Lompoc Redistricting Information

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Redistricting Process and Requirements

What is redistricting?

Redistricting is the regular process of adjusting the lines of voting districts in accordance with population shifts. In California, public agencies and other organizations must redivide (or redraw) the lines of their districts every ten years once the results of the Census are released so that each district is substantially equal in population. This ensures that each elected official represents about the same number of constituents.

Redistricting is done using U.S. Census data, which is scheduled to be released by August 16, 2021. City of Lompoc is required to complete the redistricting process by April 17, 2022.

Every ten years, local governments use new data from the Census to redraw their district lines to reflect how local populations have changed. State law requires cities and counties to engage communities in the redistricting process by holding public hearings and doing public outreach, including to underrepresented and non-English-speaking communities. The City of Lompoc is asking for your help to plan, draw, and redivide new City districts.

The City Council will seek input in selecting the next district map for our City Council. The public will have an opportunity to share with the City Council how you think district boundaries should be drawn to best represent your community. The primary goal is to draw lines that respect neighborhoods, history, and geographical elements.

What criteria will our City Council use when drawing district lines?

Federal Laws

Equal Population (based on total population of residents as determined by the most recent federal decennial census and adjusted by the State to reassign incarcerated persons to the last known place of residence)
Federal Voting Rights Act
No Racial Gerrymandering

California Criteria for Cities (to the extent practicable and in the following order of priority)

Geographically contiguous (areas that meet only at the points of adjoining corners are not contiguous. Areas that are separated by water and not connected by a bridge, tunnel, or ferry service are not contiguous.
Undivided neighborhoods and “communities of interest” (Socio-economic geographic areas that should be kept together for purposes of its effective and fair representation)
Easily identifiable boundaries
Compact (Do not bypass one group of people to get to a more distant group of people)

Prohibited: Shall not favor or discriminate against a political party.

Other Traditional Redistricting Principles

Minimize voters shifted to different election years
Respect voters’ choices / continuity in office
Future population growth
Preserving the core of existing districts

Communities of interest are the overlapping sets of neighborhoods, networks, and groups that share interests, views, cultures, histories, languages, and values and whose boundaries can be identified on a map.

The following elements help define communities of interest:

shared interests in schools, housing, community safety, transit, health conditions, land use, environmental conditions, and/or other issues;
common social and civic networks, including churches, mosques, temples, homeowner associations, and community centers, and shared use of community spaces, like parks and shopping centers;
racial and ethnic compositions, cultural identities, and households that predominantly speak a language other than English;
similar socio-economic status, including but not limited to income, home-ownership, and education levels;
shared political boundary lines from other jurisdictions, such as school districts, community college districts, and water districts.

The City Council will be holding hearings to receive public input on where district lines should be drawn. Those hearings will be held on: July 6, 2021 at 7pm, July 20, 2021 at 7pm, February 2, 2022, at 6:30pm, and February 16, 2022, at 6:30pm, at Lompoc City Hall in the Council Chamber at 100 Civic Center Plaza, Lompoc CA.

On March 1, 2022 the Lompoc City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1690(22), amending Section 2.06.030 of the Municipal Code to adopt a City Council Electoral Districts Map based on the 2020 Census.

Draft Maps

Current No Change Demographics

Current No Change Map

Current Minimal Change Demographics

Current Minimal Change Map

Current Moderate Change Demographics

Current Moderate Change Map

Current Significant Change Demographics

Current Significant Change Map

Notice of Redistricting Public Hearing - English

Ciudad de Lompoc Proceso de Redistribución de Distritos

Public Hearing Videos

Language interpretation and requests for disability-related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or devices, may be arranged by emailing a request to s_haddon@ci.lompoc.ca.us at least 72 hours prior to the meeting.

Para solicitar traducción del idioma o una modificación por discapacidad, incluso los soportes auxiliares y los dispositivos, se puede mandar un correo electrónico a s_haddon@ci.lompoc.ca.us al menos 72 horas antes de la reunión.