TO:
- Menlo Park City Council, for comment
- Mark Church's office for San Mateo County redistricting
FROM:
C.J. Jameson
1000 Arbor Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025
COMMENT:
The City of Menlo Park is looking ahead to redistricting after the 2020 Census. One of the options would have been to use a county redistricting commission and look to that body to provide a recommendation for City lines.
It seems, based on https://www.menlopark.org/DocumentCenter/View/28471/C1-20210629-CC-Redistricting , that this option is not available.
Contract with County Redistricting Commission: Under new State law, cities may also contract with a county Independent redistricting commission to adjust the City’s map boundaries. San Mateo County currently does not have an independent districting commission, but this option would be available to the City if such a commission were formed in the future. The County commission is required to hold at least three public hearings in the local jurisdiction before adopting the new boundaries.
I ask that the San Mateo county provide such a service for the benefit of the constituent cities and towns in the future.
Thank you,
C.J. Jameson
