COUNTY CONNECTION: Redistricting Boundaries

Monthly column, Novato Advance -- August 17, 2011

"Every 10 years, the county is required to make redistricting adjustments so that the boundaries of the five supervisorial districts are as nearly equal in population as possible.  We are required to consider: equal population within 0.5 to 1 percent topography, geography, cohesiveness, continuity, integrity, compactness of territory and community of interests of the districts..."  Read on...