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Redistricting Criteria: Neighborhoods and Communities of Interest
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File ID: 2021-00003
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Location: Citywide.
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Recommendation:
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Contact:
Matthew Ruyak, Assistant City Attorney, (916) 808-5346, Office of the City Attorney
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Presenter:
Matthew Ruyak, Assistant City Attorney, (916) 808-5346, Office of the City Attorney
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Sacramento Neighborhoods Map
3-Community Plan Areas Map
4-Communities of Interest 2011
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: Every ten years, after the U.S. Census, the City of Sacramento must re-establish the boundaries for City Council districts. The resulting council district boundaries must be balanced in population in accordance with local, state, and federal rules governing the redistricting process.
Sacramento City Charter section 175 provides that "[i]n addition to following the requirements of [substantially equal population, compliance with federal and state law, and geographic contiguousness], the commission shall consider the following criteria when drawing the final map, in order of priority:
(1) Existing neighborhoods and community boundaries;
(2) Communities of interest. A community of interest is a contiguous population that shares common social and economic interests that should be included within a single district for purposes of its effective and fair representation;
(3) Integrity and compactness of territory;
(4) Geography and topography;
(5) Natural and artificial barriers and boundaries;
(6) Preservation of population cores that have consistently been associated with each council district; and
(7) Other commission-adopted criteria that do not conflict with the other requirements and criteria listed in this section or with state or federal law."
This report discusses the first two criteria in that hierarchy: neighborhoods and communities of interest.
Neighborhoods: Neighborhoods evolve ...
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