Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, February 01, 2022
Discussion
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER THE REDISTRICTING OF ESTABLISHED CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE 2020 DECENNIAL CENSUS ON REDISTRICTING, AND REVIEW OF DRAFT MAP #3 AND DRAFT MAP #4
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I. SUMMARY
In 2020, the City of Carson adopted City Council districts for the four City Council seats, with the Mayor's seat remaining at large. Every ten years, districts must be redrawn so that each district is substantially equal in population. This process, called redistricting, is important in ensuring that each city councilmember represents about the same number of constituents. In the City of Carson, the Mayor and City Council are responsible for drawing council districts. Redistricting is done using U.S. Census data, which was released in September 2021. For the City of Carson, the redistricting process must be completed by April 17, 2022.
The City Council held a post-publication Public Hearing at its January 18, 2022 meeting where it discussed two draft redistricting maps produced by its demographer, Bear Demographics. The two draft maps were published on the City's redistricting website on January 10, 2022. (Exhibit 1.) The City Council considered the two maps and requested at least one additional map that had a lower total deviation from the mean of either Draft Map #1 or Draft Map #2. Maps #3 and #4 each have a lower total deviation than either Map #1 or #2 and generally accomplish it by reallocating some population south of the 405 Freeway from District #1 to either District #2 or District #4.
The final map is anticipated to be selected and the redistricting ordinance introduced at a public hearing on March 1, 2022.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
1. CONSIDER Draft Map #3 and Draft Map #4.
2. PROVIDE direction to Staff and the Demographer on Draft Maps #1 through Draft Map #4.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE another action the City Council deems appropriate.
IV. BA...
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