Existing law authorizes a county, general law city, school district, community college district, or special district to establish an independent redistricting commission, an advisory redistricting commission or a hybrid redistricting commission, as defined, to change the district boundaries for the legislative body of each of those entities or to recommend changes to those district boundaries to the legislative body. Existing constitutional provisions require the establishment of the Citizens Redistricting Commission, and requires that commission to adjust the boundary lines of the congressional, State Senatorial, Assembly, and Board of Equalization districts in the state, as specified.
This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to require each general law city and county to establish an independent redistricting commission that is
modeled after the Citizens Redistricting Commission. The bill would require each of those local jurisdictions to establish an independent redistricting commission for the purpose of adjusting the boundary lines of districts for the legislative body of the local jurisdiction after each federal decennial census. The bill would require the auditor of each local jurisdiction to implement an application process for members to the commission, as specified. By increasing the duties of these local jurisdictions, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for
those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.