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Orozco, Norma <br /> From: emkold@aol.com <br /> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2022 2:36 PM <br /> To: eComment; Sarmiento, Vicente; Bacerra, Phil; Phan, Thai; Penaloza, David; Lopez, <br /> Jessie; Hernandez, Johnathan; Mendoza, Nelida <br /> Subject: Redistricting Public Hearing Item #16 Regarding Redistricting Ward Boundaries - IN <br /> SUPPORT OF DRAFT PLAN F <br /> Mayor Vicente Sarmiento <br /> Mayor Pro Tem Phil Bacerra <br /> Council Members <br /> Johnathan Ryan Hernandez <br /> Jessie Lopez <br /> Nelida Mendoza <br /> David Penaloza <br /> Thai Viet Phan <br /> Greetings Mayor and Council Members, <br /> I am writing to urge the Council to adopt Redistricting Draft Plan F. Draft Plan F is clearly in the <br /> best interest of our City's residents. <br /> Before asking you to endorse Draft Plan F, I reviewed the plan criteria and draft plans submitted <br /> by Redistricting Partners in their Report to Council (See City of Santa Ana Draft Maps 2-1- <br /> 2022 ht(ps://santa-ana.primegov.com/Portal/M`eetin ?mpiledMeetingDocumentFileId 26389) as <br /> well as the Council's redistricting criteria that appears in our City's web site (See Santa- <br /> Ana.org/CC/redistricting:documents). Since 2012, I have followed with great interest our City's <br /> transition from at large to district elections and the re-drawing of the existing boundaries of our <br /> City's wards in compliance with Federal and California Voting Rights Act requirements, based on <br /> the latest US Census demographic data. <br /> I support Council's redistricting criteria for use when drawing ward lines and believe Draft Plan <br /> F fulfills these criteria. I appreciate Council's commitment to redistricting as <br /> a nonpartisan process in which ward boundaries shall not be drawn for <br /> purposes of favoring or discriminating against a political party. Per your <br /> criteria, to the extent practicable, ward lines in Draft Plan F have been adopted that appear to <br /> ensure: (1) geographically contiguous wards, (2) the geographic integrity of local neighborhoods or <br /> communities is respected in a manner that minimizes its division, (3) geographic integrity of the <br /> city is respected in a manner that minimizes its division, (4) easily identifiable boundaries follow <br /> natural or artificial barriers (rivers, streets, highways, rail lines, etc.), and (5) lines are drawn to <br /> encourage geographic compactness. (See Santa-Ana.org/cc/Redistricting, documents) <br /> 1 <br />