City Council Redistricting

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New Voting District Map

View the newly adopted Redistricting Map and determine what election district an Encinitas address falls within.

Public Hearing #4 - March 9th

In-person at the Regular City Council Meeting, 6:30 pm.

Public Hearing #3 - January 19th

In-person at the Regular City Council Meeting, 6:30 pm.

01/19/2022 Public Notice

Public Hearing #2 - November 17th

In-person at the Regular City Council Meeting, 6:30 pm.

In-person Public Workshop - October 16th

In-person, hands on workshop at the Encinitas Community Center, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm.

Public Hearing #1 - September 22nd

6:00 PM City Council Meeting on 09/22/21 (video)

Redistricting Zoom Workshop - August 16th

08/16/2021 Workshop Recording (video)

Why Redistricting?

On August 30, 2017, the Council adopted Resolution 2017-82 declaring the City of Encinitas' intent to change the way the Council members are elected, transitioning from an at-large Council Member elections system to a district-based Councilmember election system. On November 15, 2017, the Council adopted Ordinance 2017-15 implementing district-based elections for Council members. These provisions can be found in Encinitas Municipal Code sections 2.20.010; 2.20.080, and 2.20.090. The districts were drawn based on the 2010 census data, thus created the 2017 Voting District Map. Now that the 2020 census has been conducted and the data will soon be released, the City of Encinitas must initiate the proceedings to reevaluate and redraw its districts.

Following every federal decennial census, local governments are required to commence a formal redistricting process as prescribed by the California Elections Code. As a consequence of the Legislature's significant revisions to the FAIR MAPS Act in 2020, Encinitas must follow a somewhat different process and different substantive criteria than those used to establish its current voting districts in 2017. It is therefore necessary for Encinitas to undertake a redistricting effort following the federal 2020 census that uses the specific procedures California law now requires.

The city has engaged legal assistance from Nielsen Merksamer, Christopher Skinnell and Demographer Douglas Johnson and Shannon Kelly from National Demographics Corporation to assist with the redistricting process.

March 9, 2022

January 19, 2022

November 17, 2021

October 16, 2021

September 22, 2021

August 16, 2021

The first public informational workshop was held virtually from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.