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Dale Helvig 2536 N. Valencia St. Santa Ana CA 92706 February 27, 2022 Mayor Sarmiento and Santa Ana City Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, 81" Floor Santa Ana CA 92702 Subject: Next City Council Meeting-Public Hearing Regarding Redistricting Ward Boundaries I have reviewed the City Council identified four maps for further review along with SARC1a and SARC2a. What is surprising to me, and hopefully to you as well, is if I understand the City's published neighborhood boundaries correctly, it looks like all six maps split up multiple neighborhoods. Anywhere from three to as many as six neighborhoods. These are all identified in the COMPARISON OF MAPS table on the page 3. One recurring comment I heard from most, if not all councilmembers and several residents, was the desire to have only one councilmember represent their neighborhood. I created map 115467 (attached)to accomplish the objective of having NO NEIGHBORHOODS SPLIT. All six maps of the City, and mine, are based on the ethnic breakdown of 276,553 Latinos/Hispanics, 37,484 Asians, 29,445 Whites and 2,818 Blacks (Redistricting Partners terminology and data). While map 115467 solves the neighborhood issue, it does create another issue:that of balancing all wards to have a maximum 10%delta. So,the decision comes down to splitting up neighborhoods or exceeding the 10%threshold. I believe map 115467 provides a better starting point for this discussion. Thank you for your thoughtful consideration, CIS -4. It Dale A Helvig Resident, Santa Ana cc: Kristine Ridge Minh Thai City Manager, Santa Ana Executive Director, Planning Sonia Carvalho Daisy Gomez City Attorney, Santa Ana Clerk of the Council, Santa Ana Steven Mendoza Assistant City Manager, Santa Ana Page 1 of 3 2022-02-27 Letter to City Councilmember-Redistricting Map Review