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City Council Memorandum TO:HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DATE: JANUARY 11, 2022 FROM: CITY CLERK WARDS: ALL SUBJECT: REVIEW THE REDISTRICTING PLAN AND APPROVE REDISTRICTING CRITERIA AND TIMELINE ISSUE: Riverside City Charter, Section 402 requires a review of Ward boundaries at least every ten years upon completing the federal decennial census data. City Council shall determine the proposed steps, timing, criteria, and public outreach for the City's 2022/2023 redistricting process. The City must adopt its ward boundaries no later than August 2023. RECOMMENDATIONS: That the City Council: 1.Determine whether the City Council will oversee the redistricting process; defer the process to a Standing Committee; or establish a Resident-led Advisory Redistricting Commission, as set forth in Elections Code sections 23002. 2.Approve the proposed redistricting timeline for the CityÓs Redistricting plan. 3.Provide further direction as the City Council deems appropriate for the establishment of the CityÓs Redistricting Plan. BACKGROUND: On October 12 and November 16, 2021, the City Council met and conferred on the procedural requirements for the Redistricting process. During the presentation, the City Council was advised on the City's proposed plan for community engagement, a tentative timeline for establishing the ward boundaries, a comprehensive report on the California Voting Rights Act and the three redistricting commission methods. Riverside City Charter Section 402 requires City Council, by an ordinance, to divide the city boundaries into seven wards, review the boundaries of those wards every ten years, and adjust, by ordinance, those boundaries to provide for a substantially equal number of residents in each ward. The resulting redistricting ordinance becomes effective thirty days after it is adopted, and the existing ward boundaries are to be used until that redistricting ordinance establishes new ward 15a - 1