To: Board of Supervisors
From: County Administrative Office
Agenda Section: Departmental
SUBJECT:
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Introduction of the Proposed Ordinance Relating to Supervisorial District Boundaries
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Introduce by Title, Ordinance No.____, amending Chapter 2 of Division 1 of Title II of the Humboldt County Code relating to supervisorial district boundaries (Attachment 1), and waive further reading of the ordinance;
2. Approve the reenacted and renewed supervisorial district boundaries as set forth in the proposed ordinance;
3. Set the proposed ordinance for adoption on February 8, 2022;
4. Direct the Clerk of the Board to post a certified copy of the full text of the proposed ordinance in the office of the Clerk of the Board at least five days prior to the Board meeting at which the ordinance will be adopted and to post and publish in a newspaper of general circulation the County of Humboldt a pre-adoption summary of the ordinance at least five days before the date set for adoption; and
5. Direct the Clerk of the Board, within 15 days after adoption of the ordinance to publish a post-adoption summary of the ordinance with the names of the Supervisors voting for and against the ordinance, and direct the Clerk of the Board to post in the office of the Clerk of the Board a certified copy of the full text of the adopted ordinance.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
General Fund (1100)
DISCUSSION:
On Dec. 7, 2021, your Board approved Resolution No. 21-154 which adopted a redistricting plan for Humboldt County. This plan was based on the district boundaries in place in Humboldt County since 2011. Resolution No. 21-154 met California Elections Code, ??21500 et seq., which requires that following each federal decennial census for a county whose Board is already elected using district-based elections, the Board shall adopt boundaries for all of the supervisorial districts of the county so that the sup...
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