COUNTY OF LOS ANGELESOFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNSEL

648 KENNETH HAHN HALL OF ADMINISTRATION

500 WEST TEMPLE STREET

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 900 I 2-27 I 3

ANDREA SHERIDAN ORDINCounty Counsel June 2, 2011

TELEPHONE

(213) 974-1801

FACSIMILE

(213) 626-7446

TDD

(213) 633-0901

TO: SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT BOUNDARYREVIEW COMMITTEE

FROM: NANCYM. TAKADEPrincipal County Counsel

RE: June 8, 2011 BRCMeeting - Agenda Item No.6:Consideration of Plan Bl - Minority Empowerment

To assist the Committee in its review of proposed redistrictingplans, the following is a sumary of the proposed Plan B1 - MinorityEmpowerment submitted by Alan Chan.

1. Plan Summary: This plan proposes to reassign 430redistricting units (RDUs) which makes up 48 whole or parial communities. Themoves of these areas are sumarized on page 5, and are further detailed on pages10-16 of the Report on Proposed Redistricting Plan - B 1. The relevant summarpage (Page 5) is included here as Attachment 1.

2. Population Deviation: The total population deviation in

the proposed plan is 1.32%.

3. Number of People Moved: This plan reassigns 1,454,997people among the five districts. The total population moved to and from eachdistrict, is sumarized on page 9 of the Report on Proposed Redistricting Plan-B1. The relevant page is included here as Attachment 2.

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.). Countyide, 14.6% of constituents in the County wil be affected bydeferral or advancement under this proposed plan. A table containing deferral

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and advancement information is included here as Attachment 3 and issumarized below.

Advancement

Voters who wil be reassigned from the First and Third Districtsinto the Second, Fourh or Fifth Districts as a result of this proposed plan, wilhave an opportity to vote for a County supervisor twice in four (4) years (2010,2012), thus advancing their right to vote for a supervisor.

In the Benchmark First District, 670,087 constituents wil bereassigned to either the Second, Fourh or Fifth Districts. As a result of thisproposed plan, 35.4% of all constituents, 32.9% of the citizen voting agepopulation (CV AP), and 34.4% of registered voters in the Benchmark FirstDistrict are advanced.

In the Benchmark Third District, 10,623 constituents wil bereassigned to either the Second, Fourth or Fift Districts. As a result of thisproposed plan, 0.5% of all constituents, 0.5% of the CV AP, and 0.4% ofregistered voters in the Benchmark Third District are advanced.

Deferment

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

In the Benchmark Second District, 243,580 constituents wil bereassigned to either the First or Third Districts. As.a result of this proposed plan,12.5% of all constituents, 11.1 % of the CV AP, and 10.3% of registered voters in

the Benchmark Second District are deferred.

In the Benchmark Fourh District, 158,374 constituents wil bereassigned to either the First or Third Districts. As a result of this proposed plan,8.2% of all constituents, 8.5% of the CV AP, and 8.6% of registered voters in theBenchmark Fourh District are deferred.

In the Benchmark Fifth District, 347,882 constituents wil bereassigned to either the First or Third Districts. As a result of this proposed plan,16.7% of all constituents, 16.3% of the CV AP, and 16.3% of registered voters in

the Benchmark Fifth District are deferred.

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

information per district is sumarized on page 30 of the Report on ProposedRedistricting Plan - B1. The relevant page is included here as Attachment 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

None None

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 DistrictAzusa 5Pico Rivera 4LA City - Downtown 1LA City - East Hollywood 3LA City - Hancock Park 3LA City - Lake View Terrace 5LA City - Miracle Mile 1LA City - South Park 2LA City - Sylmar 3LA City - Venice 3UGty-W~~ 1LA County - Claremont 5LA County - EI Monte 1LA County - Florence/Firestone 2LA County - Hacienda Heights 1LA County - Rowland Heights 1LA County - South Whittier 4LA County - West Whittier/Los Nietos 4. LA County - Whittier 4

10. Major Facilties Moved: This plan moves major faciltiesout of their curent districts. The facilties that are moved are:

Facilties Curent District New District

Los Angeles County ArboretuDHS-H Claude Hudson

Comprehensive Health Center

5

1

1

2

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Downey/Rancho Complex 1 2DPW Headquarters Complex 5 1

Ferguson Complex 1 4Lesage Complex 2 1

Monrovia Civic Center 5 1

Pomona Civic Center 1 5The Adams & Grand Complex 1 2Alhambra Courhouse 5 1

Central Civil West Courouse 2 1

Huntington Park Courhouse 1 2Metropolitan Courhouse 1 2Pomona Courhouse - North 1 5

Pomona Courthouse - South 1 5Bob Hope Patriotic Hospital 1 2Fairplex 1 5

George C. Page Museum Hancock Park 3 1

- La Brea Tarits

Museum of Ar 3 1

Lario Staging Area 1 5Los Pinetos Staging Area 5 3

Workman Mil Rd Staging Area 4 1

Diamond Bar GC 4 1

Mountain Meadows GC 1 5Santa Anita GC 5 1

DHS - The Leavey Center. 2 1

PH - Monrovia Public Health Center 5 1

PH - Pomona Public Health Center 1 5Amigo Park 1 4Bil Blevins Park 4 1

Carolyn Rosas Park 4 1

Countr Countywood Park 4 1

Dalton Park 1 5EI Parque Nuestro 1 2Franlin D. Roosevelt Park 1 2Gloria Heer Park 4 1

Los Robles Park 4 1

Manzanita Park 4 1

Mayberry Park 1 4Michilinda Park 5 1

Pamela Park 5 1

Pepperbrook Park 4 1

Rowland Heights Park 4 1

Sorensen Park 1 4Steinmetz Park 4 1

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Stephen Sorenson Park 1 4Thomas Buron Park 4 1

Trailview Park 4 1

Valleydale Park 1 5

Walnut Nature Park 1 2Olive View Medical Center 5 3

Public Library - Bell 1 4Public Library - Bell Gardens Librar 1 4Public Library - Cudahy 1 2Public Library - Diamond Bar Library 4 1

Public Library - Graham 1 2Public Library - Hacienda Heights 4 1

LibraryPublic Library - Hollydale 1 2Public Library - Huntington Park Library 1 2Public Library - Leland R. Weaver Library 1 2Public Library - Live Oak 5 1

Public Librar - Los Nietos 1 4Public Library - Maywood Library 1 2Public Library - Pico Rivera Librar 1 4Public Library - Rivera Library 1 4Public Library - Rowland Heights Library 4 1

Public Library - San Gabriel Librar 5 1

Public Library - Sorenson Library 1 4Public Library - Temple City Library 5 1

Arcadia Regional Park 5 1

Schabarm Regional Park 4 1

Parks & Rec - Lareo Bicycle Trail / 1 5

ParkwayParks & Rec - Santa Anita Equestrian 5 1

Trail-LACO P581

Pathfinder Park 4 1

If you have questions concerning this matter, please contact me at(213) 974-1891.

NMT

c: Wiliam T FujiokaChief Executive Officer

Sachi A. Hamai, Executive OfficerBoard of Supervisors

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thly

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imat

es a

re b

ased

on

data

colle

cted

fro

m J

anua

ry 1

, 200

5 to

Dec

embe

r 31

, 200

9, a

nd a

re n

ot 2

010

Cen

sus

data

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per

cent

ages

of

the

votin

g ag

e ci

tizen

pop

ulat

ion

by R

acel

Eth

nici

ty f

rom

the

AC

S w

ere

appl

ied

to th

e 20

10 C

ensu

s co

unts

of

the

votin

g ag

e po

pula

tion

at th

e ce

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o ob

tain

est

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es o

f th

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age

citiz

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n by

RacelEthnicity as of April

1, 2

010,

2, T

he V

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g A

ge C

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n de

pict

s ea

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ge 1

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ng c

ount

ed o

nly

once

- e

ven

mul

ti-ra

ce p

erso

ns.

3, T

he D

epar

tmen

t of J

ustic

e de

fined

a s

et o

f 8 e

xclu

sive

rac

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hnic

ity p

opul

atio

n ca

tego

ries;

per

sons

are

cou

nted

onc

e in

thei

r ap

plic

able

DO

J ca

tego

ry,

4, T

he C

OU

NT

col

umns

con

tain

vot

ing

age

citiz

en p

opul

atio

n to

tals

for

each

dis

tric

t, an

d fo

rDO

J ca

tego

ries

with

in e

ach

dist

rict,

5, T

he %

col

umns

con

tain

vot

ing

age

citiz

en p

opul

atio

n pe

rcen

tage

s fo

r ea

ch D

OJ

cate

gory

with

in e

ach

dist

rict

. TIP

: Rea

d th

ese

perc

enta

ges

acro

ss.

6, A

mer

ican

Ind

ian

popu

latio

n in

clud

es A

lask

a N

ativ

e; P

acif

ic I

slan

der

popu

latio

n in

clud

es N

ativ

e H

awai

ian,

Pla

nlD

: 81

- M

inor

ity E

mpo

wer

men

t May

1, 2

011

Pag

e 30

of 5

3