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It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Receive a report on the 2021 Redistricting process; and
b. Receive staff recommendation on the project timeline and the formation of the 2021 Redistricting Community Advisory Commission; and
c. Provide staff direction as appropriate.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Receive a report on the 2021 Redistricting process; and
b. Receive staff recommendation on the project timeline and the formation of the 2021 Redistricting Community Advisory Commission; and
c. Provide staff direction as appropriate.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Office of Community Engagement and Advocacy (OCESA) of the CAO has been assigned leadership of the 2021 Redistricting process for Monterey County, the redrawing of Supervisorial boundaries in accordance with federal, state and local law mandate subsequent to the 2020 Census.
The U.S. Census Bureau (Bureau) is required by Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution to conduct an accurate count of the population every ten years. Census data is used to determine how many seats each state will have in the U.S. House of Representatives and in redistricting of state legislatures, county boards of supervisors and city councils. In 2020, the Bureau conducted the decennial census, extending the deadline for responses through October 15, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Upon completion of the Census, the County's self response rate (households who responded via the three options to respond; internet, mail or phone) was estimated to be 65.6% (2010 rate was 64.4%) and the Bureau estimated that the total national self-response rate was 67% of all U.S. residents. The Census Bureau followed up with non-responders through census takers and estimates that 99.9% of the U.S. population was counted between self-response and non-response follow up operations by the Census Bureau. On April 26, 2021, the Census Bureau delivered 2020 Census state populat...
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