REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
November 9, 2021
FROM
LEONARD X. HERNANDEZ, Chief Executive Officer, County Administrative Office
SUBJECT
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Supervisorial Redistricting
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
1. Conduct a public hearing to receive, file and provide comment on the attached draft maps recommended to the Board of Supervisors by the Advisory Redistricting Commission.
a. Commission Map #1
b. Commission Map #2
c. Commission Map #3
2. Receive and file the attached public testimony package containing all public comments and public submitted maps received through November 3, 2021.
3. Provide direction to County Staff about the Redistricting process.
(Presenter: Leonard X. Hernandez, Chief Executive Officer, 387-5417)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Promote the Countywide Vision.
Improve County Government Operations.
Ensure Development of a Well-Planned, Balanced, and Sustainable County.
Pursue County Goals and Objectives by Working with Other Agencies and Stakeholders.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of additional Discretional General Funding (Net County Cost).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The Board of Supervisors (Board) must adopt boundaries for all of the supervisorial districts based on 2020 U.S. Census data so that the districts are substantially equal in population and comply with state and federal law setting the criteria used to redraw district boundaries.
The new County Charter, approved by the voters in the November 2020 election as Measure "J", required the Board to adopt an ordinance establishing a redistricting commission for the supervisorial districts. On March 2, 2021 (Item No. 53), the Board adopted an ordinance establishing an Advisory Redistricting Commission (Commission). The ordinance requires the Commission to recommend to the Board a minimum of two possible maps containing the bound...
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