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00 REMTRMM <br />Nig PARTNERS <br />Traditional Redistricting Principles <br />Should he 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 />• Maintain "communities of interest" <br />• Follow city/County/local government lines <br />• Keep districts compact—appearance/function <br />00RECIStRIC/1116 <br />NIPPARnM <br />Communities of Interest <br />Bringing like people together for representation <br />What is a community of interest includes ethnic and <br />language minorities and other groups. <br />• Communities covered by the Voting Rights Act <br />• Latinos <br />• Asians <br />• African Americans <br />• Religious communities <br />• Other Nationality/Ethnic communities <br />00 RMISTRICIINS <br />00 PARTNERS <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 are concerned with the "Citizen Voting <br />Age Population" (CVAP) as calculated by the US Census annually <br />through the American Community Survey. <br />Base ethnicity of the City shows 17% Asian and 60% Latino CVAP. <br />However, these populations are not evenly distributed -there are <br />strong concentrations of each in parts of the district. <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 33 OCTOBER 16, 2018 <br />1 OA -33 <br />