Berkeley Neighborhood Council Redistricting Plan Presentation
Explore the detailed process of the Berkeley Neighborhood Council's redistricting plan, including guiding principles, variations, feedback, and final map outcomes.
Berkeley Neighborhood Council Redistricting Plan Presentation
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2013 City Redistricting Plan Presentation April 29, 2013
Berkeley Neighborhood CouncilThe Redistricting Process • Voted unanimously to participate in the City redistricting process and established guiding principals: • Conform with the California Constitution definition of a community of interest: • A community of interest is a contiguous population which shares common social and economic interests that should be included within a single district for purposes of its effective and fair representation. • Keep neighborhoods together • Limit gerrymandering as much as possible • Create a majority student district • Shared intended process with forty-two (42) neighborhood groups. • Established a subcommittee to produce plan variations for review by entire group.
The Redistricting Process • Four (4) variations were presented with over 40 participants providing feedback. • Subcommittee took back comments and returned to group with two (2) map options for ratification.
The Redistricting Process • Over thirty (30) participants voted unanimously to submit based on the following principles: • A City Charter conforming map (keeping existing councilmembers in their districts) • One map only • Limit dividing neighborhood groups
The Redistricting Process • In the third and final meeting a ratified map was accepted with a vote of 15 yea, 3 abstain, 0 nay. It created: • A West Berkeley District • Kept all neighborhoods together with the exception of the accommodation for two councilmembers. • A student majority district that included the North Campus dorm but did not include the southeast Greeks. • Maintained major arterial boundaries east of San Pablo • With two exceptions conformed to < 1% deviation (this could be addressed by shifting some north University Avenue major apartments currently located in District 1 into District 3)
The Redistricting Process Participating Neighborhood Organizations • Claremont/Elmwood Neighborhood Association (CENA) • Northeast Berkeley Association (NEBA) • Bateman • Halcyon • Panoramic Hill • Dwight/Hillside • McGee (MSHHIG) • McGee Farm • LeConte • Willard • LOCCNA • Milvia Alliance • Spruce Street • Thousand Oaks Neighborhood Association • Ocean View NA • Sisterna NA • 5th and Channing • Rosa Parks • Potter’s Creek • Kains • Keoncrest • San Pablo Park
The Redistricting Process Questions & Discussion
