Bill Text: CA SB1018 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Elections: state and local reapportionment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-09-17 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 462, Statutes of 2018. [SB1018 Detail]
Download: California-2017-SB1018-Amended.html
and an independent redistricting commission to have that commission adopt the county city council district boundaries for that city.
Bill Title: Elections: state and local reapportionment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-09-17 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 462, Statutes of 2018. [SB1018 Detail]
Download: California-2017-SB1018-Amended.html
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
| Senate Bill | No. 1018 |
| Introduced by Senator Allen |
February 07, 2018 |
An act to amend Sections 23000, 23001, 23002, and 23003 of, and to add Section 23004 to, the Elections Code, relating to elections.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1018, as amended, Allen.
Elections: state and local reapportionment.
Existing law authorizes a local jurisdiction, defined as a county or general law city, to establish by resolution or ordinance a commission, composed of residents of the local jurisdiction, to either change the boundaries of the districts of the local jurisdiction’s legislative body or recommend to the governing body changes to the boundaries of the districts. Existing law defines a “legislative body” for these purposes to mean either a city council of a general law city or a county board of supervisors.
For a commission that recommends changes to district boundaries, defined as an advisory redistricting commission, existing law prohibits a person who is an elected official of the local jurisdiction, or a family member, staff member, or
paid campaign staff of an elected official of the local jurisdiction from being appointed to serve on the commission, and requires the commission to submit a report to the legislative body of its findings on the need for changes to the boundaries and its recommended changes, within a specified time after the federal decennial census, as specified.
For a commission empowered to change district boundaries, defined as an independent redistricting commission, existing law prohibits the appointment of a person, or family member of a person, who engaged in specified activities during the preceding 8 years, including having been elected or appointed to, or been a candidate for, an elective office of the local jurisdiction. Existing law also prohibits a commission member from engaging in specified activities, such as accepting an appointment to an office of the local jurisdiction, for 4 years, commencing with the date of his or her appointment. Existing law requires a
commission to adopt new boundaries within a specified period of time after the federal decennial census. Existing law prohibits a commission from drawing districts for the purpose of favoring or discriminating against an incumbent or political candidate.
This bill would authorize a local jurisdiction to establish a commission by charter amendment. The bill would, for an advisory redistricting commission, authorize a local jurisdiction to impose additional qualifications and restrictions on members of the commission in excess of those described above. The bill would eliminate the requirement that an advisory redistricting commission submit a report on its findings and recommended changes within a specified time after the federal decennial census.
This bill would, for an independent redistricting commission, instead
prohibit a person from being appointed to serve on the commission if the person or a family member of the person has done any of the specified activities described above within the 4 years preceding the person’s application, except for having been elected or appointed to, or been a candidate for, an elective office of the local jurisdiction. The bill would instead prohibit a commission member from engaging in specified activities for 2 years, commencing with the date of his or her appointment. The bill would eliminate the requirement that the commission adopt new boundaries within a specified period after the federal decennial census and instead subject the commission to the same redistricting deadlines, requirements, and restrictions that would otherwise apply to a legislative body. The bill would prohibit a legislative
body from altering district boundaries that it or a hybrid or independent redistricting commission has adopted until after the next federal decennial census following the adoption of the boundaries. The bill would additionally prohibit a commission from drawing districts for the purpose of favoring or discriminating against a political party. The bill would authorize a general law city to contract with a county in which the city is located that has established a commission empowered to change district boundaries to have that commission adopt the city council district boundaries for that city. The bill would apply the provisions applicable to an independent redistricting commission to a hybrid redistricting commission, as defined. The bill would define “redistricting,” for the purposes of these provisions and those described above, to mean either districting or redistricting.
The bill would expand the definition of “legislative body” to include a governing board of a school district, a governing board of community college district, or an elected governing board of a special district. The bill would expand the definition of a “local jurisdiction” to include a school district, community college district, or special district.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 23000 of the Elections Code is amended to read:23000.
For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:(a) “Advisory redistricting commission” means a body that recommends to a legislative body placement of the district boundaries for that legislative body.
(b) “Family member” means a spouse, registered domestic partner, parent, sibling, child, or in-law.
(c) “Hybrid redistricting commission” means a body, other than a legislative body, that satisfies either of the following:
(1) The body is empowered to adopt the district boundaries of a legislative
body, subject to modification by the legislative body by a supermajority vote.
(2) The body recommends to a legislative body two or more maps for the placement of the district boundaries for that legislative body, where the legislative body must adopt one of those maps without modification, except as may be required to comply with state of federal law.
(d) “Independent redistricting commission” means a body, other than a legislative body, that is empowered to adopt the district boundaries of a legislative body.
(e) “Legislative body” means either a city council of a general law city or a county board of supervisors.
a county board of supervisors, a city council of a general law city, a governing board of a school district, a governing board of a community college district, or an elected governing board of a special district.
(f) “Local jurisdiction” means either a general law city or a county. a county, general law city, school district, community college district, or special district.
(g) “Redistricting” means either districting or redistricting.
SEC. 2.
Section 23001 of the Elections Code is amended to read:23001.
A local jurisdiction may establish by resolution, ordinance, or charter amendment an independent redistricting commission or an advisory redistricting commission composed of residents of the local jurisdiction to change the legislative body’s district boundaries or to recommend to the legislative body changes to those district boundaries.SEC. 3.
Section 23002 of the Elections Code is amended to read:23002.
(a) This section applies to advisory redistricting commissions.(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the local jurisdiction may prescribe the manner in which members are appointed to the commission. A local jurisdiction may also impose additional qualifications and restrictions on members of the commission in excess of those prescribed by this section.
(c) A person who is an elected official of the local jurisdiction, or a family member, staff member, or paid campaign staff of an elected official of the local jurisdiction, shall not be appointed to serve on the commission.
SEC. 4.
Section 23003 of the Elections Code is amended to read:23003.
(a) This section applies to hybrid redistricting commissions and independent redistricting commissions.(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the local jurisdiction may prescribe the manner in which members are appointed to the commission, provided that the jurisdiction uses an application process open to all eligible residents. A local jurisdiction may also impose additional qualifications and restrictions on members of the commission in excess of those prescribed by this section.
(c) A
person shall not be appointed to serve on the commission if the person or a family member of the person has been elected or appointed to, or been a candidate for, an elective office of the local jurisdiction in the eight years preceding the person’s application.
(d) A person shall not be appointed to serve on the commission if the person or a family member of the person has done any of the following in the four years preceding the person’s application:
(1) Served as an officer of, employee of, or paid consultant to, a campaign committee or a candidate for elective office of the local jurisdiction.
(2) Served as an officer of, employee of, or paid consultant to, a political party or as an elected or
appointed member of a political party central committee.
(3) Served as a staff member of, consultant to, or contracted with, a currently serving elected officer of the local jurisdiction.
(4) Been registered to lobby the local jurisdiction.
(5) Contributed five hundred dollars ($500) or more in a year to any candidate for an elective office of the local jurisdiction. The local jurisdiction may adjust this amount by the cumulative change in the California Consumer Price Index, or its successor, in every year ending in zero.
(e) A member of the commission shall not do any of the following:
(1) While serving on the commission, endorse, work for, volunteer for, or make a campaign contribution to, a candidate for an elective office of the local jurisdiction.
(2) Be a candidate for an elective office of the local jurisdiction for 10 years commencing with the date of his or her appointment to the commission.
(3) For two years commencing with the date of his or her appointment to the commission:
(A) Accept an appointment to an office of the local jurisdiction.
(B) Accept employment as a staff member of, or consultant to, an elected official or candidate for elective office of the local jurisdiction.
(C) Receive a noncompetitively bid contract with the local jurisdiction.
(D) Register as a lobbyist for the local jurisdiction.
(f) The commission shall not be comprised entirely of members who are registered to vote with the same political party preference.
(g) Each member of the commission shall be a designated employee in the conflict of interest code for the commission pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 87300) of Chapter 7 of Title 9 of the Government Code.
(h) The commission is 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 the California
Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code).
(i) The commission shall
be subject to the same redistricting deadlines, requirements, and restrictions that would otherwise apply to a legislative body.
(j) The commission shall publish a map of the proposed new district boundaries and make that map available to the public for at least seven days before
that map may be adopted. The commission shall hold at least three public hearings preceding the hearing at which the new boundaries are adopted.
(k) The commission shall not draw districts for the purpose of favoring or discriminating against a political party or an incumbent or political candidate.
(l) District boundaries adopted by an independent redistricting commission or a hybrid redistricting commission, or adopted by a legislative body from recommendations provided by a hybrid redistricting commission, shall not be altered by the legislative body or the commission until after the next federal decennial census occurs.
