2001
Redistricting
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Supervisorial District
Boundary Review
Committee
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Board of Supervisors
2001 Supervisorial Redistricting
Preparing
and Submitting
Your Plan
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The County Charter requires that the County be divided into five supervisorial districts, as nearly equal in population as "may be" in order to comply with the "one person one vote" principle of the United States Constitution and state law. Although census tracts generally constitute the basic building blocks for the County's Redistricting Plan, The data base assembled for the 2001 Redistricting process refers to "Redistricting Units" (RDUs) as the building blocks. Most RDUs, in fact, are whole tracts, however, since some tracts are split along city or other boundaries, many RDUs are partial census tracts.
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For additional guidance, click on parenthetical information for statutory and other legal requirements (Garza, Elections Code, County Charter, etc.) A Redistricting Kit containing 2000 census data and other pertinent information is available on this web site and on compact disk.
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Members of the public may also utilize the County's Redistricting Work Site to develop and submit proposed redistricting plans. The work site will contain all materials and data included in the Redistricting Kit.
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A proposed redistricting plan must comply with applicable provisions of the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits forming districts that dilute the voting strength of protected minority groups.
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The following factors may be considered in drawing boundaries:
- topography
- geography
- cohesiveness, contiguity, integrity, and compactness of territory
- community of interests
of the districts.
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Redistricting plan proposals must be made using the Proposed Redistricting Plan Submittal file. This file has two parts: a Plan Submittal Form and a Reassignments List. The file is in Microsoft Excel format with separate worksheets for the Form and List. You may download the File from this web site or purchase it as part of the Redistricting Kit at the Executive Office of the Board of Supervisors, Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, 500 West Temple Street, Room 383, Los Angeles, CA 90012.
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Submitting
Your Plan
(Steps to follow to submit a plan over the Internet, by mail, or in person)
Plans may be submitted electronically to the Redistricting e-mail address: Commserv@bos.co.la.ca.us.
Please note: The Plan Submittal Form and Reassignments List, the two required documents in a Proposed Redistricting Plan, are both contained in the Proposed Redistricting Plan Submittal File. Completed plans may be submitted either via the Internet or on compact disk.
Hard copies of the Plan Submittal Form and the Reassignments List may be delivered to the address below.
YOUR SUBMITTAL PACKAGE MUST INCLUDE ALL OF THE REQUIRED INFORMATION NOTED ON THE PLAN SUBMITTAL FORM IN ORDER TO INSURE PROPER PROCESSING.
(Steps to follow to submit a plan over the Internet, by mail, or in person)
Plans may be submitted electronically to the Redistricting e-mail address: Commserv@bos.co.la.ca.us.
Please note: The Plan Submittal Form and Reassignments List, the two required documents in a Proposed Redistricting Plan, are both contained in the Proposed Redistricting Plan Submittal File. Completed plans may be submitted either via the Internet or on compact disk.
Hard copies of the Plan Submittal Form and the Reassignments List may be delivered to the address below.
YOUR SUBMITTAL PACKAGE MUST INCLUDE ALL OF THE REQUIRED INFORMATION NOTED ON THE PLAN SUBMITTAL FORM IN ORDER TO INSURE PROPER PROCESSING.
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by the Boundary Review Committee, proposed redistricting plans must
be received (through Internet transmission, mail, or personal delivery)
by 5:00 P.M. May 21, 2001, at:
Executive Office of the Board of Supervisors, Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, 500 West Temple Street. Room 383,Los Angeles, CA 90012
Attention: Commission Services
Telephone: (213) 974-1431
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Plans submitted to the County will be reviewed by County staff for accuracy of data and conformance with all applicable requirements. The staff will provide analysis of each plan to the Boundary Review Committee. The time frame for analysis is dependent on the format of the submission. Copies of analyses will be made available on the Internet or in hard copy by request.
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Plans submitted to the County become subject to the deliberations of the Boundary Review Committee and may be revised or modified by the Committee as it deems appropriate.
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Plans must be submitted at least seven business days in advance of a scheduled Boundary Review Committee meeting in order to be properly noticed, reviewed, and placed on the Committee's agenda. Plans submitted at a meeting of the Boundary Review Committee cannot be considered at that meeting.
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All plans submitted to the Boundary Review Committee and staff's analyses of these plans will be made available for public review.
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The Boundary Review Committee will hold public meetings through June 11, 2001. All interested persons are encouraged to participate.
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Submitted plans will be considered at Boundary Review Committee meetings. Proposers may wish to attend the meetings and to testify on their plans. Attendance by proposers is not required.
Download Redistricting Data.
Download free version of GeoTrack: GeoTrack is a Geographical Information System (GIS) computer program that can be used to analyze a portion of the Redistricting Data.
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