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Report regarding a fifth public hearing to receive a report from the city's demographer, National Demographic Corporation (NDC) on the redistricting process to consider adoption and introduction of an ordinance for a voting district map for the City of South San Francisco. (Rosa Govea Acosta, City Clerk and Kristen Parks, National Demographics Corporation)
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RECOMMENDATION
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It is recommended that the City Council: (1) conduct a fifth public hearing to receive public input on district boundaries (2) receive a presentation from the City's demographer, National Demographic Corporation, on the current map and publicly submitted map considered for adoption; and (3) select either the City's current District Map 109, or the publicly submitted District Map 102a, and introduce an ordinance adopting a District Map of the voting district boundaries.
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
Every ten years, cities with by-district election systems must use new census data to review and, if needed, redraw district lines to reflect how local populations have changed. This process, called redistricting, ensures all districts have nearly equal population. The redistricting process for the City of South San Francisco must be completed by April 17, 2022.
The city adopted its current district boundaries on July 11, 2018, based on 2010 census data as required by law. Once the data is evaluated, and if found to be imbalanced, the city must redraw districts in compliance with the FAIR MAPS Act adopted by the California legislature as AB 849 and took effect January 1, 2020.
On April 22, 2021, the city entered into an agreement with National Demographics Corporation (NDC) to guide and support the City Council through the redistricting process. NDC presented the information to Council on June 9, 2021, and on June 23, 2021, the City Council chose to continue the redistricting process without a commission. The City Council held the first public hearing on July 14, 202...
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