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Santa Rosa is in the final stages of its redistricting process. The city council chose a new map Tuesday, and heads for final approval on April 12th. The new map, called version A2, preserves the current boundaries of districts 1, 6, and 7, which cover parts of Roseland and Coffey Park. And the neighborhoods west of Stony Point Road. According to the city, Map A2 shifts about 3,000 residents among districts to meet state requirements.

District 5 Councilman Corey O'ConnorCourtesy of the office of Councilman Corey O'Connor. Pittsburgh residents elect their City Council members based on nine districts that are apportioned every 10 years in response to the United States census. That process is currently underway, with the City Council Reapportionment Advisory Committee using the 2020 census population data.

Petaluma is in the final stages of its redistricting process. The Petaluma City Council chose a new district map by a six-to-one vote, the map will be finalized on April 4th. The new map is an amended version of a map submitted by a member of the public and splits Petaluma into six electoral districts.

(Denver, Colo.) It's crunch time for the Denver City Council's redistricting plan. The council will vote on a new map divvying up their 11 districts Monday. Council members have worked hard in recent weeks to create the new maps. It's a tedious process complicated by an abbreviated timeline.

Sonoma County supervisors violated the state's open meeting laws twice last year as they worked to redraw political boundaries. That's according to a determination by Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch.

This is the City Council redistricting map proposed by Kevin Flynn, known as Map C.City and County of Denver. (Denver, Colo.) Denver City Council member Candi CdeBaca said last week that's it's essential to keep at least one minority-majority council district when redrawing city council boundaries. But white-majority districts elected three of the city's minority council members, council member Kevin Flynn told NewsBreak after the meeting.

Council member Candi CdeBaca discusses Denver's proposed redistricting maps with a constituent via Zoom.YouTube/Zoom/Denver City Council member Candi CdeBaca. (Denver, Colo.) Denver City Council member Candi CdeBaca represents district 9, a council district made up mostly of minorities. But the district could become mostly white under a proposed redistricting plan known as map D.

For decades, the Congressional District representing most of the South Bronx, currently the 15th Congressional District of New York, has been labeled as the poorest such district in the nation where the median income household income is $31,061.

(Denver, Colo.) Thousands of Denverites soon may live in a different City Council district. They're not moving. The City Council is redistricting. That means people who lived in one district may soon find themselves in a different one.