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demographer. There will also be attorneys' fees paid to Kevin Shenkman on behalf of Southwest Voter Registration Education Project of not more than $30,000. Then, after each census, districts will need to be reconfigured with demographer assistance. BACKGROUND On September 21, 2021, after the City received a letter from attorney Kevin Shenkman on behalf of Southwest Voter Registration Education Project asserting the City's at-large councilmember election system violates the California Voting Rights Act ("CVRA") and threatening litigation, the City Council adopted a resolution of intention to transition from at-large to district-based elections in conformance with the CVRA (Resolution No. 21- 1240). This transition would be implemented for the November 2022 general municipal election. Pursuant to Elections Code Section 10010, on January 4, 2022 and January 18, 2022, the City Council held public hearings to consider input from the public on the composition of the Council districts and criteria for determining district boundaries. The City Council considered all oral and written information, testimony, and comments received during the public review process. On January 18, 2022, the City Council directed its demographer to develop at least three map options. The City Council also held public hearings on February 3, 2022, and February 24, 2022, where the public was invited to provide comments and input on the draft maps and the proposed sequence of elections. Prior to the public hearing on February 3, 2022, the City published draft maps that were discussed at that public hearing, and prior to the public hearing on February 24, 2022, the City published additional draft maps that were discussed at that public hearing. At a public hearing on February 24, 2022, the City Council voted to proceed with the attached map and to sequence elections such that elections for Districts 1 and 3 would occur at the November 2022 municipal election, and every four years thereafter, and elections for Districts 2 and 4 would occur at the November 2024 municipal election, and every four years thereafter. DISCUSSION The attached ordinance provides that Councilmembers shall be elected on a district- based electoral system in four single-member districts. The Councilmember elected to represent a district must live in that district and be a registered voter in that district, and any candidate for City Council must live in, and be a registered voter in the district in which he or she seeks election at the time nomination papers are issued. Page 2 of 3