Commentary This week, the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted to change their boundaries by dramatically redistricting the five supervisorial districts. This process is required every ten years, after receiving the United States decennial census results, but rarely has it been so intriguing. All five supervisors should have voted for the final redistricting map, but it was a split vote. Having enjoyed this exercise ten years ago when I served as a County Supervisor, I can tell you that the customary strategy usually follows three overarching dictates. The five districts should be roughly evenly populated. It is preferred that the smaller of the County’s 34 cities stay intact. A couple of the larger cities, like Anaheim and Irvine, are difficult to contain in one supervisorial district. But it has worked well to have just one supervisor representing a city, versus two or more. Keeping communities of interest intact satisfies the …
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