Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Special Orders of the Day
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CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING (PUBLIC HEARING NO. 10) RELATED TO CHANGING FROM AN AT-LARGE TO A BY-DISTRICT SYSTEM FOR ELECTION OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT: CONSIDERATION OF NDC DEMOGRAPHICS' RECOMMENDED MAPS A, B, AND C; REVIEW OF POTENTIAL ELECTION SEQUENCING OF NEW MAPS; DISCUSSION OF SCHEDULED PUBLIC WORKSHOPS; AND, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 19-179 CALLING FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION AND REQUESTING ELECTION CONSOLIDATION, RESOLUTION NUMBER 19-180 SETTING PRIORITIES FOR WRITTEN ARGUMENTS AND REQUESTING IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS, AND RESOLUTION NUMBER 19-181 AUTHORIZING REBUTTALS REGARDING A BALLOT MEASURE RELATING TO AN AMENDMENT OF THE CITY CHARTER TO CHANGE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ELECTION OF CITY COUNCILMEMBERS FROM AT LARGE TO DISTRICT ELECTIONS
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I. SUMMARY
This public hearing is a continuation of the November 5, 2019 public hearing and the recommendation will be to continue the public hearing after discussion to December 3, 2019 to be able to consider additional maps created by NDC Demographics ("NDC"), and any additional maps created by the public using the Public Participation Kits on the City's website.
Tonight, the City Council may consider the three additional maps created by NDC (Exhibits 1-3) and may also revisit the maps created by the original demographer, Compass Demographics (Exhibits 4-7). Additionally, Council discussed election sequencing in October and November 5 ("election sequencing" refers to deciding which districts stand for election in 2020 and which stand for election in 2022) and may have further discussion of potential election sequencing of the new maps. (Exhibit 8)
Before the council are several necessary resolutions for possibly calling a special election in March for a charter amendment to put the question of whether the City should change from an at large to district elections to th...
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