June Update

As directed in the Sacramento City Charter, the City of Sacramento must reapportion City Council District boundaries every ten years, following the U.S. Census.  During the February 2nd, 2001 Council Meeting, the City Council adopted a process and a timeline for this redistricting.  This process must be completed by August 21, 2001.

Council District boundaries must be redrawn so that the population in Sacramento's 8 Council Districts is as equal as possible.  Of course, there are many possible configurations for these new districts and the City Council invited the citizens of Sacramento to participate in the process of deciding where the new boundaries should be by holding public meetings and by making a special CD available that citizens could use to draw their own proposed boundaries and submit them to the City Council.

The 2000 Census reported a total City population of 407,018 people; therefore, equal population distribution in the 2001 redistricting would result in 50,877 people per district.  The 2001 Redistricting outreach and solicitation resulted in a total of 13 Redistricting Maps submitted by interested community groups and individuals.  These maps are alphabetically listed by author in the table below and include the deviation range between lowest and highest population districts under each proposed plan.

The City Council will meet at 7 P.M. in the Council Chambers in City Hall on Tuesday, July 24th to discuss the final redistricting boundaries.  The public is invited to attend this meeting.  The staff report for the meeting will be available on Friday, July 20th from the City Clerk's Office in City Hall at 915 I Street, Room 304, or you can call (916) 264-5799.

Each plan is available for viewing and printing below in PDF format. In addition, there is a Summary Report Table available that shows the population and racial composition of each Council District in each plan. If you wish, you may download all of the PDF maps at once in a single zipped file.  Here is a link to download the Adobe Acrobat plugin, if you don't have it already (you will need it to view the maps below).