City Of Oceanside Urges Residents Give CA Redistricting Input

OCEANSIDE, CA — The City of Oceanside encourages residents to provide input to the California Citizens Redistricting Commission. This is your chance to become a part of creating fair and transparent district boundaries that serve the best interests of the people in Oceanside and all of California.

Every ten years, after the U.S. Census, California must redraw the boundaries of its Congressional, State Senate, State Assembly, and State Board of Equalization districts to reflect the new population data.

The California Citizens Redistricting Commission is holding meetings and accepting public comment to ensure that new and fair districts are drawn free of special interests, politics, or political influence.

The Commission needs to know four key things from you about your community:

• The economic and social interests that bind your community together.
• Why your community should be kept together for fair and effective representation?
• Where your community is located?
• What nearby areas do they want to or not want to be grouped with?

You can provide public input to the Commission in several ways, including submitting your input through the Communities of Interest Mapping Tool (COI Tool), by visiting the website at: WeDrawTheLinesCA.org, by emailing us, by phoning us, or by postal mail.

You can provide input to the Commission by drawing your map using the “Draw My Community” tool and submitting it to the Commission by visiting DrawMyCACommunity.org More info

You can also provide input at the upcoming Communities of Interest Public Input Meeting for (Zone K--Imperial, San Diego) on August 13, 2021 - 3:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M.

Spanish, Tagalog and Arabic interpretation will be provided automatically for this meeting. Other languages must be requested by email at interpreter.request@crc.ca.gov, on the registration form or by calling our offices at (916)323-0323.

• Meeting Agenda August 13, 2021 Meeting
• Input Registration/Information

More information about California Redistricting:

• Video: What is Redistricting
• Redistricting Data 101 Fact Sheet
• Video: Accessing 2020 Census Redistricting Data from the Legacy Format Summary Files
• U.S. Decennial Census Measurement of Race and Ethnicity Across the Decades: 1790–2020

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