20130131_PacketCITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON
ELECTIONS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
AGENDA
Thursday, January 31, 2013
6:30 p.m.
Orangeview Junior High School
3715 West Orange Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92804
Spanish language translation services are available at the meeting upon request.
1. Call meeting to order
2. Flag Salute
3. Approve CAC minutes of the December 13, 2012 meeting
Action:
Approve minutes.
4. Public Comments (Individual audience participation is limited to three (3) minutes per
speaker)
Action:
Public comments on any agenda items or subject matter within the
jurisdiction of the Citizens Advisory Committee.
5. Receive and file the report on Community Outreach efforts
Action:
Receive and file community outreach report, upon presentation of
outreach efforts.
6. Overview and presentation of alternative electoral systems
Action:
Presentations by David C. Kimball, Ph.D., Professor, University of
Missouri-St. Louis and Steve Chessin, President, Californians for Electoral Reform.
7. Committee Communications
Action:
Closing comments.
8. Adjournment
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Agenda Item No. 3
CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON
ELECTIONS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
AGENDA
Thursday, December 13, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Trident Education Center
1800 W. Ball Road, Anaheim, CA 92804
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT:
Peter Agarwal John Woodhead, Ex Officio Member
Anthony Armas
Bill Dalati, Vice Chair
David Diaz (arrived at 7:15 p.m.)
Larry Larsen
Vivian Pham, Chair
Vic Real
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT:
Joseph Karaki
Martin Lopez
STAFF PRESENT:
Greg Garcia, Deputy City Manager
Robert J. Tyson, Deputy City Attorney
Caroline Morey, Recording Secretary
1. Call meeting to order.
The meeting of the Citizens Advisory Committee on Elections and
Community Involvement (CAC) was called to order at 6:38 p.m. by Chair Pham.
2. Flag Salute
3. Committee Procedures
Action:
Approve Procedures.
Deputy City Manager Greg Garcia reviewed the procedures and advised that staff was available
to answer questions or concerns.
Vice Chair Dalati.
Ex-officio commissioner Woodhead took a roll call vote:
Ayes - 7 , Noes 0, ABSENT 3 (Diaz,
Karaki, Lopez). Motion passed.
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4. Approve CAC minutes of the November 8, 2012 meeting
Action:
Receive and file minutes.
Commissioner Real motioned to approve the minutes of the November 8, 2012 meeting,
, with Commissioner Agarwal noting his abstention due to his
absence at the November 8 meeting.
Ayes - 6 , Noes 0, Abstained 1, ABSENT 3
(Diaz, Karaki, Lopez). Motion passed.
5. Public Comments:
Action:
Public comments on any agenda item or subject matter within the jurisdiction of
Please note:
the Citizens Advisory Committee. Individual audience participation is
limited to three minutes per speaker.
Chair Pham opened public comment.
Phyllis Mueller, retired city employee, 14 year Anaheim resident, and former Pasadena resident
for 26 years. She shared an email exchange between her and former Mayor Bill Bogaard of
Pasadena ; Mr. Bogaard shared his
opinion that he felt the intent of district elections had been achieved in Pasadena. Ms. Mueller
concluded that she supported districting and believed it should be placed on a future ballot with
six districts and a mayoral election at large.
Eric Altman, Executive Director of OCCORD, commented that he did not wish to express an
opinion on the process of districting, however wished to state his belief that the committee was
tasked with a great deal. Ultimately, he is concerned with whether there is a violation of the
California Voting Rights Act and whether there is racially polarized voting. He recommended a
demographer be invited to present statistical and demographical analyses to assist in their review.
Brian Chuchua, Anaheim Resident for 42 years shared his opposition to spending tax dollars to
fight a lawsuit that he believed the city was going to lose and spoke in support of districting.
Chair Pham asked the commissioners if they would like to respond to the public comments.
Commissioner Real highlighted the city council resolution that outlined the purpose and tasks
charged to the committee. He reiterated that the committee was present to gather information
and welcomed audience input advising that all information would be weighed by the committee,
individually and together as a group.
Return to public comment:
Ricardo Del Toro, east Anaheim resident for 20 years, spoke in opposition of disputing the
lawsuit.
stated she felt fortunate, as a Latina, to have had representation on the city
council by Bob Hernandez, Richard Chavez, Lorri Galloway. She asked for patience and an open
mind during this process highlighting that there was still much to learn and speakers to hear from
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before the committee could make a recommendation that would be in the best interest of all,
adding that she wished to be represented as a person, not as a Latina.
Commissioner Armas comments, as well as speaking to the
purpose of the committee, to gather information and make a recommendation to the city council,
adding that the lawsuit was not before the committee. He encouraged the citizens to educate
themselves along with the committee.
Vice Chair Dalati expressed his opinion about the lawsuit with Commissioner Larsen
-officio Commissioner
Chair Pham draft roadmap during the last
meeting, the committee requested a presentation on the California Voting Rights Act which was
scheduled on the agenda, as well as a demographer that would address historical voting trends.
With that, Chair Pham requested a report by a demographer of the city demographics and voting.
An unidentified speaker asked questions relating to the council resolution and the new city
council body (partially inaudible). Ex-officio Commissioner Woodhead shared and advised that
the original charge to the committee, set by the resolution, stands unless the council directs
otherwise.
Chair Pham thanked them for the response and requested they move on to the next item.
6. Receive and file the report on Community Outreach efforts
Action:
Receive and file a staff report regarding outreach.
Commissioner Pham suggested the committee receive and file community
outreach report, upon staff presentation of outreach efforts.
Deputy City Manager, Greg Garcia provided an overview of as
Commissioner Agarwal asked about language translation with Mr. Garcia responding that
material is provided in both English and Spanish. Mr. Agarwal commented on the number of
other languages throughout the city and asked staff to provide a plan to address the other
languages in the future.
M and file the report, seconded by Vice Chair Dalati.
Ayes - , Noes 0, ABSENT 3 (Diaz,
Karaki, Lopez). Motion passed.
7. Overview and presentation on California Voting Rights Act
Action:
Presentation by Justin Levitt, Associate Professor of Law, Loyola Law
School.
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Presentation slides made available during the meeting and online at
www.anaheim.net/CACelections
7:15 p.m. Commissioner Diaz arrived.
Professor Levitt provided a brief presentation about the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA)
and at large elections, generally. He advised that although he would explain what the CVRA
required, he was not providing legal advice and his presentation should not be substituted for
legal advice.
options, Professor Levitt reiterated that his presentation was an outline of how the CVRA works
not
fact dependent inquiries, past elections, voting patterns and demographics, information that he
have.
Commissioner Agarwal asked Professor Levitt to elaborate on limited voting with Professor
Levitt advising that several options exist, however he presented the three common examples:
cumulative voting, where voters have a certain number of votes; ranked choice voting, where
candidates are ranked 1 through 5, for example; and limited voting, where voters have fewer
votes than what is be voted upon.
system generally, consider the pros and cons, and educate the public accordingly. He
encouraged the committee to look at demographics data to determine their choice, such as
population and voting trends, as well as what they believed would be most effective for the
identified groups.
Commissioner Diaz spoke about low voter turnout in Anaheim and added that a charge of the
committee was to engage the community. Chair Pham commented that the committee was
charged with a broad task and asked if the committee could omit districting from their
recommendation to Council. Ex-officio Commissioner Woodhead communicated that the
committee was asked to make recommendations on a number of issues, with the electoral system
being just one of the component pieces. He added that the committee was free to present any
recommendation to Council that they felt was best.
No action taken.
8. Presentation on city comparisons
Action:
Presentation by City of Vista and City of Modesto.
Wayne Dernetz, Former City of Vista presented regarding his experience in Vista, presentation
available: http://www.anaheim.net/images/articles/4957/12_13_12_CityofVista.pdf
George Petrulakis, Former Chair on the Charter Review Committee in the City of Modesto
regarding his experience when Modesto had issues with their voting system.
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Mr. Dernetz and Mr. Petrulakis presented their experience when their jurisdictions were
faced with a lawsuit as a result of low voter turnout with regard to a possible protected
class being impaired political power. They provided insights and details on the paths they
followed to increase voter turnout and engagement and to help to remedy any concerns
relating to polarized voting. Details from their presentations are available on
www.anaheim.net/CACelections .
was provided and made available online at
http://www.anaheim.net/images/articles/4957/12_13_12_CityofVista.pdf
Mr. George Petrulakis, Chair of the Charter Review Committee, City of Modesto advised that
2006, the Charter Review Committee reviewed the over a two year period.
The committee provided recommendation to City Council and those were voted upon. Mr.
Petrulakis stated that he was a volunteer chair on the committee and although he is a lawyer in
private practice, he was not giving any legal advice.
nd reported that Modesto
was also sued for their at large system under the CVRA. Mr. Petrulakis stressed that the Modesto
Charter Committee did not factor the lawsuit into their process and instead reviewed the election
system independent of the lawsuit over the course of 30 meetings. The committee ended with a
recommendation to change from an at large system to districts, through an advisory ballot in a
two part questions.
In November 2007 the process went forward with a vote of approval of 57% in favor and 43 %
against districts. Citizens determined a common district election with 6 council members,
requiring candidates to live in the district in which they were running and be the top vote getter. .
Mr. Petrulakis reported that moving to a district-based system revealed that it could either help
evenly disperse the power or it could have an opposite effect, where people feel less important
and poorer turnout than prior to the shift.
9. Committee meeting calendar
Action:
Approve January CAC meeting dates/locations:
January 10, 2013, 6:30 p.m. at East Anaheim Community Center and
January 31, 2013, 6:30 p.m. Orangeview Junior High School
Motion by Commissioner Armas to accept the above dates, seconded by Commissioner Diaz.
Ayes - , Noes 0, ABSENT 3 (Agarwal,
Karaki, Lopez). Motion passed.
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Final public comment
Brian Chuchua thanked the committee for their hard work and feels that better resident
participation is definitely needed. He hopes that tonight gave them some ideas to implement.
Chair Pham asked if there were any other public comments. She closed the final public comment
period.
10. Committee Communications
Action
: Closing comments.
Commissioner Armas thanked residents for their attendance.
Vice Chair Dalati thanked everyone for their attendance and staff for their hard work remarking
that the process would take the city and community coming together.
Commissioner Diaz expressed his desire to better understand the process and the rate of
participation and demographics. He requested information on current processes of voter
information and education and asked the committee to attend neighborhood council meetings to
Commissioner expressed her appreciation on the presentations received and that there was
a need to increase voter registration and getting the underrepresented community engaged.
Commissioner Real encouraged people to get out and vote and expressed the importance of voter
education. He spoke about a recent OC Register article about connecting with gang members, a
group put together by former City Council Member Lorri Galloway and supported by the mayor
and believed it would be helpful if the committee attending.
Chair Pham thanked everyone for their hard work and complemented the presentations. She
asked staff to return with information on the city of San Jose, who was not sued under CVRA
and is looking forward to hearing about demographics and voting trends to better understand
and whether racially polarized voting exist in Anaheim. She agreed with
Commissionpresentations be printed and provided to the
committee prior to each meeting to allow time for review and to ask better questions.
11 . Adjournment TIME: 8:51p.m.
Motion was made by Commissioner Real, seconded by Commissioners Diaz and Dalati
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Agenda Item No. 5
Memorandum
TO:
CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT MEMBERS
DATE:
JANUARY 31, 2013
SUBJECT:
COMMUNITY OUTREACH REPORT
____________________________________________________________________________
ACTION:
Receive and file this report relating to community outreach efforts for the meetings
of the Citizens Advisory Committee on Elections and Community Involvement (CAC).
DISCUSSION:
A responsibility of this committee, as outlined in Resolution No. 2012-
engage community groups that can assist the City with encoTo
ensure that all members of the public are fully informed about future meetings and discussions,
the City has pursued a number of efforts as well as partnering with a Community Outreach
consultant to further enhance public awareness.
To date, the following community outreach efforts have been launched and will continue to be
carried out for each CAC meeting:
Placement of large banners at various locations surrounding each meeting location.
Information slide on Anaheim local access channel, ACTV Channel 3.
Flyer translated into four languages and placed throughout City Hall public counters,
Anaheim West Tower, and all city libraries.
Attendance at local community group meetings to share meeting date/location and
purpose.
Attendance at district neighborhood council meetings to share meeting date/location and
purpose.
Coordinate future presentations at local PTA groups.
Public Utilities quarterly newsletter, distributed to approximately 150,000 customers,
both residential and businesses.
Utility bill print message distributed to all utility customer (150,000 customers in
December 2012).
Anaheim magazine, Winter (February 2013) and Fall (November 2012_edition. Half-
page advertisement to build awareness and inclusion on master calendar (distribution of
116,000).
Press Releases distributed to more than 3,000 contacts as well as over 10,000 e-
subscribers.
Partnership with local media to highlight upcoming meetings/press releases in regular
publications.
Outreach to media, including bi-lingual media.
Facebook.
Twitter.
Nextdoor.com- free, private social media for neighborhoods.
the homepage of anaheim.net.
Continual partnership with community partners to further communicate CAC efforts and
meeting, including the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce and the Anaheim/Orange
County Visitors and Convention Bureau, who will forward meeting information to their
members and partners, and various community groups, including but not limited to the
Anaheim Religious Community Council and Neighborhood Councils.
In addition to pre-meeting outreach, a webpage has been dedicated to the CAC to provide access
to recorded meetings, agendas and all CAC related materials and press releases
www.anaheim.net/CACelections. Residents may also view all CAC meetings on ACTV, 7 days a
week (M/W/F/SU at 7p.m. and T/TH/SA at 12 p.m.).
Agenda Item No. 6
Memorandum
TO:
CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT MEMBERS
DATE:
JANUARY 31, 2013
SUBJECT:
PRESENTATION ON ALTERNATIVE ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
____________________________________________________________________________
ACTION:
Receive and file this report and briefing relating to the presentation on alternative
electoral systems.
DISCUSSION:
At the November 8, 2012 meeting, the committee received an overview presentation on electoral
systems. In order to provide information on alternative electoral systems, two presenters, Dr.
David C. Kimball and Steve Chessin have been invited to make a presentation on cumulative
voting, ranked choice voting and instant runoff voting. Dr. Kimball has an extensive background
in the area of election administration and redistricting as indicated by his professional bio
enclosed below.
David C. Kimball is professor and director of graduate studies in the Political Science
department at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He is the co-author of three books: Helping
America Vote, Lobbying and Policy Change, and Why Americans Split Their Tickets. He is co-
editor of Controversies in Voting Behavior, and he has written several articles on voting
behavior, election administration, public opinion, and interest group lobbying in the United
States. He has participated as an expert in several court cases related to election administration,
voting rights, and redistricting. Dr. Kimball received his B.A. in political science and applied
mathematics from Brown University and his Ph.D. from Ohio State University.
Steve Chessin is President of Californians for Electoral Reform (CfER), an organization that
since 1993 has been educating and advocating on behalf of alternative electoral systems,
including instant runoff voting (IRV) and various forms of proportional representation. Mr.
Chessin joined CfER when it was founded in 1993. Mr. Chessin was elected to the Board in
1995 and has served as President or Co-President since 1999. Mr. Chessin assisted Santa Clara
County's successful 1998 charter amendment that allows the county to use IRV in county
elections, once the voting equipment is reprogrammed to handle ranked ballots. He is also active
with the League of Women Voters, and was partially responsible for the California League's
adoption of a position in favor of IRV. Steve has been interested in election systems ever since
he went to college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where they use Choice Voting. Steve lives in
Mountain View with his wife and daughter. In his day job he is a software engineer.
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