Cal. ELEC § 21170 — California Code / Code elec / Division 21 / Chapter 2 / Section 21170
Section 21170
Status: in_force

(a) No later than December 15, 2030, and no later than December 15 in each year ending in the number zero thereafter, the Secretary of State shall publish in a conspicuous location on the Secretary of State’s internet website all of the following documents:

(1) A template explaining the local jurisdiction redistricting process that meets the requirements of paragraph (1) of subdivision (i) of Section 21160.

(2) A template explaining the procedures for providing public comment in the local jurisdiction redistricting process that meets the requirements of paragraph (2) of subdivision (i) of Section 21160.

(3) A template of a notice explaining the languages in which a local jurisdiction is required to provide live translation upon request and how to make such a request that meets the requirements of paragraph (4) of subdivision (i) of Section 21160.

(4) A template of instructions for a member of the public to sign up for regular notices regarding redistricting that meets the requirements of paragraph (5) of subdivision (i) of Section 21160.

(5) A template form for a member of the public to describe and identify the boundaries of a neighborhood or community of interest.

(6) To assist local jurisdictions with complying with this chapter, a template of a redistricting public education and outreach plan that can be used to meet the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 21160.

(7) To assist local jurisdictions with complying with this chapter, a brief summary and checklist of all the requirements imposed on a local jurisdiction by this chapter.

(b) No later than November 1, 2030, and no later than November 1 in each year ending in the number zero thereafter, the Secretary of State shall post online drafts of the documents described in subdivision (a) for at least a 30-day public comment period before finalizing any draft. Prior to posting these drafts, the Secretary of State shall solicit input from good government organizations, civil rights organizations, firms providing redistricting mapping services, and statewide associations representing affected local government agencies.

(c) (1) No later than January 1, 2031, and no later than January 1 in every year ending in the number one thereafter, the Secretary of State shall publish the applicable languages for each city and county in a conspicuous location on the Secretary of State’s internet website.

(2) To determine the applicable languages for each city, in 2030 and in each year ending in the number zero thereafter, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the developer of the database developed in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 8253 of the Government Code, shall request a special tabulation from the United States Census Bureau of the most recent data on limited English proficiency from the bureau’s American Community Survey that satisfies paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 21110. If the bureau is unable to produce that data, the Secretary of State shall base the Secretary of State’s determination on the table from the American Community Survey enumerating the number of residents with limited English proficiency that has the largest number of languages included, that is publicly available, and that was produced within the previous 10 years.

(d) No later than February 28, 2031, and no later than February 28 in each year ending in the number one thereafter, the Secretary of State shall translate the documents described in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) in any applicable language required for any city or county and shall publish these documents on a conspicuous location on the Secretary of State’s internet website.

(e) Prior to finalizing any translated documents pursuant to subdivision (d), the Secretary of State shall post online drafts of these documents for at least a 15-day public comment period before finalizing any draft. Prior to posting these drafts, the Secretary of State shall solicit input from the Language Accessibility Advisory Committee and organizations representing communities that speak each applicable language.

(f) To assist local jurisdictions with complying with this chapter, the Secretary of State shall provide a training to local jurisdictions subject to this chapter and associations representing such local jurisdictions that summarizes the requirements imposed on a local jurisdiction by this chapter. This training shall be video recorded and posted in a conspicuous location on the Secretary of State’s internet website.

(g) (1) Within 30 days of the computerized database described in subdivision (b) of Section 8253 of the Government Code being made available to the public, the Secretary of State shall make available to the public a free electronic mapping tool, loaded with relevant population and demographic data for each county and city whose legislative body is elected by district, which tool can be used by the public to create neighborhood maps, community of interest maps, or draft district maps that can be submitted to the local jurisdiction’s districting body or to an advisory or hybrid redistricting commission. The Secretary of State is authorized and encouraged to create a mapping tool for other local jurisdictions whose legislative bodies are elected by district.

(2) Implementation of this subdivision shall be contingent on an appropriation being made for this purpose in the annual Budget Act or another statute.