LE, THERESA V. CITY OF SANTA ANA, (CVRA)

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At the second post -map Public Hearing, the City Council will introduce and conduct a First Reading of a Proposed Ordinance that: (1) adopts a final district map to be used upon the occurrence of either of the following events: (i) the approval of the ballot measure currently scheduled to be voted on by City electors at the November 6, 2018 election, proposing the change from at -large to by -district Council Member elections, or (ii) the failure of the ballot measure and the change to a by -district election system pursuant to a Stipulated Judgment entered by the Court as provided for in this Agreement and as reflected in Exhibit A hereto; (2) specifies that, consistent with California Elections Code section 10010(b), based on the new district boundaries established in the adopted map for by -district elections, the district with the highest percentage of Asian -American citizens of voting age shall be designated among the three Districts (1, 3 and 5) subject to election on November 3, 2020, with Districts 2, 4 and 6 to be subject to election on November 8, 2022; and (3) specifies that, consistent with this Agreement, any special elections for Districts 1, 3, and 5 occurring after November 3, 2020 shall be by -district, and any special elections for Districts 2, 4, and 6 occurring after November 1, 2022 shall be by - district. At the City's regularly scheduled Council Meeting on November 20, 2018, the City Council will conduct a Second Reading, and adopt the Proposed Ordinance as described above. City Council District Boundaries. The district map approved by the City Council as detailed in paragraph 6 shall be drawn based on the official United States Census population data, and shall be drawn in a manner consistent with applicable law. The boundaries of the district map shall be drawn in accordance with the criteria set forth in the following order of priority: L Districts shall contain reasonably equal total population. ii. Districts shall comply with applicable Federal and State law, including, without limitation, the Constitutions of the United States and of the State of California, the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 52 U.S.C. §§ 10301, et seq., and the CVRA. Districts shall also be drawn in a manner that remedies the claimed vote dilution of Asian - American voters currently residing on the Westside of the City without drawing lines solely on the basis of ethnicity. iii. Districts shall be geographically contiguous and drawn to encourage geographic compactness. iv. As required by California Elections Code section 21620, districts shall be drawn with respect for (1) topography, (2) geography, (3) cohesiveness, contiguity and integrity of territory, and (4) community of interest of any neighborhood, including racial, ethnic, and language minorities, to the extent possible without violating the requirements of any of the preceding provisions. 8. Change to By -District Elections Absent Ballot Measure Approval.