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Subject: FW: [External] ICGC: Agenda #4 Communications (Riverside city redistricting timeline) <br />Attachments: 6-1-22 Letter Riverside City Redistricting_Brown_Black Redistrictng Alliance.pdf <br />From: Maribel Nunez <maribel@inlandequitypartnership.org> <br />Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2022 1:12 PM <br />To: Cervantes, Clarissa <CCervantes@riversideca.gov>; Conder, Chuck <CConder@riversideca.gov>; Perry, Jim <br /><J Perry@ riversideca.gov> <br />Cc: Ana Gonzalez <ana.g@ccaei.o g>; Lupe Camacho <lupecamacho12@gmail.com>; Lujano, Miguel <br /><MLuiano@riversideca.gov> <br />Subject: [External] ICGC: Agenda #4 Communications (Riverside city redistricting timeline) <br />CAUTION: This email is originated from OUTSIDE of City of Riverside and was not sent by any City Officials or City <br />Staff. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you are expecting the email and know that the content is <br />safe. If you suspect this is a phishing or malicious email, please contact the helpdesk. <br />Riverside City Redistricting Timeline <br />Re: Inclusiveness, Community Engagement, and Governmental Processes Committee <br />Agenda: #4 Communications <br />Riverside City Staff update: Riverside City timeline update <br />Dear Inclusiveness, CommunityEngagement, and GovernmentalProcesses Committee <br />Chair: Cervantes <br />Vice Chair: Perry <br />Member: Conder <br />My name is Maribel Nunez, Riverside City Ward 1 Resident and part of the Brown and Black Redistricting <br />Alliance. I am writing a letter for today's Inclusiveness, CommunityEngagement, and GovernmentalProcesses <br />Committee meeting 6/1/22 <br />COMMUNICATIONS 4 Items for future Inclusiveness, Community Engagement, and Governmental Processes <br />Committee <br />When looking at city redistricting, local governments are required to review their current district boundaries <br />and redistrict based on new population figures from the census. Brown and Black Redistricting Alliance wants <br />to ensure that districts are drawn in a way that will keep communities together. Keeping communities whole, <br />in a single political district, increases communities' ability to influence or even determine who gets elected to <br />represent that district. This also makes it more likely that representatives will listen to the community and be <br />responsive to its needs. According to the League of Women Voters California, While there are rules for state - <br />level redistricting in California, similar criteria to guide decision-making, and requirements to ensure a <br />transparent and open public process, do not necessarily apply at the local level. See the table of California Local <br />Redistricting Rules (pdf link: <br />https://Iwvc.org/sites/default/files/downloads/LWVC%20FairMaps%20California%20Local%20Redistricting%2 <br />1 <br />