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Council considers move toward district elections after certified CVRA notice; legal counsel outlines options
Summary
City legal counsel told the City Council and school trustees that the city received a December certified letter alleging a California Voting Rights Act violation and outlined the safe-harbor path to move from at-large to district-based elections.
City legal counsel and outside counsel briefed council and trustees about a certified letter the city received in December alleging a violation of the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) and requesting a switch from at-large elections to district-based elections.
Outside counsel Kimon Manolius reviewed the CVRA process and the options available to the city. He said the California legislature created a safe-harbor process to allow local jurisdictions to adopt district-based elections voluntarily…
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