Special Notice / Hearing: 9:30 a.m.
Elec. Code, ? 21507.1(d)
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Mike Callagy, County Manager
Justin W. Mates, Deputy County Manager
Subject: San Mateo County Supervisorial District Boundaries Following the 2020 Census
RECOMMENDATION:
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Recommendation to:
A) Receive report regarding draft supervisorial district maps considered and recommended by the District Lines Advisory Commission; and
B) Open a public hearing to receive testimony regarding consideration and potential adoption of San Mateo County Supervisorial district boundaries following the 2020 Census (Elections Code Section 21507.1); and
C) Close the public hearing; and
D) Potentially provide direction to staff regarding additional draft maps, modifications to recommended draft maps, and/or adoption of draft maps.
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BACKGROUND:
Pursuant to federal and state law, the Board must ensure the County's Supervisorial districts remain substantially equal in population based on data from the 2020 federal census. To assist with this process, on January 26, 2021, the Board voted unanimously to form an advisory commission that would engage in public outreach and recommend draft district lines to the full Board.
Starting in late August 2021 and extending through September 2021, the 15-member District Lines Advisory Commission (DLAC), comprised of commissioners interviewed and recommended for appointment by the League of Women Voters, held a series of seven introductory and engagement public hearings, the purpose of which was to introduce the redistricting process to the public and solicit testimony on communities of interest, district lines, and other public input on the process. Five of those meetings were agendized with a geographic focus on a single existing supervisorial district and were coupled with geographically targeted outreach in that district in advance of the meeting.
In late September 2021, a...
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