BILL NUMBER: AB 1979	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Roger Hernández

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act relating to elections.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1979, as introduced, Roger Hernández. District-based local
elections.
   Existing law provides for political subdivisions that encompass
areas of representation within the state. With respect to these
areas, public officials are generally elected by all of the voters of
the political subdivision (at-large) or from districts formed within
the political subdivision (district-based).
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation relating to district-based local elections.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation relating to district-based local elections.