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C. 15
To: Board of Supervisors
From: Mary Ann Mason, County Counsel
Date: November  9, 2021
The Seal of Contra Costa County, CA
Contra
Costa
County
Subject: Adopt Ordinance No. 2021-35 repealing current supervisorial district boundaries.

APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On:   11/09/2021
APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:
John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor
Contact: Mary Ann McNett Mason, County Counsel, (925) 655-2200
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED:     November  9, 2021
Monica Nino, County Administrator
 
BY: , Deputy

 

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT Ordinance 2021-35 to repeal Article 24-2.2 of the County Ordinance Code establishing supervisorial districts after the 2010 decennial census, as recommended by the County Counsel.

FISCAL IMPACT:

None.

BACKGROUND:

Following each decennial census, the Board of Supervisors is required to reestablish supervisorial districts that are substantially equal in population based on data from that census. The current supervisorial districts were established by Ordinance No. 2011-15, which the Board of Supervisors adopted on August 9, 2011, after the 2010 decennial census. Ordinance No. 2011-15 is codified at Article 24-2.2 of the County Ordinance Code and identifies each whole and partial census tract within each supervisorial district.  
  


BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
In accordance with Elections Code section 21500, et seq., and other applicable legal requirements, the Board of Supervisors is undertaking a public process to determine how supervisorial districts will be reestablished following the 2020 decennial census to ensure they remain substantially equal in population. Assembly Bill 594 (Stats. 2021, Ch. 320, § 2), urgency legislation that became effective on September 27, 2021, amended Elections Code section 21500(a) to authorize county boards of supervisors to reestablish supervisorial districts by resolution.  
  
Establishing supervisorial districts by resolution will allow for a longer process of public engagement. A resolution will need to be adopted by December 15, 2021, in accordance with Elections Code section 21501(a)(2). The resolution will need to identify each whole and partial census tract within each supervisorial district.  
  
On October 19, 2021, the Board of Supervisors voted to introduce Ordinance No. 2021-35 to provide for the repeal of Article 24-2.2, setting the existing supervisorial districts, so that supervisorial districts can be reestablished by resolution following the 2020 decennial census; the Board waived reading of the ordinance; and the Board set November 9, 2021, for adoption. Ordinance No. 2021-35 provides that the repeal of Article 24-2.2 will become operative on the operative date of a resolution establishing new supervisorial districts. The adoption of Ordinance 2021-35 will ensure a seamless transition to new supervisorial districts. For these reasons, the County Counsel recommends adoption of Ordinance No. 2021-35.

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