Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: President David Canepa, District 5
Vice President Don Horsley, District 3
Subject: Forming and Appointing Advisory Redistricting Commission
RECOMMENDATION:
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Recommendation to:
A) Form the 2021 Supervisorial District Lines Advisory Commission to consist of fifteen members and two alternates; and
B) Appoint the fourteen members and two alternates recommended by the League of Women Voters; and
C) Provide direction on appointing a final (15th) member; and
D) Provide additional direction to the Commission on the redistricting process as follows: it hold at least two introductory meetings prior to the release of the Census data, followed by a meeting sited in each existing district (five in total) and a final sixth meeting, at which a final map or maps will be recommended to the Board for approval; and
E) Provide additional direction to the Commission to complete its work by November 12, 2021 (or earlier, to the extent feasible); and
F) Delegate authority to the County Manager to replace any appointed members with an alternate in the event the County Manager determines in his discretion that any appointed member is unwilling or unable to meet the obligations of service and to modify the schedule and process as necessary and appropriate, including to extend the timelines if allowed by State law.
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BACKGROUND:
The Board established the County's current Supervisorial districts in November 2013. To assist with the district-drawing process, the Board elected to form an advisory committee, the San Mateo County Supervisorial District Lines Advisory Committee, which consisted of two Board members (Supervisor Slocum and then-Supervisor Tissier), two elected city representatives (one from Daly City and one from East Palo Alto), and five public members, one from each Supervisorial district. The Committee held 10 public meetings, two in eac...
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