Submit Your Draft Map Today!

Due to the timing of final census numbers being released, the City is extending the deadline to submit a draft redistricting map. Please submit any draft maps by December 3. The Redistricting Advisory Committee will meet on December 16 to review draft maps and select focus maps to be referred to the City Council for comment. See below for information on how to submit a draft map.

Dave’s Redistricting App is an easy-to-use map drawing tool to create and submit redistricting maps. Tools needed:

• DRA 2020
• DRA 2020 Instructions

Please note, as outlined in the DRA 2020 Instructions, you must both “publish” your map and send an email to JBlair@hmbcity.com notifying that your plan is published (please include your plan name).

Please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 650-726-8271 or at jblair@hmbcity.com with any questions.

Upcoming Meeting: 

Redistricting Advisory Committee Special Meeting Agenda

Monday, November 8, 2021
7:00 P.M.
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/94745868419

Past Meeting Agendas

November 8, 2021 - Redistricting Advisory Committee Meeting

September 2, 2021 - Redistricting Advisory Committee Meeting

August 26, 2021 - Redistricting Advisory Committee Meeting

August 19, 2021 - Redistricting Advisory Committee Meeting

August 12, 2021 - Redistricting Advisory Committee Meeting

July 15, 2021 - Redistricting Advisory Committee Meeting

Past Meeting Videos

November 8, 2021 - Redistricting Advisory Committee Meeting

September 2, 2021 - Redistricting Advisory Committee Meeting

August 26, 2021 - Redistricting Advisory Committee

August 19, 2021 - Redistricting Advisory Committee Meeting

August 12, 2021 - Redistricting Advisory Committee Meeting

July 15, 2021 - Redistricting Advisory Committee Meeting

Past Meeting Presentations

September 2, 2021 - Meeting Presentation

August 19, 2021 - Meeting Presentation 

August 12, 2021 - Meeting Presentation

 BACKGROUND

Click here to learn more about the Redistricting Advisory Committee and its upcoming meeting schedule.

News Release - Community Encouraged to Participate in Re-Drawing Council Election Districts

Half Moon Bay must re-draw its district boundaries using the new 2020 Census data. This process is called redistricting. All cities with district-based election systems, such as Half Moon Bay, must redistrict after each Census. This keeps population counts within each district relatively equal to ensure equal representation. Half Moon Bay adopted district boundaries in 2018 using 2010 Census total population counts. We must now reevaluate using the new census data. 

In 2018, the City of Half Moon Bay approved a transition from at-large to by-district elections, with the mayor to be elected at-large. The current map of City Council Districts and other documents from the transition can be viewed here.

Staff Report - Informational Presentation and Options for Forming a Redistricting Commission

Staff Report - Establishment of Redistricting Advisory Committee

2021 Advisory Redistricting Committee Resolution/Bylaws

View DrawHMB.org, where you can review the existing district boundary maps, make your own suggested adjustments when public mappings opens, and submit them to the Redistricting Advisory Committee.

For background on Half Moon Bay's original 2018 districting process, please click here.