* Historical Notes:
Title: The title of Article II was amended at the Election of 10/12/71 effective 12/6/71. Section 2**: Repealed Election 10/12/71 effective 12/6/71.
Section 2.1**: Added Election 10/11/49 effective 12/19/49; Repealed Election 10/12/71 effective 12/6/71.
** These section numbers refer to a numbering system that was in place prior to the Election of 11/8/94.
The City of Stockton is divided into six Council districts.
(Amended Election 10/12/71 effective 12/6/71; Amended Election 11/4/86 effective 12/9/86; Amended Election 11/8/16 effective 12/3/16)
(a) 
On or before February 1, in the year following the decennial census, an Advisory Commission shall be established in the City. The Mayor shall appoint one member of the Commission who shall be a registered voter of the City. Each Councilmember shall appoint to the Commission one voter registered to vote in the Council District from which the appointing Councilmember was elected.
(b) 
The Commission shall use data from the decennial census and such further data as may illuminate the census data, to develop recommendations to the City Council as to the boundaries of Council districts.
(c) 
The Commission shall conduct public outreach and hearings throughout the City prior to making its recommendation. The Commission's recommendations to the Council shall be based on the factors set forth in section 202.
(d) 
The Commission shall forward its recommendation to the City Council within 120 days of the Commission's receipt of decennial census data.
(Amended Election 11/8/16 effective 12/3/16)
(a) 
The districts shall continue to be as nearly equal in population as may be according to the latest federal decennial census.
(b) 
The districts shall comply with the applicable provisions of the United States Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, Section 1973 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended and any other applicable provisions of federal or state law.
(c) 
In establishing the boundaries of the districts, the City may give consideration to the following factors: (1) topography, (2) geography, (3) cohesiveness, contiguity, integrity, and compactness of territory, and (4) community of interest of the districts.
(d) 
Council districts shall be numbered sequentially with the Council District in the northeastern most section of the City numbered District 1.
(Amended Election 11/8/16 effective 12/3/16)
The Council shall determine the boundaries of the council districts. Before adjusting the boundaries of a district, the Council shall hold at least one public hearing on the proposal to adjust the boundaries of the district prior to the public hearing at which the Council votes to approve, modify or reject the proposed boundaries.
(Amended Election 11/8/16 effective 12/3/16)