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Southern Kern Unified holds second public hearing on switching to trustee-area elections; draft maps to be posted Nov. 21
Summary
At a second required public hearing, district consultant Justin Levitt outlined why the district is moving from at-large to trustee-area elections under the California Voting Rights Act and Fair Maps Act, walked trustees and the public through demographic data and criteria for drawing lines, and said draft maps will be posted Friday, Nov. 21 for public review.
At a public hearing the Southern Kern Unified School District Board heard a long presentation on moving from at-large to by-trustee-area elections and set a timetable for draft maps to be posted for public review.
Justin Levitt, vice president of National Demographics Corporation, told the board the California Voting Rights Act and new state Fair Maps Act are the principal drivers behind the change and explained the legal and technical constraints trustees must follow. "The law requires two initial hearings before drawing lines, and once we post draft maps there must be a minimum seven-day public review before the board discusses them," Levitt said. He noted litigation risk and settlement costs in other jurisdictions have pushed many districts to adopt trustee areas.
Levitt presented the district's 2020 census-derived…
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