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)