As I reported last week, Long Beach's western half is likely to see some major changes to its City Council districts. The population is especially growing in the 8th and 9th districts in the northern part of the city, while neighboring districts have lower populations..
Get all of the information you need about the redistricting process, including new Census data by council district, maps and how to give input to the city, here. I've included one of those maps below that shows each district's population and by what percentage it deviates from the ideal amount to have balance among the nine districts. Any population that is more than 5 percent above or below must be changed under standard city policy.
COUNCIL REDISTRICTING MAP.PDF
Get all of the information you need about the redistricting process, including new Census data by council district, maps and how to give input to the city, here. I've included one of those maps below that shows each district's population and by what percentage it deviates from the ideal amount to have balance among the nine districts. Any population that is more than 5 percent above or below must be changed under standard city policy.
COUNCIL REDISTRICTING MAP.PDF
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