COUNTY OF LOS ANGELESOFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNSEL

648 KENNETH HAHN HALL OF ADMINISTRATION

500 WEST TEMPLE STREET

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90012-2713

ANDREA SHERIDAN ORDINCounty Counsel

August 19,2011

TELEPHONE

(213) 974-1801

FACSIMILE

(213) 626-7446

TDD

(213) 633-0901

TO: SUPERVISOR MICHAEL D. ANTONOVICH, MayorSUPERVISOR GLORIA MOLINASUPERVISOR MARK RIDLEY-THOMASSUPERVISOR ZEV Y AROSLA VSKYSUPERVISOR DON KNABE

ANDREA SHERIDAN ORDIN ftCounty Counsel

FROM:

RE: Consideration of Plan A3 Amended - Voting Rights ActCompliant A3 Amended

The following is a summary of Plan A3 Amended - Voting RightsAct Compliant A3 Amended, as submitted by Supervisor Don Knabe.

1. Plan Summary: This plan is a revision of the BoundaryReview Committee ("BRCIt) Recommended Plan A2, as introduced by SupervisorKnabe at the Board of Supervisor's meeting on August 9, 2011. The plan alsoreflects a subsequent amendment on August 16, 2011, by Supervisor Knabe tomove Westchester. This plan proposes to reassign 96 redistricting units (RDUs)which make up 12 whole or partial communities. The moves of these areas are

summarized on page 3, and are further detailed on pages 8-13 of the Report onProposed Redistricting Plan - Plan A3 Amended. The relevant summary page(page 3) is enclosed here as Attachment 1.

2. Population Deviation: The total population deviation in

the proposed plan is 1.57 percent.

3. Number of People Moved: This plan reassigns 277,283people among the five districts. The total population moved to and from eachdistrict is summarized on page 7 of the Report on Proposed Redistricting Plan-Plan A3 Amended. The relevant page is enclosed here as Attachment 2.

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4. Deferred/Advanced Voting: County supervisors are

elected to staggered four-year terms. The First and Third Districts electsupervisors at each general election at which the Governor is to be elected (i.e.2010,2014,2018). The Second, Fourth and Fifth Districts elect supervisors ateach election which the President appears on the ballot (i.e. 2008,2012,2016,etc.). Countywide, 2.3 percent of constituents in the County will be affected bydeferral or advancement under this plan. A table containing deferral andadvancement information is enclosed here as Attachment 3 and is summarizedbelow.

Advancement

V oters who will be reassigned from the First and Third Districtsinto the Second, Fourth or Fifth Districts, will have an opportunity to vote for aCounty supervisor twice in four (4) years (2010, 2012), thus advancing their rightto vote for a supervisor.

In the Benchmark First District, 84,065 constituents will bereassigned to either the Second, Fourth or Fifth Districts. As a result of thisproposed plan, 4.4 percent of all constituents, 4.7 percent of the citizen voting agepopulation (CV AP), and 4.8 percent of registered voters in the Benchmark FirstDistrict are advanced.

In the Benchmark Third District, no constituents wil be reassignedto either the Second, Fourth or Fifth Districts.

Deferment

V oters who will be reassigned from the Second, Fourth and FifthDistricts into the First and Third Districts, will not have the opportunity to votefor a County supervisor until 2014. For those reassigned voters, six (6) years willhave passed since they last had the opportunity to vote for a supervisor.

In the Benchmark Second and Fourth Districts, no constituents willbe reassigned to either the First or Third Districts.

In the Benchmark Fifth District, 142,356 constituents will bereassigned to either the First or Third Districts. As a result of this proposed plan,6.8 percent of all constituents, 6.9 percent of the CV AP, and 6.9 percent ofregistered voters in the Benchmark Fifth District are deferred.

5. Citizen Voting Age Population (CV AP): The CV AP

information per district is summarized on page 27 of the Report on ProposedRedistricting Plan - Plan A3 Amended. The relevant page is enclosed here asAttachment 4.

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6. Incumbency: This plan does not displace any supervisorfrom his/her district.

7. Contiguity/Compactness: All five supervisorial districtsare contiguous and are reasonably compact.

8. City/Community Splits: The following cities/communities that are newly split as a result of this plan are:

City/Community District Splits

LA City - Westchester*LA County - Claremont*LA County - Covina Is1ands*LA County - Rowland Heights 1 *

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* Previously split, but areas have now changed districts.

9. City/Community Unified: The following

cities/communities that are now unified in one district as a result of this plan are:

City/Community Joined in Which District

West Covina 1LA City - Silverlake 1LA County - Florence Firestone 2LA County - South Whittier 4LA County - West Whittier/Los Nietos 4

10. Major Facilities Moved: This plan moves major facilitiesout of their current districts. The facilities that are moved are:

Facilities Current District New District

West Covina Civic Center 5West Covina Courthouse 5EI Parque Nuestro 1Franklin D. Roosevelt Park 1

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i There remain two RDUs (RDUs 1209 and 1210) in the unincorporated

area of Rowland Heights with zero population that are contained wholly withinthe First District. The Benchmark Plan Al also has the same two RDUs with zeropopulation in the First District.

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Mayben'y Park 1 4Sorensen Park 1 4Stephen Sorensen Park 1 4Public Library - Claremont 5 1

LibraryPublic Library - Graham 1 2

Public Library - Los Nietos 1 4Public Library - Sorensen 1 4

LibraryPublic Library - West Covina 5 1

Regional Library

11. Staff Recommendation: If this plan is adopted by theBoard of Supervisors, County redistricting staff recommends that the Boardconsider adjusting minor anomalies within the plan. These adjustments will moveareas with zero or negligible population to appropriate supervisorial districts, andeliminate "islands" within districts or the appearance of a resulting split in a cityor unincorporated area. The following adjustments are recommended to Plan A3,and as ilustrated below:

1. Reassign that portion of Census Track 602302 currently in theCity of Hawthorne and the Fourth District to the SecondDistrict, resulting in the City of Hawthorne entirely containedin the Second District (zero population impact).

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11. Reassign that portion of Census Tracks 500403 and 501200currently in the City of Pi co Rivera and the Fourth District tothe First District, resulting in the City of Pico Rivera entirelycontained in the First District (zero population imp~ct).

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111. Reassign that portion of Census Tracks 930301, 400604, and400800 currently in City of Azusa and the Fifth District to theFirst District, resulting in the City of Azusa entirely containedin the First District (295 population impact).

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iv. Reassign two separate portions of Census Track 408401

currently in the unincorporated area of Hacienda Heights (zeropopulation impact) and the First District, plus that portion ofCensus Track 408202 currently in the unincorporated area ofAvocado Heights/Bassett (26 population impact) and the FirstDistrict, all to the Fourth District, resulting in the southern cityboundary for the City of Industry being the same as theSupervisorial district boundary.

v. Reassign that pOliion of Census Track 209510 currently in theCity of Los Angeles (zero population impact) and the SecondDistrict, to the First District, to align with Census Bureau'strack definition for 209510.

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If you have questions concerning this matter, please contact me,Assistant County Counsel Judy W. Whitehurst at (213) 974-1921, PrincipalDeputy County Counsel Nancy M. Takade at (213) 974-1891, or Deputy CountyCounsel Truc L. Moore at (213) 974-4334.

ASO:NMT:TLM:sc

Enclosures

c: William T Fujioka

Chief Executive Officer

Sachi A. Hamai, Executive OfficerBoard of Supervisors

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