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California’s Community-of-Interest Criterion

Communities and the Commission “Redrawing the Maps: Redistricting, Race, and Representation in the Next Decade” Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos January 28, 2012. California’s Community-of-Interest Criterion. Applies only to geographic communities

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California’s Community-of-Interest Criterion

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  1. Communities and the Commission“Redrawing the Maps: Redistricting, Race, and Representation in the Next Decade”Nicholas O. StephanopoulosJanuary 28, 2012

  2. California’s Community-of-Interest Criterion • Applies onlyto geographic communities • “The geographic integrity of any . . . community of interest shall be respected . . . .” • “A community of interest is a contiguous population . . . .” • Defines communities in objective terms • “A community of interest is a . . . population which shares common social and economic interests . . . .” • “Examples of such shared interests are those common to an urban area, a rural area, an industrial area, or an agricultural area, and those common to areas in which the people share similar living standards, use the same transportation facilities, [or] have similar work opportunities . . . .” • Excludes political considerations • “Communities of interest shall not include relationships with political parties, incumbents, or political candidates.”

  3. Spatial Diversity Diagrams High Spatial Diversity; Low Community Congruence Medium Spatial Diversity; Medium Community Congruence Low Spatial Diversity; High Community Congruence

  4. Drivers of California Residential Patterns American Community Survey Analysis Popular Initiative Analysis

  5. California Plans’ Spatial Diversity Averages American Community Survey Analysis Popular Initiative Analysis

  6. California Plans’ Spatial Diversity Outliers American Community Survey Analysis Popular Initiative Analysis

  7. California Versus Its Peers (Congress; ACS Data)

  8. Improvement Example 1 (Congress; Socio-Economic Status)

  9. Improvement Example 2 (House; Asian-American Population)

  10. No Improvement Example 1 (Senate; Socio-Economic Status)

  11. No Improvement Example 2 (Congress; African-American Population)

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