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May 20, 2014
VIA FACSIMILE ONLY 916-319-2143
The Honorable Mike Gatto
Chair, Assembly Appropriations Committee
State Capitol Building, Room 2114
Sacramento, CA 95814
RE: AB 2715 (Hernandez): District -based municipal elections.
(As proposed to be amended)
Notice of Opposition
Dear Assembly Member Gatto:
The City of San Luis Obispo is opposed to AB 2715 (Hernandez), which would amend
the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 to "impose" district -based elections on all general
law cities with populations over 100,000, by 2017.
By imposing a district -based election on an estimated 29 cities, which fit the criteria of
general law cities with populations at or above 100,000 and an at -large election process, this
measure would create significant costs to the impacted agencies. Affected cities, all which have
unique population and geographic characteristics, would have to hire consultants to draft maps
and analyze election patterns, with costs ranging $50,000 to $100,000 per city to comply with
this legislation.
For these reasons, the City of San Luis Obispo opposes AB 2715.
Sincerely,
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J Marx
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cc: City Council
City Manager
City Clerk
Assembly Member Roger Hernandez, fax 916-319-2148
Senator Bill Monning, fax 916-445-8081
Assembly Member Katcho Achadjian, fax 916-319-2135
David Mullinax, League of California Cities, dmulllinax@cacities.org