects this?
    • Number of people in community, % POC, income levels

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Note: Definitions of Communities of Interest may not include relationships

with political parties, incumbents, or political candidates.

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Over time, districts become uneven in population…

Every ten years, the district lines must be redrawn to make each district even in the number of people again

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Trustee

Total POP

Target Dev

1

5,060

0.6%

2

4,751

-5.5%

3

4,979

-1.0%

4

4,940

-1.8%

5

5,410

7.6%

Current Trustee Areas

    • Greater than 10% total deviation

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Trustee

Total POP

Target Dev

1

5,060

0.6%

2

5,033

0.1%

3

4,912

-2.3%

4

5,226

3.9%

5

4,909

-2.4%

Trustee Areas – Option 1

    • Close to original Trustee Areas
    • Total deviation 6.3%
    • School distribution not great

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Trustee

Total POP

Target Dev

1

4,943

-1.7%

2

5,086

1.2%

3

4,855

-3.4%

4

5,176

2.9%

5

5,080

1.0%

Trustee Areas – Option 2

    • Crescent City captured better
    • Total deviation 6.3%
    • Better school distribution

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Trustee

Total POP

Target Dev

1

5,012

-0.3%

2

4,961

-1.3%

3

5,161

2.6%

4

4,824

-4.1%

5

5,182

3.1%

Trustee Areas – Option 3

    • Total deviation 7.2%
    • Consolidates rural areas
    • Includes Smith River to Trustee west of 101

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Trustee

Total POP

Target Dev

1

5,154

2.5%

2

4,817

-4.2%

3

5,065

0.7%

4

5,229

4.0%

5

4,875

-3.0%

Trustee Areas – Option 4

    • Total deviation 8.2%
    • Board of Supervisors Option
    • Similar to original Trustee Areas

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Simple Map Review Tool

  • Online Interactive Review Map
    • ESRI’s “ArcGIS Online” – similar to Google Maps in ease of use
    • Used to review, analyze and compare maps, not to create them

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Thank you!