BILL NUMBER: SB 1331	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  508
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 17, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 20, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kehoe

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to add Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 21550) to
Division 21 of the Elections Code, relating to reapportionment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1331, Kehoe. County of San Diego Independent Redistricting
Commission.
   Existing law requires the board of supervisors of each county,
following each decennial federal census, and using that census as a
basis, to adjust the boundaries of any or all of the supervisorial
districts of the county so that the districts are as nearly equal in
population as possible, and comply with applicable federal law, and
specifies the procedures the board of supervisors must follow in
adjusting those boundaries.
   This bill would establish the Independent Redistricting Commission
in the County of San Diego. The bill would require the clerk of the
Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego to select, at random,
the members of the commission from persons interested in, and
qualified to serve on, the commission. The bill would require the
county to provide reasonable staffing and logistical support to the
commission. The bill would require the commission to hold at least 7
public hearings, and would require the commission to adjust the
boundaries of the supervisorial boundaries of the county, as
specified. The bill would require the commission to adopt a
redistricting plan, as specified, and would provide that the plan
become effective 30 days following submission to the clerk of the
board. The bill would subject the plan to referendum. By increasing
the duties on local officials, this bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
   The bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the unique circumstances
facing the County of San Diego.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.


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

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 21550) is added to
Division 21 of the Elections Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 6.5.  COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING
COMMISSION


   21550.  (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (1) "Board" means the Board of Supervisors of the County of San
Diego.
   (2) "Clerk" means the clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the
County of San Diego.
   (3) "Commission" means the Independent Redistricting Commission
established by subdivision (b).
   (b) (1) There is, in the County of San Diego, an Independent
Redistricting Commission.
   (2) The commission shall be comprised of five members and two
alternates who shall each meet the following qualifications:
   (A) Be a resident of the County of San Diego.
   (B) Be a registered voter of the County of San Diego.
   (C) Be a former or retired state or federal judge.
   (D) Not be a current member of the board.
   (3) Any interested person meeting the qualifications specified in
paragraph (2) may submit his or her name to the clerk to be included
in a random drawing. The clerk shall conduct a random drawing at a
regularly scheduled meeting of the board to select the members of the
commission.
   (4) The presiding judge of the Superior Court of the County of San
Diego may assist the clerk in identifying former or retired judges
that may be qualified to be included in the drawing.
   (c) (1) The commission shall adjust the supervisorial district
boundaries after each decennial federal census in accordance with
this subdivision.
   (2) The commission shall adjust the boundaries of the
supervisorial district of the county so that the districts are equal,
or nearly equal in population. The commission may adjust some or all
of the supervisorial district boundaries to accomplish this goal.
   (3) The resulting supervisorial districts shall comply with any
applicable provisions of Section 1973 of Title 42 of the United
States Code, as amended.
   (4) The commission may consider all of the following factors in
establishing the boundaries of the supervisorial districts:
   (A) Topography.
   (B) Geography.
   (C) Cohesiveness, contiguity, integrity, and compactness of
territory.
   (D) Community of interests in each district.
   (5) The commission shall utilize federal census tracts and blocks
in establishing the boundaries of supervisorial districts.
   (d) The board shall provide for reasonable staffing and logistical
support for the commission.
   (e) The commission shall be subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act
(Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of
Title 5 of the Government Code), and shall conduct at least seven
public hearings with at least one public hearing held in each
supervisorial district.
   (f) (1) The commission shall adopt a redistricting plan adjusting
the boundaries of the supervisorial districts, as specified in
subdivision (c), and shall file the plan with the clerk prior to the
first day of October of the year following the year in which each
decennial federal census is taken.
   (2) The plan shall be effective 30 days after it is filed with the
clerk.
   (3) The plan shall be subject to referendum in the same manner as
ordinances.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the unique circumstances facing the County of San Diego.
  SEC. 3.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district are the result of a program for which legislative authority
was requested by that local agency or school district, within the
meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code and Section 6 of
Article XIII B of the California Constitution.