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ioNN"", <br />Traditional Redistricting Principles <br />Should be followed by Local Agencies <br />There are a number of criteria that have been used <br />nationally and upheld by courts. <br />• Relatively equal size- people, not citizens <br />• Contiguous— districts should not hop/jump <br />• Malntain"communities of interest" <br />• Follow city/county/local government lines <br />• Keep districts compact—appearance/function <br />r., � <br />Communities of Interest <br />Bringing like people together for representation <br />What is a communityof interest includes ethnic and <br />language minorities and othergroups. <br />• Communities covered by the Voting Rights Act <br />Latinos <br />Asians <br />African Americans <br />Religious communities <br />Other Nationality/Ethnic communities <br />bORLRI ERSIIN6 - <br />fA(LPARIXRRS <br />City of Santa Ana <br />Latino and Asian Communities <br />There are densities of Latino and Asian population that <br />will need to be considered in line drawing process. <br />For ethnic populations we am concerned with the "Citizen Voting <br />Age Population" (NAP) as calculated by the US Census in annually <br />through the American Community Survey. <br />Base ethnicity of the district shows 17% Asian and 60% Latino <br />NAP. However, these populations are not evenly distributed - <br />there are strong concentrations of each in parts of the district. <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 20 SEPTEMBER 18, 2018 <br />1 OA -20 <br />