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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JUNE 20, 2011 <br />TITLE: <br />OPPOSITION TO THE CITIZENS <br />REDISTRICTING COMMISSION'S <br />PROPOSED REDISTRICTING IN <br />SANTA ANA <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Ordinance on 15f Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager to prepare a letter on behalf of the City Council and the City of Santa <br />Ana to the Citizens Redistricting Commission in opposition to the proposed redistricting of the <br />City's State Assembly, State Senate, and Congressional Districts. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Citizens Redistricting Commission (CRC) was created by California voters to re-draw State <br />Congressional, Assembly, Senate and Board of Equalization Districts. Currently, the <br />Commission is taking public testimony from local area residents to redraw existing legislative <br />districts in central Orange County. On June 10, 2011, CRC issued a preliminary proposed <br />redistricting map for the cities of Santa Ana and Anaheim which would divide the two cities into <br />separate Assembly, Senate, and Congressional Districts. <br />Historically, Santa Ana and Anaheim flatlands have been identified as "Communities of Interest" <br />through shared socio-economic demographics. The two cities are linked by a large blue collar <br />working class-immigrant population. Both areas share significant populations that are primarily <br />Spanish speaking, young median age, and have common health issues related to diabetes, <br />obesity, and a lack of medical insurance. Additionally, Santa Ana and Anaheim have common <br />interests related to a variety of regional transportation and important infrastructure projects. Both <br />cities are pursuing fixed-guide way projects and are currently serving as major public <br />transportation hubs and pursuing multi-modal transportation centers known as the Anaheim <br />Regional Transportation Center, and the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center. Santa Ana <br />and Anaheim are older, more densely populated cities with common issues related to aging <br />infrastructure, and along with Fullerton, Anaheim and Santa Ana are the only three cities with <br />direct membership in both the Metropolitan Water District and the Orange County Water District, <br />thus sharing common water resources and needs. Also, because of the common socio- <br />65A-1