HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-049 CC Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 11-49
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TEMECULA OPPOSING THE PROPOSED
CALIFORNIA CITIZENS REDISTRICTING COMMISSION'S
RECOMMENDATION TO DIVIDE THE CITY OF
TEMECULA INTO TWO SEPARATE CONGRESSIONAL
ELECTION BOUNDARIES AND REQUESTING THAT ALL
OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA BE INCLUDED IN THE NEW
PRS/I-15 CORRIDOR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
WITHIN RIVERSIDE COUNTY
WHEREAS, California citizens, via a State Initiative, required that an
independent commission redraw State Assembly, State Senate, and Congressional
boundaries in accordance with data received from the 2010 U.S. Census.
WHEREAS, the goal for the California Citizens Redistricting Commission was to
stop State legislature gerrymandering and to set up districts that made logical sense,
and to balance communities. Additionally, an important goal for the Commission was to
keep communities together.
WHEREAS, the area that ultimately became the City of Temecula has been a
part of Riverside County since the County was formed in 1893. The draft Assembly and
Senate maps include all of Temecula within one district. However, the Redistricting
Commission has determined in its initial draft analysis to sever a large portion of the
City of Temecula into a San Diego County Congressional District.
WHEREAS, consistent with the goal of keeping communities together, all of
Temecula logically and politically should remain a part of Riverside County's
congressional delegation, much like the draft Senate and Assembly maps.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TEMECULA that the City of Temecula formally opposes the proposed California
Citizens Redistricting Commission's recommendation to divide the City of Temecula into
two separate congressional election boundaries and requests that the Redistricting
Commission revise the boundary map to include all of the City of Temecula in the new
PRS/I-15 Corridor Congressional District within Riverside County.
THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF TEMECULA that the City of Temecula authorizes its Council and city staff to
communicate its opposition to the proposed California Citizens Redistricting
Commission's recommendation to divide the City of Temecula into two separate
congressional election boundaries and to request that all of the City of Temecula be
included in the new PRS/I-15 Corridor Congressional District within Riverside County.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Temecula this 28th day of June, 2011.
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Ron Roberts, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Susan . Jones, MC
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, Susan W. Jones, MMC, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution No. 11-49 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of
the City of Temecula at a meeting thereof held on the 28 day of July, 2011, by the
following vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Comerchero, Edwards, Naggar,
Washington, Roberts
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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S san W. ones, MMC
City Clerk
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