Oceanside Based Military Urged To Give CA Redistricting Input

OCEANSIDE, CA — The Oceanside area is home to tens of thousands of active military and their families. According to Military Installations the local military population includes:

• More than 42,000 active duty personnel;
• More than 38,000 military family members occupy base housing complexes. However, with a daytime population of 70,000 military and civilian personnel;
• More than 77,000 retired military personnel reside within a 50-mile radius of Camp Pendleton with all the privileges to Base recreation facilities, commissary, exchange and medical services.

The impact to the Oceanside area from that large of a population cannot be underestimated. The military presence affects everything from the economy to the culture of Oceanside.

That's why the California Citizens Redistricting Commission wants military families to know they are eligible to participate in the CA Redistricting Process.

"The CA Redistricting Process is open to all who live in CA," said Patricia S. Sinay, Commissioner for California Citizens Redistricting Commission, "Even if they vote in their designated home state, we still want military families to engage in the state's redistricting process. Their local congressional and state representatives make a lot of decisions that affect them so this process is critical for veterans, reserve, active military, and their families.

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.

• 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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