RESOURCES

Media Articles & Op-Eds

The City of Oakland Stalling on Redistricting Plans for 2013, May 2, 2013, The Pioneer Online (CSUEB), by Kerry Chan, Metro Editor

 OaklandLocal.com, June 3, 2013, Rising and Dreaming Together, Our Voices Must Be Heard in Oakland's Redistricting (Community Voices), by Esperanza Tervalon-Daumont, Executive Director, Oakland Rising

Oakland Tribune, June 18, 2013, Oaklanders should not lose their participation in redistricting, by Tanya Dennis, Oakland Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment

 OaklandLocal.com, July 3, 2013, City of Oakland Seeks Citizen Input on 
Redistricting

OaklandLocal.com, July 11, 2013, Changing Oakland's Political Landscape, by Libby Schaaf

Rockridge Patch, June 19, 2013, Oakland Plans Hurry-Up Redrawing of City Council, School Board Districts

East Bay Express, June 19, 2013, Quick Reshaping Oakland Politics, June 19, 2013, by J. Douglas Allen-Taylor.

Oakland Tribune, July 8, 2013, Oakland to begin redistricting meetings, by Matthew Artz

 OaklandVotes.org, July 24, 2013, Socio-Economic District Remap Plans for Oakland City Council and the Oakland School Board, by Jesse Douglas Allen-Taylor

Public Forums

Places where you can post your comments, questions and suggestions, view and respond to those posted by others.

 Engage Oakland - Sponsored by the City of Oakland
How would you describe the neighborhood that you live in, and how would you define its boundaries?

Legal Requirements

Legal Requirements and Legal Status Report Regarding the City of Oakland's Redistricting Effort Acrobat, City of Oakland, City Attorney's Office, Barbara J. Parker, City Attorney, Legal Opinion, April 26, 2013

The Basic Legal Requirements of Local Redistricting
Detailed outline written by Robert J. Marchant, Legislative Attorney, Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, 2001.

Criteria & Guidelines / City of Oakland


Staff Report on Proposed 2013 Redistricting Process and Schedule Acrobat, Rachel Flynn, Department of Planning & Building, June 4, 2013

Library (not Oakland-specific)


Redistricting Primer #1 - Criteria Acrobat
Redistricting Primer #2 - History Acrobat
Redistricting Primer #3 - Neighborhoods Acrobat
Redistricting Primer #4 - Communities of Interest Acrobat
Redistricting Primer #5 - Race & Ethnicity Acrobat
A Citizen's Guide to Redistricting, Brennan Center of Justice at New York University School of Law Acrobat
The Impact of Redistricting in Your Community, NAACP Legal Defense Fund Acrobat
California's New Redistricting Commission Acrobat 
Guide to Brown Act Acrobat 


Redistricting Websites

San Francisco - Elections Task Force on Redistricting.

Fresno County - Redistricting Task Force

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