HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-116 - Requesting the California Citizens Redistricting Commission Include the City of Newport Beach and All Other Orange County Coastal Cities in the Same Congressional DistrictRESOLUTION NO. 2021-116
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING
THE CALIFORNIA CITIZENS REDISTRICTING
COMMISSION INCLUDE THE CITY OF NEWPORT
BEACH AND ALL OTHER ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL
CITIES IN THE SAME CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
WHEREAS, the California Citizens Redistricting Commission ("Commission") is in
the process of redrawing the boundaries of electoral districts, including Congressional
Districts; and
WHEREAS, the cities of Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Laguna
Beach, Dana Point, and San Clemente are coastal cities within Orange County ("Orange
County Coastal Cities") that have common interests and concerns as well as similar
challenges and would thus benefit from having the same congressional representative.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: The City Council does hereby request the Commission to include the
Orange County Coastal Cities within the same Congressional District.
Section 2: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
Section 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
resolution is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not
affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City
Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section,
subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
Resolution No. 2021-116
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Section 4: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to
the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the
activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the
environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378)
of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3,
because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or
indirectly.
Section 5: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
ADOPTED this 16th day of November, 2021.
ATTEST:
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Aaron C. Harp
City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council is seven; the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 2021-116 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular
meeting of said Council held on the 161h day of November, 2021; and the same was so passed and
adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Brad Avery, Mayor Pro Tem Kevin Muldoon, Council Member Noah Blom,
Council Member Joy Brenner, Council Member Diane Dixon, Council Member
Duffy Duffield, Council Member Will O'Neill
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 171h day of November, 2021.
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Leilani I. Brown
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Newport Beach, California
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