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Gilroy council opts to pursue six districts with at‑large mayor; maps and public workshops scheduled
Summary
The council voted to direct staff and the demographer to draft maps for a system of six council districts with an at‑large mayor, and set public workshops and a March 31 posting deadline for draft maps.
The Gilroy City Council directed staff and its demographer to prepare draft district maps for a district‑based election system consisting of six council districts with an at‑large, directly elected mayor.
After a presentation by the city’s demographer on legal requirements and criteria for drawing districts under the Fair Maps Act and the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA), Council members discussed public outreach and translation services. The demographer reviewed the ranked criteria the Fair Maps Act requires — population equality (roughly equal population across districts, typically under 10% deviation), contiguity, maintaining communities of interest, identifiable lines, and compactness — and described the CVRA’s focus on racially polarized voting…
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