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4)ORERISTRICTINGE <br />OOPARTNERS <br />Traditional Redistricting Principles <br />Should be followed by Lrcal Agencies <br />There area no in 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 />OONEUMme ING <br />TRA) PARTNERS <br />Communities of Interest <br />Bringing like people togetherfar 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 />0 C+ REDISTRICTING = <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%tatino 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 />