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DIVISION 21 - STATE AND LOCAL REAPPORTIONMENT
CHAPTER 7 - City Elections
ARTICLE 1 - General Law Cities
21601
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CA Elec Code ยง 21601 (2014)
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Following each decennial federal census, and using that census as a basis, the council shall, by ordinance or resolution, adjust the boundaries of any or all of the council districts of the city so that the districts shall be as nearly equal in population as may be and shall comply with the applicable provisions of Section 1973 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended. In establishing the boundaries of the districts the council may give consideration to the following factors: (a) topography, (b) geography, (c) cohesiveness, contiguity, integrity, and compactness of territory, and (d) community of interests of the districts.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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