The City of Costa Mesa will present the first draft redistricting maps at the Council meeting of Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.

Every 10 years, local governments use new data from the Census to redraw their district lines to reflect how local populations have changed. State law requires cities and counties to engage communities in the redistricting process by holding public hearings and doing public outreach, including to underrepresented and non-English-speaking communities.

The City of Costa Mesa is asking for your help to plan and draw new City districts.

The finalized maps that the public will help create will define the six City of Costa Mesa district borders, and these new districts will impact how to elect Council Members for the next 10 years.

The first workshop on redistricting was held on Saturday Oct. 23. The next workshop will take place Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021 at 6 p.m. in the City Hall Community Room at 77 Fair Drive.

Learn more about future meetings and how the public can participate at www.redistrictcostamesa.org

In case you weren’t able to attend the first community workshop, you can watch the meeting in its entirety here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZufwTL-IK_Y