California Code of Regulations › Title 2 - Administration › Division 10 - California State Auditor's Office › Chapter 1 - Redistricting › Subchapter 3 - Citizens Redistricting Commission › Article 1 - Application Process › Section 60860 - Phase VI Selection of Final Six Members of Commission

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Prior to the first meeting at which the first
					 eight members of the commission begin deliberating about the selection of the final
					 six members of the commission, the members shall review the application materials
					 provided by the State Auditor's Office for each of the applicants remaining in the
					 applicant pool. Any of the first eight members of the commission, at any time during
					 the selection process, also may ask the State Auditor's Office to seek additional
					 information from or about the applicants remaining in the applicant pool. This may
					 include asking an applicant to submit written responses to questions or to
					 participate in an interview conducted by the first eight members of the commission
					 at a public meeting. However, the State Auditor's Office shall retain discretion to
					 decline any request that the State Auditor finds to be unduly burdensome for the
					 State Auditor's Office, unduly burdensome for the applicant(s) subject to the
					 request, or otherwise would be detrimental to the timely completion of the
					 application process. The State Auditor's Office shall pay the reasonable and actual
					 expenses for an applicant to attend any interview, as provided in California Code of
					 Regulations, title 2, section
					 60849, subdivision (c).
(b) As the final six members of the commission
					 shall be chosen to ensure the commission reflects California's diversity, as well as
					 on the basis of relevant analytical skills and ability to be impartial, the first
					 eight members of the commission shall vote to select the final six members of the
					 commission as a slate of six applicants.
(c) Any of the first eight members of the
					 commission may propose a slate of six applicants for selection to the commission.
					 While a member may propose more than one slate of six applicants during the course
					 of the selection process, no member may have more than one slate of six applicants
					 up for consideration by the other members at a particular time.
(d) Each slate of six applicants shall consist of
					 two applicants registered with the political party having the greatest number of
					 registered voters, two applicants registered with the political party having the
					 second greatest number of registered voters, and two applicants not registered with
					 either of those two parties. Each slate shall also be designed to ensure that the
					 commission reflects California's diversity while being composed of persons having
					 the relevant analytical skills and ability to be impartial needed by the commission.
					 However, in designing a slate, neither formulas nor specific ratios may be applied
					 to ensure the diversity of the commission.
(e) A slate may be modified by the member
					 proposing it at any time prior to the slate being voted upon by the eight members.
					 However, whenever a slate is modified, neither formulas nor specific ratios may be
					 applied to ensure the diversity of the commission.
(f) The first eight members of the commission
					 shall vote to approve a slate based on whether they believe it will ensure that the
					 commission reflects California's diversity while being composed of persons having
					 the relevant analytical skills and ability to be impartial needed by the
					 commission.
(g) The applicants listed on
					 the first slate of six applicants that is approved by at least five affirmative
					 votes as provided in subdivision (g) of section
					 8252 of the
					 Government Code, shall become the final six members of the commission.
(h) As soon as practicable following the selection
					 of the final six members of the commission, the State Auditor's Office shall notify
					 the applicants of their selection and post on its website the names, party
					 affiliations, and relevant qualifications of those commissioners.
1. New section
						filed 9-2-2010; operative 9-3-2010 pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4.
						Submitted to OAL for printing only (Register 2010, No. 36).
2. Change
						without regulatory effect amending subsections (a) and (h) filed 1-7-2019 pursuant
						to section 100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2019, No. 2).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  8546,
						  Government Code. Reference: Section
						  2, Article XXI, California Constitution;
						  and Section
						  8252,
						  Government Code.