Starting this Wednesday, January 4th, the Los Angeles City Council Redistricting Commission will hold the first of three public hearings in the Hollywood area to gather public input regarding the formation of the new City Council district boundaries.
As was discussed in a previous post, Los Angeles City Charter Section 204 requires that a 21 member Redistricting Commission be appointed every 10 years to draw new City Council district boundaries. The City Charter requires that Council Districts “each contain, as nearly as practicable, equal portions of the total population of the City as shown by the Federal Census” (i.e. 252,847 persons) and that they be “drawn in conformance with requirements of state and federal law and, to the extent feasible, shall keep neighborhoods and communities intact, utilize natural boundaries or street lines, and be geographically compact.”
If you have any thoughts on what the future Council District boundaries should be; how, and if, Hollywood and its neighborhoods should be divided; and, what criteria and factors the Redistricting Commission should look at to guide its redistricting process; now is the time to get engaged and have your voice heard.
The three upcoming Hollywood area public hearings will be held:
- Wednesday, January 4th from 6:30PM-9:30PM at Friendship Auditorium (3201 Riverside Drive).
- Thursday, January 5th from 6:30PM-9:30PM at Fairfax High School (7850 Melrose Avenue) in the Auditorium.
- Monday, January 9th from 6:30PM-9:30PM at Los Angeles Community College (855 N. Vermont Avenue) in the Theater.
The Redistricting Commission is scheduled to complete its first round of public input hearings (which includes the three Hollywood area meetings noted above) by January 10th. The Redistricting Commission is planning to hold two more hearings (on January 17th and 18th) for “Group Presentations”. The Redistricting Commission is scheduled to unveil its first draft Council District map on January 25. Following that, the Redistricting Commission plans to hold another series of public hearings before it produces its final City Council District map in late February.
The Redistricting Commission is required develop a redistricting plan and submit its plan to the City Council for review and adoption by no later than March 1, 2012. However, the City Council is not required to adopt the plan developed by the Redistricting Commission. The Council has the authority to amend and modify the Redistricting Commission's plan as it seems fit. The City Charter requires that the City Council adopt a final redistricting plan no later than July 1, 2012.
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