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Page 10 <br />Respect for population equality. The District plan includes districts whose total populations fall <br />within a 5% deviation of the ideal population of 51,942 persons per district, with a percentage <br />spread of less than 10%. <br />Respect for the requirement of contiguity. The plan draws contiguous districts. <br />Respect for the requirement of making boundaries easily identifiable.The Council district <br />boundaries are easily identifiable and understandable to residents and follow natural and <br />artificial barriers, streets, and the boundaries of the City. <br />Respect for the requirement of compactness. The plan draws compact districts where possible, <br />understanding that federal Voting Rights Act compliance and maintaining the integrity of <br />communities of interest may require drawing less compact districts. <br />Respect for nonpartisanship. The plan was developed to address community needs and <br />does not favor or discriminate against a political party. <br />Priorities for City Council Districts <br />●District A creates a Federal Voting Rights Act-compliant district and keeps the largest <br />community of Vietnamese residents and Mobile Home COIs together. It also includes the <br />most number of Vietnamese-speaking businesses, faith institutions (ex. Buddhist <br />temples and Catholic churches), and restaurants. <br />●District B maintains the integrity of the affluent long-time homeowner community <br />together. <br />●District C creates a Federal Voting Rights Act compliant district and maintains the <br />integrity of the affluent single-family homes and emerging Vietnamese communities <br />between Warner & S Raitt St to Warner & Bristol st. <br />●District D creates a Federal Voting Rights Act compliant district around cohesive Latinx <br />communities with mostly low-income Latinx communities that reside in mobile home <br />parks or apartment complexes, as well as the Willowick and Sullivan neighborhoods. <br />●District E creates a Federal Voting Rights Act-compliant district with the highest Latinx <br />population of 83.9% of Latinxs residents. This district includes numerous communities of <br />interest, including low-income communities, working-class communities, mixed <br />immigration status families, monolingual communities, tenant communities, and housing <br />cost-burdened communities. <br />●District F creates a Federal Voting Rights Act compliant district and maintains the most <br />impacted environmental justice communities together. This district includes the Logan <br />and Delhi neighborhoods. <br />Santa Ana City Council Redistricting Public Map Submission <br />Santa Ana Redistricting Coalition