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A
Good
morning,
everyone
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
their
patience.
I
want
to
welcome
everyone
to
today's
meeting
of
the
senate
and
assembly
joint
select
committees
on
registered
redistricting
and
elections.
Today
we
are
hearing
one
measure
senate
bill,
1
relating
to
the
districts
for
the
united
states
house
of
representatives,
the
nevada
state
senate
and
the
nevada
assembly.
Madam
secretary,
please
call
the
roll.
E
A
Here,
madam
secretary,
please
mark
any
members
who
are
not
present
present
as
they
arrive.
I
would
like
to
start
with
a
few
housekeeping
remarks
for
members
of
the
audience
and
anyone
who's
watching
online
or
waiting
on
the
phone
lines
to
testify.
If
you
wish
to
testify
today
on
senate
bill
1
or
during
the
public
comment
period,
please
place
your
name
on
the
sign-in
sheet.
In
the
back
of
the
room
here
in
carson
city,
the
committee
uses
this
information
to
invite
interested
persons
to
testify.
A
Please
remember
to
turn
your
microphone
on
and
clearly
state
and
spell
your
name
and
if
you
represent
an
organization,
please
state
the
name
of
that
organization
that
you
represent
before
you
begin
your
testimony,
please
be
sure
to
identify
yourself
for
the
record
each
time
you
speak
if
you're
participating
by
phone
or
via
the
zoom
technology,
you
will
be
asked
to
unmute
when
it
is
your
turn
to
speak.
Please
remember
that
comments
will
be
limited
to
no
more
than
three
minutes
per
person.
A
You
are
welcome
to
submit
any
additional
comments
in
writing
and
they
will
be
added
to
the
legislative
record
for
this
meeting.
Please
turn
off
your
cell
phones
or
set
them
to
silent
mode.
Please
step
out
of
the
committee
room
if
you
need
to
take
a
phone
call,
the
documents
and
handouts
that
were
submitted
ahead
of
time
have
been
uploaded
to
nellis,
since
we
may
be
examining
various
tables
and
data
sheets
hard
copies
may
be,
provided.
Please
note
that
some
committee
members
will
be
reviewing
these
documents
on
their
laptops
as
set
forth
on
the
agenda.
A
A
Followed
by
the
pound
sign,
we
will
now
begin
the
hearing
on
senate
bill
1..
Our
legislative
council
bureau
of
staff
has
been
asked
to
present
only
the
factual
highlights
of
senate
bill
1
and
describe
the
geographic
population
and
demographic
features
of
the
redistricting
plans
that
are
set
forth
in
senate
bill
1..
The
lcb
staff
will
not
be
able
to
explain
or
answer
questions
relating
to
rationale
or
reasons
for
a
particular
mapping
choice.
Instead,
lcb
staff
will
cover
the
informational
aspects
involved
in
senate
bill
1..
A
We
are
privileged
today
to
have
michael
stewart.
The
research
director
of
the
lcb
research
division,
haley
pro
senior
policy
analyst
and
gis
specialist,
with
the
research
division
and
kathy
steinle
redistricting
specialist
with
legislative
council
bureaus
information,
technology
services,
division
they're
here
to
help
go
over
senate
bill
1.
For
us,
please
welcome
and
please
proceed
when
you're
ready.
F
F
F
We
are
here
today
to
present
only
basic,
factual
information
about
the
redistricting
proposal
in
sb1,
impacting
the
u.s
house
of
representatives,
the
nevada
state
senate,
the
nevada
state
assembly,
and
we
will
not
be
able
to
answer
questions
relating
to
the
rationale
of
why
a
district
boundary
may
have
been
drawn.
One
way,
and
not
the
other
as
these
were
decisions
that
were
made
by
the
authors
of
the
bill
with
each
plan,
miss
pearl,
will
start
with
an
explanation
of
the
key
geographic
components
and
features
of
the
overall
plan
and
some
district
specific
information.
F
And
finally,
I
will
highlight
certain
information
regarding
race
and
ethnic
minority
concentrations
and
related
features
in
select
legislative
districts,
so
you
should
have
before
you
today,
copies
of
the
associated
maps
and
tables
and
for
members
of
the
public
and
those
following
over
the
internet.
All
of
this
information
has
been
uploaded
to
the
nevada,
electronic
legislative
information
system,
otherwise
known
as
nellis,
and
so
with
that.
I
will
turn
it
over
to
start
with
ms
prowl,
who
will
begin
with
the
key
geographic
features
of
the
congressional
plan
set
forth
in
sb1.
G
Thank
you,
michael
for
the
record
haley
pearl
senior
policy,
analyst
and
gis
specialist
with
lcb
for
the
so
we're
starting
with
the
congressional
plan.
Nevada
has
four
congressional
seats,
as
determined
by
the
2020
census
results.
This
is
the
same
number
of
seats.
Nevada
currently
has
nevada
neither
gained
nor
lost
a
seat
as
a
result
of
the
census.
G
The
congressional
plan
in
sb1
establishes
four
distinct
geographical
districts.
District
two
is
in
northern
nevada.
District
four
comprises
central
nevada
and
northern
clark
county
and
districts.
One
and
3
are
wholly
contained
within
clark.
County
district
3
contains
western
parts
of
the
las
vegas
core
and
extends
down
to
the
southern
tip
of
the
state.
G
District
1
contains
eastern
parts
of
the
las
vegas
corps,
as
well
as
henderson
and
boulder
city,
and
the
north
las
vegas
area
is
within
congressional
district
four,
except
for
clark.
County
lyon.
County
is
the
only
county
that
is
divided
in
the
congressional
plan
between
districts,
two
and
four,
and
that's
a
brief
overview
of
the
geographic
layout
of
the
congressional
plan,
and
I
will
turn
it
over
to
kathy
steinle.
H
H
H
F
Also
in
the
congressional
district
plan,
I
will
kind
of
just
highlight
on
page
two
of
the
tables
that
you
have
there
just
sort
of
the
I
guess:
sort
of
the
top
categories
of
each
racial
category
for
your
information.
F
So
for
the
white
alone,
category
that
the
the
top
number
there,
as
you
can
see,
is
a
congressional
district
2
with
67.65
percent
black
or
african-american.
That
includes
black
or
african-american
with
another
race,
as
reported
by
the
census,
bureau
is
the
highest
the
high
district.
There
is
19.39
in
congressional
district,
4.
F
alaska,
american
indian
alaska
native,
including
american,
indian
and
alaska
native
with
any
other
race.
The
high
district.
There
is
district
2
with
4.90.
F
Asian,
including
asian,
with
other
races,
the
high
district
is
district
number
three
at
21.12
native
american
excuse
me
native
hawaiian
and
pacific
islander.
Those
are
pretty
evenly
dispersed,
but
it's
district
number
three
has
the
high
they're
at
2.35
percent,
some
other
race
alone.
F
Two
categories
are
pretty
close
in
numbers:
that's
congressional
district,
one
with
17.97
percent
and
district
4,
with
18.29
percent
you'll
notice
in
the
two
or
more
race
category,
and
this
is
going
to
be
consistent
through
everything.
You'll
see
today,
there's
very
similar
disbursement
or
distribution
of
that
particular
race
category
across
all
of
the
all
the
plans
that
you'll
be
looking
at
today
and
then
with
regard
to
hispanic
or
latino
of
any
race.
G
H
H
F
Thank
you
kathy
again,
michael
stewart
for
the
record
and
then
again
turning
to
the
racial
data
report
on
page
two
there
I
will
just
highlight
the
high
numbers
at
this
point.
I
do
have
the
low
numbers,
if
you'd
like
those,
but
so
the
high
numbers
in
each
race.
Category
for
white
alone
is
in
proposed
senate
district
16
at
73.4
percent
district
17
at
77.1
percent
19
at
71.61
and
20
at
73.1
for
black
or
african-american
the
high
districts.
F
For
f
for
american,
indian
and
alaska
native
the
high
districts
are
district
13
at
4.44
district
14
at
6.31
district
17
at
6.38
and
district
19
at
4.64
for
asian,
including
asian,
with
another
race.
The
high
districts
are
district,
8,
18.87
district
9,
26.13
district
11
at
30.46
and
district
12
at
18.45
native
american
excuse
me,
native
hawaiian
and
pacific
islander
high
districts.
There
are
district
11,
3.3
percent
and
12
at
3.34
percent,
some
other
race
alone.
Again,
as
reported
by
the
census.
F
Bureau
kind
of
for
high
district
standout
is
district
2
at
39.48
district
4
at
28.75
13
at
19.22
and
district
21
at
29.13,
two
or
more
races
again,
as
I
mentioned
before,
even
pretty
evenly
dispersed
from
a
low
of
10.71
percent
in
district
17,
and
it
appears
a
high
of
two.
Two
districts
have
the
same
number
district,
two
at
17.48
and
district
20
at
the
same
17.48
and
then
finally,
hispanic
or
latino
our
high
districts.
F
F
G
So,
in
addition
to
clark
and
washoe
counties,
the
counties
that
are
divided
among
assembly
districts
in
this
bill
are
elko,
eureka,
lander,
lincoln
lyon
and
nye
and
again
all
assembly
districts
are
nested
within
senate
districts.
So
two
assembly
districts
will
be
within
one
senate
district.
G
F
Again,
michael
stewart
for
the
record,
with
the
research
division
of
legislative
council
bureau.
So
looking
at
the
similar
statistics
that
I
pointed
out,
you
know
in
their
other
plans
for
assembly.
We're
looking
at
for
the
top
numbers
for
white
alone
is
in
district
19
at
73.72
23
at
72.47
district
31,
70.83,
33,
73.07
district
36
at
70.14
38
at
73.96,
39
at
80.2
and
40
at
71.71,
black
or
african
american.
F
For
asian,
including
asian,
with
other
races,
high
districts
are
district
8
at
34.27
district
35
at
36,
or
excuse
me
26.65
district
41
at
21.57
and
district
42
at
23.55
for
native
a
native
hawaiian
and
pacific
islander.
Our
high
districts
are
number
nine
at
2.61
17
at
2.35
21
at
2.60
percent
35
at
2.81
percent
and
41
at
4.09
percent,
some
other
race
alone.
F
The
high
districts
are
district
6
at
33.64
11
at
39.5,
fort
district
14
at
33.28
and
district
28
at
39.39
and
again,
as
I
mentioned,
lots
of
equal
disbursement
for
two
or
more
races
with
a
low
of
10.04
percent
in
district
38
and
a
high
of
17.79
in
district
14.
F
F
And
so
those
are
the
facts
that
the
lcb
was
tasked
with
kind
of
highlighting
for
you
for
sb1.
I
know
it's
a
lot
of
numbers
and
figures,
but
I
guess
that's
part
of
what
redistricting
is
all
about,
so
so
with
that,
I
think
we'll
conclude
our
presentation
and
we'll
go
from
there.
Mr
chair,
thank
you.
Thank.
A
G
F
Thank
you
again
for
the
record.
Michael
stewart
and
kathy
steinle
is
a
rock
star.
She
brought
the
2011
data
for
us
so
so
and
I
think
actually
kathy
you're
pulling
it
up
as
well
or
okay.
So
for
2011
for
district
for
the
asian
and
asian,
with
other
races
category
for
cd1
in
2011,
it
was
9.30
and
you
can
see
that
comparison
now
with
10.38
for
district
2.
F
It
was
5
percent
and
district
2,
and
this
21
plan
is
6.23
and
district
3
was
14.485
in
2011
versus
21.12
and
2021
and
sb1.
Excuse
me
and
then
6.82
in
district
4
in
2011
and
7.83
in
district
4
for
sb1.
So
that's
how
those
comparisons
work
for.
L
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
think
I
appreciate
the
factual
information
on
this.
I
just
I
probably
have
a
lot
of
questions
that
maybe
you
can't
answer,
maybe
this
one
you
can
just
do
we
know.
Do
we
have
an
idea
of
who
created
these
maps
because
I
don't
I'm
assuming
it
wasn't
you
that
created
the
maps,
and
so
I
just
was
curious
to
who
created
the
maps
and
how
we,
you
know
you
you
gave
a.
L
You,
gave
a
factual
presentation
on
the
maps
that
were
given
to
you
and
the
in
the
numbers
that
you
calculated
in
accordance
with
these
maps.
I
just
wondered:
who
created
the
maps.
A
And
I'm
not
sure
who
else
will
be
presenting
today,
but
if
there's
more
information
we
need,
perhaps
we
can
be
submitted
after
the
hearing
care
senator
buck.
M
Thank
you,
chair
and
shaw,
I'm
just
wondering,
but
I
guess
I
we
got
clarity.
M
It
would
be
hard
to
answer
this
question.
How
did
you
minimize
the
deviation
within
the
maps.
F
H
G
How
do
we
determine
what
that
deviation
is?
What
is
the
acceptable
deviation
between
the
congressional.
H
We
divide
the
state
total
three
million
one
hundred
four
thousand
six
hundred
fourteen
divided
by
four
for
the
four
districts
and
that
comes
out
to
776
153.5
and
that's
that's
kind
of
a
you
can't
have
half
a
person
so
so
there's
where
the
deviations
of
0.50
and
minus
0.50
come
in
to
districts,
1
and
3,
and
then
2
and
4,
respectively.
G
N
N
Thank
you,
mr
chair
asher,
killian
committee
council.
So
there
are
two
different
standards
that
apply
depending
on
whether
the
electoral
districts
in
question
are
legislative
districts
or
congressional
districts.
Excuse
me
congressional
districts.
The
equal
protection
clause
of
the
u.s
constitution
applies
to
both
and
that's
what
generally
requires
relatively
equal
sizes
for
the
districts
for
congressional
districts.
N
N
A
deviation
of
more
than
one
person
is
possible
if
there
are
other
factors
that
are
necessary
for
the
deviation
to
be
greater
than
one
person.
However,
supreme
court
precedent
holds
that
in
that
case,
if
deviation
is
greater
than
one
person
and
any
alternative
map
could
be
presented
that
satisfies
the
same
objectives
with
a
smaller
deviation.
The
map
with
large
larger
deviation
will
be
struck
down
so
effectively.
A
deviation
of
one
person
is
the
known,
safe
harbor,
and
this
map,
as
presented,
is
within
that
known,
safe
harbor
deviation
deviation
for
a
congressional
map.
A
Thank
you,
mr
killian.
Any
additional
questions.
If
I
could
piggyback
on
a
suburban
monroe,
moreno's
question
the
deviations
in
state
legislative
districts
proposed
here
in
senate
bill
1
the
highs
and
the
lows
in
certain
districts.
How
does
that
compare
with
the
districts
that
were
drawn
in
2011
in
terms
of
high
lows.
H
Kathy
steinle
its
legislative
council
bureau.
Yes,
we
have
that
in
2011
the
largest
positive
deviation
was
0.23
percent.
H
H
I'll
start
over
I'm
sorry,
this
is
for
the
senate.
In
2011.
largest
positive
was
0.23
percent,
the
largest
negative
was
minus
0.57,
and
that
gives
you
an
overall
deviation
of
0.80
percent
for
the
2011
senate
districts.
H
M
Thank
you
chair,
and
I
actually
have
a
question
just
really
about
process.
I'm
trying
to
understand
if
we
have
authors
of
of
a
bill
and
lcb
is
here
and
has
done
a
good
job
of
giving
us
the
information,
the
factual
information.
But
if
we
have
questions
that
lead
to
trying
to
understand
the
intent
behind
some
of
the
the
process
of
redistricting,
certain
splitting
of
counties,
splitting
of
communities
of
interest
who's
going
to
answer
those
questions.
A
Thank
you,
assemblyman
hanson
and,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
you
know
each
caucus.
Each
house
worked
with
a
gis
technician
and
this
is
a
product
of
that
work.
Certainly,
during
the
hearing
today
we're
going
to
hear
proposed
amendments,
there
have
been
proposed
alternative
maps
that
have
been
submitted
and
are
online.
M
Thank
you
for
a
follow-up.
I
think
what
will
happen
is
we'll
I'll.
Just
ask
my
questions.
I
think
in
a
rhetorical
manner,
put
him
out
there
on
the
record
hoping
to
get
some
sort
of
answers
or
clarification.
I
was
perhaps
thinking
I
understand
the
authors
would
be.
A
O
Thank
you,
chair
orange
all,
and
so,
when
I
look
at
these
maps
and
again
I
don't
know
I'm
going
to
try
not
to
cross
any
lines,
I'm
just
trying
to
figure
this
out
as
well,
because
we
haven't
done
this
before
when
I,
when
I
look
at
washoe
county
and
the
registration,
I
see
like
a
third,
a
third
a
third,
I
see
a
third
who
are
registered
as
republicans
the
third
who
are
registered
as
democrats
and
the
third
who
are
non-partisans
or
other.
O
But
then,
when
I
look
at
the
two
senate,
districts,
13
and
15
that
are
holy
within
washoe
county,
those
are
both
6.7
or
more
percent
favoring
democrats.
So,
even
though
again
registration
is
pretty
much
it's
almost
exactly
equal,
it's
32.7
percent,
democrat
32.7
republican
and
then
34.7
percent
nonpartisan
another
both
of
the
districts
wholly
in
washoe
county
are
super
majority
democrats,
and-
and
so
I'm
I'm
wondering
you
know
how
that
happens.
If
there
there
was
a
shift,
a
substantial
shift,
especially
in
senate
district
15,
and
how
how
that
happened.
O
You
know
the
boundaries
were
moved.
It
was
what
it
looks
like,
and
so
I
just
might
have
a
better
understanding,
because
when
I,
when
I
look
at
the
district,
what
I
see
is
two
significant,
really
three
significant
communities
of
interest
being
somerset,
which
is
a
plan
unit
community.
That's
actually
part
of
the
city
to
reno
verdi,
which
is
also
large
portions,
are
part
of
the
city
of
reno,
and
I
look
at
cold
springs,
which
has
also
partially
been
annexed
in
the
city
of
reno.
O
O
A
And
I'm
going
to
jump
in,
I'm
not
sure
if
that's
a
question
lcb
can
field
or
not.
I
think
they're
here
more
to
answer
technical
questions
about
the
demographics
in
each
proposed
district.
I
mean
certainly,
if
there's
concerns
about
whether
a
community
of
interest
may
have
been
split
up.
I
appreciate
you're
bringing
them
to
the
committee,
but
I'm
not
sure
that
that's
that's
a
question.
Lcb
can
answer.
O
And
so
when
I,
when
I
look
at
the
way
that
senate
district
14
was
redrawn
in
senate
district
15.
What
I
see
is
this
arc,
so
I
see
an
irregularity.
I
see
a
severing
of
communities
of
interest,
a
severing
of
political
subdivisions,
so
I
just
want
to
know
if
ncsls
and
the
the
masters
considerations
what
they
were
supposed
to
be
cons
considering
via
the
court
case
in
2011.
If
those
are
valid,
if
those
are
valid
principles
for
redistricting.
A
And
that's
another
question
that
I
think
that
our
current
presenters
they're,
not
the
folks
who
can
answer
those
questions.
Certainly
we've
posted
what
you've
submitted
senator
gancert
in
terms
of
the
ncsl
criteria
for
redistricting
and
that
ten-year-old
legal
decision
out
of
the
first
judicial
district
they're
posted
on
nellis,
certainly
from
what
I've
watched
of
the
interim
committee
on
redistricting
and
no,
I
believe
that
those
principles
were
taken
into
account
and
certainly
if
any
member
of
the
body
or
the
or
public
has
concerns
they
can
bring.
Those
out.
Pardon
me
one
second,.
A
N
N
N
The
concept
of
equality
of
representation
is
acknowledged
as
one
of
the
guiding
principles
for
the
legislature
in
rule
13.1,
and
then
the
concept
of
compliance
with
the
voting
rights
act
is
acknowledged
by
the
legislature
as
a
guiding
principle
in
rule
13.5.
N
Outside
of
that,
all
other
matters
would
be
up
to
legislative
discretion.
The
traditional
districting
principles
acknowledged
by
ncsl
are
certainly
principles.
The
legislature
and
this
committee
could
take
into
account
when
drawing
districts,
but
they
are
not
binding
on
the
legislature
in
any
way.
Unless
the
legislature
chooses
to
bind
itself
with
those
principles.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
killian.
Senator
cancer
follow
up.
O
N
So
generally,
when
the
courts
become
involved
in
the
redistricting
process,
they
hue
much
more
closely
to
those
traditional
districting
principles,
so
since
in
2011
after
the
legislature
passed
maps
and
they
were
vetoed
by
the
governor,
the
legislature
was
not
called
back
into
special
session,
so
the
courts
were
required
to
draw
the
maps.
The
court
did
choose
to
hew
pretty
closely
to
those
traditional
districting
principles.
However,
that's
not
binding
on
the
legislature
itself,
since
the
legislature
gives
the
lead.
I'm
sorry,
since
the
constitution
gives
the
legislature
rather
wide
discretion
in
choosing
its
own
principles.
O
What
I
have
what
I
was
my
understanding
is:
is
that
citizens
have
the
right
to
participate
equally
in
the
political
process
to
join
with
others,
to
advance
political
briefs
and
to
choose
their
political
representatives,
and
so
I
guess
my
concern
really
is
to
make
sure
that
we
have
maps
that
that
support
that
and
follow
that
guarantee.
So
thank
you.
A
P
A
P
Okay,
the
question
is:
will
we
we've
got
sb1
here,
we'll
we'll
be
able
to
separate
the
bill
and
the
congressional
districts
and
vote
on
them
in
one
set
and
then
the
legislative
districts
in
the
other?
Just
you
know,
I
think,
maybe
there's
be
bipartisan.
Support
for
one
set
of
maps
and
not
the
other.
A
And
I
don't
know
that
our
presenters
are
the
folks
who
can
answer
that
question.
I
believe
currently
senate
bill.
One
is
a
measure
that
encompasses
all
the
proposed
changes
to
both
the
state
legislative
districts
and
the
congressional
districts,
so
it's
currently
introduced.
I
think
it
would
be
a
vote
on
on
everything
as
presented
in
the
bill
all
right,
please
any
any
additional
questions.
P
Other
and-
and
I
guess
I
I'm
going
to
continue
to
beat
on
the
same
thing
and
we're
we're
here
to
represent
our
constituents
in
the
state
of
nevada,
and
I
am
concerned
there
wasn't
enough
consultation
done
early
on,
especially
as
we
look
at
some
of
the
rural
areas
and
call
them
whatever
you
want.
You
can
call
them
a
county,
a
city.
They
are
a
community
of
interest,
they
they're
the
ones
that
elect
their
school
boards
vote
under
school
bonds
and
how
we
can
separate
them
is
beyond
me.
So
thank
you.
A
H
Thank
you,
chair
orange
shell.
I
appreciate
the
ability
to
ask
a
question.
I
was
wondering,
mr
stewart,
if
you
could
share
with
us
kind.
H
In
a
little
bit
until
senator
gokuchi
was
talking
about
the
input
process,
we
did
have
public
meetings.
Some
of
us
were
on
the
committee
that
participated
in
those
public
hearings
to
seek
input
from
communities.
I
was
wondering
if
you
could
review
so
we
could
capture
some
of
that
work
on
this
legislative
record
about
that
process.
K
F
Thank
you
again,
michael
stewart,
for
the
record,
mr
chair
to
you
and
through
you
to
someone
benitez
talking.
F
Senator
or
the
assemblyman
thank
you
yes,
benitez
thompson,
as
you
stated,
the
legislature
embarked
most
recently
in
four
public
hearings
for
the
reapportionment
redistricting
process.
F
They
happened
on
october,
7th
october
23rd
october
27th
and
28th
in
one
virtual
one
here
in
carson
city,
one
in
las
vegas
and
one
in
fallon
so
and
the
public
was
given
an
opportunity
to
participate
and
what
the
committee
heard
actually
in
presentations
was
kind
of
kind
of
a
truncated
version,
actually
of
what
the
interim
study
and
the
previous
interim
kind
of
heard
as
well,
which
was
information
about
u.s
census
data,
and
I
don't
have
scr13
in
front
of
me
but
off
the
top
of
my
head.
F
It's
u.s
census
data
and
we
heard
information
about
the
history
of
reenforcement
and
redistricting
and
how
the
legislature
looked
over
time,
some
detailed
legal
presentations
from
our
legal
team
and
then
some
presentations
from
our
state
demographer
and
then
in
the
previous
interim.
F
We
had
we
heard
from
the
complete
count
committee
and
sort
of
the
census
operations
in
nevada,
and
then
I
think,
as
you
mentioned,
we
had
some
considerable
discussion
about
how
the
public
could
participate
through
the
my
districting
application
on
the
legislature's
website,
and
I
know
haley
kind
of
kind
of
presented
that
information,
but
my
districting
application
was
something
that
was
new
for
this
go
around,
so
the
public
could
submit
plans
that
way.
So
I
could
get
into
more
detail,
but
it
was
a.
F
It
was
kind
of
a
robust
schedule
in
october
and
then,
of
course,
we
had
some
talking
before
the
last
session
as
well.
A
A
E
E
One
of
the
principles
that
the
legislature
could
choose
to
follow
would
be
compactness,
and
it's
listed
here
as
meaning
having
the
minimum
distance
between
all
parts
of
a
constituency,
a
circle
square
or
hexagon,
being
the
most
compact
district
and
as
mr
killian
noted,
the
legislature
is
not
obligated
to
abide
by
that
principle,
but
certainly
the
court
in
2011
did
abide
by
that
principle
in
drawing
the
maps.
So
my
question
is
the
maps
that
are
presented
in
senate
bill
1
for
the
assembly
and
the
senate.
F
I
me
this
is
michael
stewart
for
the
record.
I
don't
have
the
I
think
we'd
have
to
sort
of
take
some
time
to
maybe
do
a
geographic,
compactness
analysis
or
some
sort
of
overlay.
F
A
Please
any
follow
up
with
someone
yeager
and
if
that's
something
you
want,
maybe
you
could
ask
lcb
to
try
to
put
that
together.
E
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
certainly
not
trying
to
make
anyone
do
any
more
work
and
just
just
curious
if
that's
something
that
you're
able
to
opine
on
through
a
statistical
analysis
or
comparison
of
maps.
I
certainly
would
appreciate
that.
I
know
that
time.
You
know
we
have
a
lot
to
get
through
today,
but
if
you're
able
to
would
appreciate
it.
But
at
this
time,
mr
terry,
I
have
no
additional
follow-ups.
Q
Thank
you
so
much
chair
appreciate.
I
have
I
have
a
number
of
questions,
but
I'll
keep
the
first
one
I
think,
to
our
legal
representative
and
then
I
believe
the
rest
could
be
directed
to
lcb
and
I'll
try
and
keep
them
data
focused
for
the
most
part.
So
you
spoke
a
little
bit
about
the
interim
interim
redistricting
committee.
I
wonder
if
you
could
share
a
little
bit
more
about
what
were
the
recommendations
of
that
interim
redistricting
committee.
N
Thank
you,
mr
chair
usher,
killian
committee
council.
Unfortunately,
I
don't
have
the
the
sheet
of
recommendations
in
front
of
me.
I
can
try
to
pull
that
up
real
quick.
I
know
they
made
recommendations
regarding
provisions
to
be
included
in
the
joint
rules
regarding
staff
to
be
hired
and
equipment
to
be
purchased
for
the
legislature's
use
during
the
redistricting
process
and
a
few
other
related
matters.
N
But
I
think
mr
stewart
may
be
just
about
to
bail
me
out
and
pull
that
up
himself,
so
it
it
might
be
helpful
if
you
proceed
to
another
question,
so
he
can
pull
that
up
to
bail
me
out
real
quick.
Q
Sure,
thank
you
so
much.
I
appreciate
the
teamwork
here,
so
it
was
a
a
few
of
those
principles
or
priorities
have
been
mentioned
so
far,
things
like
compactness.
So
let
me
just
start
with
that
one.
Q
When
I
look
at
this
map-
and
I
don't
know
if
it's
online
but
assembly
district
33
under
this
proposed
map
would
be,
as
I
understand
it-
the
largest
assembly
district
in
the
united
states-
and
so
I
wonder
about
the
future
representative
for
that
district
and
their
ability
to
really
meaningfully
connect
with
all
their
constituents
over
so
many
square
miles.
Thank
you.
F
Michael
stewart,
for
the
record,
it
is
a
district
13
is
a
large
district.
We
haven't
done
any
comparisons
of
how
it
compares
to
other
districts
nationwide,
so
but
it's
a
large
district
I'd.
Probably
I
can't
comment
about
how
a
representative
would
be
able
to.
You
know
capture
all
those
communities.
Q
Yes,
thank
you
so
my
next
question.
If
we're
able
to
to
go
back
to
those
recommendations,
and
then
I
have
four
specific
follow-up
questions
in
regards
to
just
numbers
of
districts,
that
would
meet
in
particular
the
the
recommendation
of
not
splitting
communities
of
interest,
and
that
would
just
be
a
data
question.
I'm
just
looking
for
numbers.
Think.
F
Thank
you.
I
can
again
michael
stewart
for
the
record.
I
think
mr
killian,
I
think,
hit
on
all
the
recommendations,
but
I'll
just
go
through
and
tell
you
what
they
were
for
a
bill
for
bills.
The
interim
committee
did
suggest
one
bill
draft
request
to
increase
from
3000
to
five
thousand.
The
number
of
maximum
number
of
active
voters
permitted
in
an
election
district.
The
legislature
did
approve
that
bill.
This
last
session.
F
Other
recommendations
involved,
as
mr
killian
pointed
out,
the
purchasing
of
redistricting
software
licenses
and
then
the
required
parallel
hardware
to
assist
the
nevada,
legislature's,
reapportionment
and
redistricting
exercises
through
its
gis
and,
as
you
know,
they
approved
the
hiring
of
four
session.
Only
employees,
gis
technicians,
one
assigned
to
each
caucus
in
order
to
assist
with
gis,
support
and
provide
related
services
during
the
2021
session
and,
of
course,
the
data
was
delayed.
So
here
we
are
several
months
after
the
session
as
well.
F
They
also
voted
to
select
for
use
during
the
redistricting
exercise
and
elections
database.
That
includes
comprehensive
election
information
from
several
competitive
elections
and
those
competitive
elections
are
actually
set
forth
in
the
tables
that
you
have.
I
think,
on
pages
four,
maybe
three
four
and
five
on
your
in
each
in
each
plan.
F
So
in
addition
to
selecting
those
elections,
they
made
some
suggestions
for
the
adoption
of
rules
for
the
joint
standing
rules
for
the
senate
and
the
assembly
there's
kind
of
a
list
of
them,
but
most
of
them
most
of
the
proposals
were
to
mirror
the
the
rules
from
the
2011
process.
F
So
I
do
think
one
of
the
new
ones
was
the
nesting
of
assembly
and
senate
districts.
That
was
suggested
as
well,
because
that
that
seems
to
be
a
a
popular
aspect
of
your
current
redistricting
plan.
So
that's
one
thing
that
that
interim
committee
suggested
and
those
were
the
recommendations
and
then
I'm
sorry.
You
may
need
to
repeat
that
second
question
about
I'm
sorry,
thank
you.
I
just
want
to.
Q
Thank
you,
sir.
So
these
are
just
in
regards
to
counties,
cities,
communities
of
interest,
tribal
communities.
Do
we
know,
based
on
the
current
plan,
how
many
counties
I'll
just
start
one
by
one
to
make
it
a
little
easier
so
in
in
the
proposed
plan
that
we're
considering
in
sb1
how
many
counties
would
be
split
into
various
representation
by
districts.
In
this
new
plan.
G
Q
Thank
you
so
much
and
follow
up
to
towns
go.
Q
G
Pearl
for
the
record
senior
policy
analyst
and
gi
specialist
at
lcb.
We
have
not
done
that
analysis
yet,
but
that
is
something
we
could
take.
A
look
at
which
places
were
are
divided
with
these
plans.
Q
Thank
you
so
much.
I
appreciate
that
and
then
I
know,
there's
been
a
lot
of
interest
in
our
tribal
communities
and
as
I
was
looking
at
32
and
31
on
the
maps,
it
appeared
that
there
was
a
split
through
a
reservation.
I'm
just
wondering
if
we
have
any
any
data
on
these
plans
and
how
certain
tribal
communities
might
be
split.
G
Q
That's
okay!
Thank
you
so
much.
I
appreciate
you
have
had
so
much
data
to
crunch,
so
I,
but
I
do
think
that
that's
important
to
constituents
and
to
communities
and
then
my
last
question
would
be
in
regards
to
homeowners
associations
that
and
planned
communities
that
would
share
the
same
boards.
I
know
that
that's
probably
going
to
be
the
same
answer,
because
that's
quite
broad,
in
fact,
some
of
the
examples
that
I
see
are
somerset
in
washoe
county
split
into
sun
valley
split
into
three.
Q
You
know
we
have
a
certain
back
to
the
areas
of
washoe
valley,
pleasant
valley,
hidden
valley
and
even
a
split
and
desert
willow,
golf
course,
and
so
I
think,
if
there's
any
way
that
we
could
just
take
a
look
at
how
we're
splitting
up
hoas
and
communities
of
interest
there.
I
know
we
all
love
to
hear
from
our
hoa
constituents
and
they're
very
actively
involved,
and
I'm
sure
they'd
like
to
hear
from
us
as
well
as
to
how
these
plans
will
impact
their
representation.
Thank
you.
A
F
I
think
that
would
be
possible.
We
might
have
some
challenges
with
figuring
out
hoa
boundaries
in
the
time
frame,
but
the
others
I
think
we
can
probably
come
up
with
from
a.
A
A
Q
Q
G
Haley
paul
for
the
record
senior
policy
analyst
and
gis
specialist,
this
lcb
and
legal
might
be
a
better
answer
for
this,
but
I
can
I
can
throw
out
there
what
we
did
for,
considering
which
elections
were
selected
in
the
redistricting
database.
G
A
G
Haley
pearl
again
for
the
record,
I
do
have
the
percent
differences
for
the
elections
that
were
chosen
for
the
database.
G
G
Q
Thank
you.
I
I
appreciate
the
ability
to
ask
that
question.
That's
that's
helpful
data
and
I
suppose
I
would
kick
myself
for
not
stating
that
I'm
just
wondering
why
assembly
district
has
moved
from
a
six
point,
plus
republican
advantage
to
a
negative
3.6
democrat
advantage
when
it
only
had
a
1.4,
minus
1.4
deviation,
an
ideal
population.
A
I
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
thank
you
to
our
amazing
stuff
and
I'll
see
you
guys
do
such
a
great
job
and
we're
always
so
lucky
to
have
you
here.
So
I
wanted
to
ask
a
couple
of
questions.
I
I
want
to
first
follow
up
because
we
talked
a
bit
about
deviation
in
maps,
and
I
know
mr
killian
talked
a
bit
about
in
specifically
like
with
the
congressional
maps
we're
looking
to
get
close
to
one,
and
we
talked
about
the
sort
of
the
half
a
person,
so
the
maps
that
are
currently
submitted
are
sort
of
within
that
allowable
amount,
but
for
legislative
maps
is
it.
My
understanding
is
that
that
deviation
is
a
bit
different.
It
doesn't
have
to
be
down
to
one
person.
Is
that
accurate.
N
Thank
you,
mr
chair
asher,
killian
committee
council.
That
is
correct.
Senator
the
much
more
precise
requirement
for
congressional
districts
is
because
article
1
section
2
of
the
us
constitution,
the
supreme
court,
has
interpreted
that
to
impose
a
requirement
that
they
be
as
nearly
equal
as
is
practicable.
N
The
provision
that
applies
to
state
legislative
districts
is
just
the
equal
protection
clause,
which
is
still
a
significant
requirement
of
substantial
equality,
but
substantial
equality,
but
not
nearly
as
exacting
the
case
law
on
state
legislative
districts
is
as
long
as
the
overall
range
of
deviation
is
less
than
10,
so
plus
or
minus
5
for
the
districts
that
that
is
a
minimal
range
of
deviation.
N
As
long
as
there
is
some
factor
that
justifies
the
deviation,
a
deviation
of
an
overall
range
of
more
than
ten
percent
is
presumed
to
be
too
large,
unless
there
is
some
factor,
that's
necessary.
That
requires
that
range
of
deviation
so
for
state
legislative
maps.
As
long
as
the
overall
range
is
under
10,
which
I
believe,
as
staff
has
indicated,
for
the
maps
contained
in
sb1.
I
Great
and
that's,
I
think,
that's
exactly
what
my
next
question
was
going
to
be
was
just
talking
a
little
bit
about
what
the
ranges
and
and
how
these
proposed
maps
and
senate
bill
one
would
fall
within
that
deviation,
and
these
these
are
obviously
less
than
five
percent.
We
heard
that
testimony
on
either
end
so
that
10
range
and
so
would
be
within
that
deviation.
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
were
clear
about
the
deviation
because
it
is
different
between
some
of
the
maps.
I
So
I
appreciate
that
mr
killian,
you
got
ahead
of
my
question,
which
I'm
not
surprised
by
the
next
question.
I
wanted
to
talk
a
bit
about,
because
we've
had
some
discussion
about
public
testimony
and
public
input
when
we
were
as
part
of
the,
I
guess,
the
first
interim
pre-covered
redistricting
interim
committee.
I
We
did
hear
a
lot
about
the
different
software
that
was
available
and
what
we
might
consider
purchasing
as
a
state
and
one
of
the
recommendations
that
I
think
mr
stewart
spoke
about.
Was
this
my
redistricting
software
that
we've
been
using
and
that
allows
individuals
anyone
to
sort
of
come
in,
draw
their
own
maps
kind
of
mess
with
that
and
then
submit
a
map
for
consideration?
Is
that
correct.
G
I
G
I
And
so,
if
somebody
were
interested
in
seeing
those
kinds
of
maps
that
had
been
created
using
that
software,
they
could
just
go
online
and
sort
of
take
a
look
at
those
and
look
at
what
other
people
have
drawn.
And
things
like
that
correct.
I
know
when
we
were
going
through
the
pages.
They're
also
popped
up,
and
I
have
a
couple
of
questions
about
this-
a
page
for
communities
of
interest,
and
so
was
that
also
something
that
was
allowed
to
be
submitted
via
the
legislative
website.
And
this
my
districting
software.
G
I
Okay
and
sort
of
so
those
are,
are
defined
and
then,
within
these
maps,
are
they
within
like
a
single
senate
district,
I
believe
that
sun
city
summerland,
is
still
in
senate
district
six
and
then
inspired
is
within
senate
district
12
in
these
proposed
maps.
G
Hilly
pro
for
the
record,
I
would
not
want
to
say
for
certain
I
haven't
done
that
analysis
yet,
but
that
is
something
we
could
look
at
and
determine.
Okay,.
I
And
that
that
we
happy
to
get
that
answer
from
you,
I
I
believe
just
personally
that
they
are
when
I
looked
at
it,
because
I
know
that
those
communities
of
interest
were
submitted
and
that
would
have
been
available
for
any
community
of
interest,
be
they
an
hoa
or
another
sort
of
whatever
falls
within
this
definition
of
community
interest.
They
could
have
submitted
those
on
the
on
the
website
as
well.
Is
that
right.
I
And
then
I
I
wanted
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
and
I
apologize
mr
sheriff.
That's.
Okay.
If
I
have
one
more
little
set
of
questions.
I
Sort
of
going
until
you
cut
me
off
so
we
talked
a
little
bit
about
compactness
and
I
know
that
you
haven't
done
a
full
compactness
analysis
of
these
maps.
I
But
I,
as
I
understand
there,
are
different
measures
of
compactness,
one
of
those
being
the
pulse
b,
popper
score
and
that
sort
of
measures
compactness
of
districts
the
closer
to
one.
They
are
the
more
compact
they
are
the
further
away
from
one
the
less
compact
they
are,
and
that
would
be
something
that
we
could
apply
to
our
maps
as
currently
drawn
as
then
to
any
proposed
maps.
I
If
we,
if
we
were
able
to
kind
of
take
a
look
at
that-
and
so
I
just
wanted
to-
because
I
was
aware
of
some
of
the
compactness
stuff.
So
I
wanted
to
kind
of
share
and
then
I
know
you're
going
to
do
some
follow-up
on
that,
but
wanted
to
share
and
and
hopefully
that
we
can
kind
of
get
some
confirmation
on
the
polls
b.
Popper
scores
for
the
assembly
average
districts,
which
I
believe
from
the
current
maps
from
2011,
is
a
0.374
and
the
maps
as
submitted
is
a
0.402.
I
So
that
being
closer
to
one
indicating
that
they're
more
compact
and
then
on
the
senate
maps,
I
believe
that
should
be
a
0.37
on
the
current
maps
from
2011
and
a
0.384
on
the
current
maps,
again
being
closer
to
one
indicating
that
they
are
more
compact.
And
so
I
know
I
don't
mean
to
be
giving
you
all
a
bunch
of
homework,
but
I
think
that
that
should
that
that
was
something
that
that
was
part
of
these
maps
and
so
would
appreciate
any
follow-up
and
confirmation
on
those
as
well.
A
A
E
Thank
you,
mr
chair
and
good
afternoon,
and
and
thank
you
to
all
three
of
our
presenters,
it's
good
to
have
you
with
us
here
today.
I
want
to
stay
on
this
issue
of
deviation
from
the
ideal,
and
so
my
questions
would
be
for
miss
steinlead.
I
know
you
covered
these
numbers,
but
I
just
want
to
sort
of
recap
and
make
sure
that
I've
got
these
right.
E
E
Thank
you
so
looking
at
this,
this
would
seem
to
me
that
we've
got
a
significant
increase
here
in
the
overall
deviation
from
2011
to
the
the
present
maps
looks
like
three
even
four
times
greater.
I
don't
know
if
this
is
something
that
any
of
our
presenters
can
speak
to
or
if
you
can
speak
to,
but
I
am
wondering
you
know
why
the
the
maps
in
this
plan
do
have
such
a
significant
increase
in
deviation
over
2011.
E
Yes,
please,
mr
chair,
we've
talked
a
little
bit.
I
know
that
assemblywoman
tolls
touched
on
this
idea
of
of
splitting
counties
and
splitting
towns,
and
she
asked
the
question
if
we
knew
how
many
towns
were
being
split
with
these
maps
in
my
looking
at
it,
it
appears
I
know
we're
going
to
try
to
get
the
the
specific
numbers.
It
looks
like
that.
E
The
congressional
maps
and
the
legislative
maps
would
each
split
six
towns
a
piece,
and
you
know
we
know,
of
course,
that
in
drawing
these
these
district
lines,
one
of
the
things
we
try
to
ensure
is
that
you
know
we.
We
minimize
the
the
amount
of
you,
know
different
types
of
ballots
that
our
hard-working
local
election
administrators
have
to
create,
and
so
with
an
eye
toward
that
we
do
try
to
take
into
consideration
some
of
these
local
government
boundaries.
A
And
someone
matthews
I'm
going
to
jump
in,
I'm
not
sure
the
presenters
can
answer
that
we
might
have
testimony
from
election
officials
either
in
support
opposition
or
neutral.
Who
might
be
able
to
reply
to
your
comments
or
your
concerns.
But
I
don't
correct
me
I'm
wrong,
but
I
don't
think
our
presenters
can
dress
up
if
I'm
wrong,
please
jump
in.
F
Michael
stewart
in
our
lcp
research
division
yeah
again,
it's
kind
of
hard
for
lcb
staff
to
sort
of
discuss
kind
of
the
rationale
about
where
splits
went
where
they
did
not
go,
and
that
sort
of
thing
so
that
again,
might
be
something
you
know
to
you
know
for,
for,
I
guess
for
a
a
different
person.
But
but
I
would
say
that
we
we
have
heard
from
the
local
election
officials
that
they
do
have.
You
know
that
they
it's
easier
for
them
to
to
do.
Have
some
you.
L
F
I
guess
preserve
those
ba
fewer
ballot.
Styles
so
and
they've
been
they've,
commented
on
that
in
public
settings.
Before
so
can.
E
That's
similar,
if
I
may
please,
mr
chair,
we
heard
some
discussion
of
the
community
outreach
meetings
that
were
held
around
the
state
to
try
to
seek
public
input
into
this
process.
I
don't
know
if
again,
if
the
presenters
know-
or
maybe
somebody
knows,
were
any
maps
presented
at
any
of
these
meetings.
F
Sorry
we're
trying
to
remember
there
were
so
many
was
it
just
mister
right.
I
believe
we
had
one
person,
mr
mr
darby
might
have
referenced
a
map
that
he
submitted
on
the
my
districting
page
and
we
can
review,
but
I
think
that's
the
one
we
had.
Thank
you
very
much
director
stewart.
E
One
final
question:
if
I
made
mr
chair
and
thank
you
so
much
for
for
letting
me
ask
so
many
and
I'm
I'm
wondering
if
someone
can
speak
to
the
decision
to
to
include
as
the
description
of
these
districts
a
picture,
as
opposed
to
say,
actual
descriptions
of
streets
or
even
even
coordinates,
and
I'm
just
wondering
if
someone
can
speak
to
you
what
the
reasoning
was
for
that
and
what
the
the
aims
of
taking
that
approach
may
have
been.
Thank
you.
A
N
Thank
you,
mr
chair
azure,
killian
committee
council.
So
that
is
a
departure
with
the
bill
drafts
for
this
special
session
as
compared
to
previous
redistricting
bills
that
the
legislature
has
done
previously.
The
bill
would
contain
a
list
of
census
geographies
for
each
district,
which
is
effectively
just
a
copying,
a
recreation
of
the
contents
of
a
shapefile.
N
The
approach
that
the
bills
took
this
time
around
is
to
adopt
the
shapefile
itself
directly,
and
so
it's
adopting
the
best
evidence
of
those
contents
rather
than
recreating
those
contents
and
text
form
in
the
bill.
And
then
the
images
that
are
contained
in
the
bill
are
just
a
descriptive
representation
of
the
contents
of
that
shapefile.
N
So
this
time
around,
the
legislature
is
actually
adopting
the
best
possible
evidence
of
those
boundaries
in
a
standard
format
that
any
sort
of
gis
or
redistricting
software
could
import
as
opposed
to
a
list
of
texts.
That
is
only
a
representation
of
those
boundaries.
And
then,
as
I
mentioned,
the
maps
are
included
in
the
bill,
not
as
operative
legal
language
but
as
a
description
of
the
contents
of
the
shape
file,
so
that
you
can
verify
the
shapefile
contains
the
maps
that
you're
expecting.
I
Thank
you
for
the
the
second
go
around
mr
chair.
I
appreciate
it,
but
I
did
just
have
like
a
follow-up
question
that
I
wanted
to
make
sure,
and
I
apologize
mr
killian,
but
you
are
the
legal
brains
in
the
room,
so
we
were
talking
a
little
bit
about
deviation
and
my
prior
question
was
mostly
related
to
what
the
question
is.
I
Really
whether
or
not
the
deviation
falls
within
that
five
percent
on
either
rain
on
either
side
or
the
10
range
for
legislative
maps
and
and
this
particular
proposed
map
and
senate
bill,
one,
the
proposed
maps
do
fall
within
that
particular
range.
You
also
mentioned
that
we
would
look
at
other
factors.
To
sort
of
you
know
help
to
illustrate.
Why
or
why
not.
I
There
may
be
deviations
that
are
that
are
different,
and
that
would
be
part
of
the
sort
of
analysis
on
a
deviation
with
things
like
preserving
rule,
representation
and
rule
seats
and
not
taking
those
away
from
rules
be
something
that
could
be
considered
with
respect
to
deviations.
N
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
After
killing
committee
council,
that's
generally
correct
senator,
so
the
equality
of
population
within
the
districts
is
one
of
several
factors
that
the
legislature
considers
when
drawing
lines.
All
of
the
factors
considered
in
redistricting.
All
of
the
traditional
principles,
in
addition
to
the
mandatory
principles
can
come
into
conflict.
N
That
can
also
be
something
that
the
legislature
considers
as
more
important
than
exact
population
equality
and
use
that
as
a
factor
to
justify
deviations
in
population
that
may
be
greater
than
precise
equality
when
the
special
masters
drew
the
maps
in
2011
one
of
the
factors
that
they
were
prioritizing.
Above
all,
others
was
population
equality,
so
the
districts
may
have
been
less
compact
in
order
to
ensure
that
the
population
was
as
equal
as
possible.
N
That's
not
a
mandatory
duty
upon
the
legislature.
The
legislature
can
choose
to
take
the
other
approach
and
maybe
allow
for
more
population
inequality
so
long
as
it's
within
constitutional
limits.
In
order
to
prioritize
other
factors
like
preserving
communities
of
interest,
keeping
political
geography
intact,
preserving
the
cores
of
prior
districts.
All
sorts
of
matters
like
that.
E
B
Them
so,
within
the.
E
Last
few
few
months,
we've
heard
from
various
communities
of
interest
about
how
they
have
been
left
behind
in
the
process,
especially
during
2011,
and
we
were
made
aware
during
that
process
in
the
committee
hearings
that
we
had
throughout
the
state
that,
particularly
particularly
there
was
one
concern
of
a
indigenous
community
split
in
half
or
into
two
different
districts.
So.
G
And
I
I
wouldn't
want
to
comment
on
the
congressional
until
I
can
get
a
better
look
at
that,
because
I
don't
have
the
exact
boundaries
in
front
of
me
because
I
know
it's
somewhere
along
the
somewhere
with
lion
and
churchill
boundary
lines.
That's.
E
A
F
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
senator
danate
for
your
patience.
So
ms
pro
is
looking
up
some
data
from
10
years
ago,
but
we're
just
kind
of
doing
a
quick
comparison.
F
Those
exact
boundaries
obviously
are
diff
are
different,
but
those,
I
think,
would
be
considered
kind
of
rural.
Thank
you,
rural
groupings.
If
that's,
if
that's
appropriate,.
E
Okay,
last
clarification,
so
we
mentioned
our
favorite
word
hoa
in
east,
las
vegas,
hoas
aren't
really
quite
common
and
we
don't
really
witness
them.
So
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
this
was
spoken
on
the
record.
Hoas
are
not
considered
political
units
or
subdivisions
correct.
My
understanding
is
that
hoas
are
classified
as
private
real
estate
entities.
Could
you
speak
on
that?
Please.
N
Thank
you,
mr
chair
asher,
killian
committee
counsel.
Yes,
so
hoas
are
not
political
subdivisions
of
the
state,
they
are
not
government
organizations
in
any
form.
They
are
a
type
of
private
association
that
is
authorized
under
state
law,
but
they
are
not
a
governmental
entity.
A
L
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
for
the
the
second
opportunity.
I
got
a
little
stumped
when
I
first
asked
the
question,
because
I
didn't
want
to
ask
something
that
you
couldn't
answer,
but
one
came
about
so
when,
with
this
racial
data
report,
as
I
was
looking
at
it,
it
looks
like
the
hispanic
and
or
latino
districts
with
40
or
more
amounted
to
seven
total
with
40
or
more
hispanic
or
latino
districts
with
the
asian
or
asian,
with
other
races.
L
It
was
over.
20
percent
was
two
and
with
black
or
african
american,
including
blacks
and
african
americans,
with
other
races,
it
totaled
five
districts.
My
question
is,
is
since
I
realized
that
you
had
the
data
from
previous.
What
what?
How
does
that
compare
to
the
the
current
demographics
as
we
look
at
it
when
we're
speaking
to
hispanic
or
latino
plus
40
percent
asian
plus
20
in
in
black
and
african
american
plus
20.
F
And
mr
chair
on
three
to
mr
levitt,
were
you
referring
to
the
assembly
proposal
in
sb1
or,
yes,
sorry?
Okay,
I
apologize
we're
looking
at
the
comparison
right
now,
just
one
second.
L
40
and
hispanic
latino,
20
and
asian
and
20,
and
black
and
american
okay.
L
I
mean
I
haven't:
we
can
circle
back
for
probably
for
miss
parole.
Just
as
I
was
looking
at
the
maps
trying
to
figure
out,
you
know,
inspirada
came
up
and
inspired
is
currently
my
district
in
its
entirety,
and
I
was
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
I
was
looking
at
the
maps
correctly.
It
looks
like
the
proposed
map
has
inspirato
now
split
into
three
assembly:
districts,
2341
and
and
36,
and
senate
districts,
20
and
12
and
19.
is.
Am
I
looking
at
that
right.
G
L
covered
the
entirety
of
vince
broad
and
now
it
looks
like
it's
broken
up
into
three
separate
assembly
districts
and
three
senate
districts.
At
this
point,
12,
including
them
the
new
12,
including
them,
and
then
20
still
covering
a
large
portion
of
inspiration
and
then
and
then
it
looks
like
19-
is
pulled
in
there
a
little
bit
as
well.
G
F
Thank
you,
mr
levitt,
so
answer
to
your
question:
the
number
of
districts
over
in
the
hispanic
or
latino
category
for
2011
in
the
assembly
there
were
seven
of
those
over
40
percent
and
it
looks
like
for
2021.
There
are
six
in
the
hispanic
category
and
I
think
you
mentioned
the
asian
category.
Is
that
correct
those
over
20
percent?
F
F
F
Okay,
so
for
the
above
20
districts
for
2011,
there
were
three
in
the
assembly.
Sb1
proposes
five.
M
Thank
you
chair.
I
wanted
to
refer
back
to
the
submission
from
senator
gansert
on
some
of
the
ncsl
redistricting
traditional
districting
principles
used
by
many
states
and
particularly
the
two
of
the
four,
the
preservation
of
counties
and
other
political
subdivisions
and
preservation
of
communities
of
interest.
M
It
had
been
mentioned
earlier
and
I'm
more
than
glad
to
expound
about
answering
a
question
about
a
large
district,
I'm
honored
to
to
represent
38
000
square
miles,
seven
counties
as
it
stands
now,
but
I
can
tell
you,
even
though
I've
loved
the
doing
that
that,
particularly
for
the
prop
the
proposals
of
assembly
district
33,
that
is
greatly
larger
than
what
I
have
and
the
cost
of
doing
so
has
doubled
in
fuel
costs.
M
M
Why
are
we
splitting
a
community
such
as
carlin,
which
is
a
community
of
interest
when
we
look
at
employment
and
they
they
we're
splitting
the
communities
from
the
employees
where
they
work
from
where
they
live?
It's
been
pulled
away
from
elko,
the
city
of
elko
elko
county
has
split,
carlin
resides.
M
It
has
been
split
off
from
that
representation
over
to
my
district
of
32,
which
historically
was
33.,
so
that
that
is
a
huge
concern,
and
I
think
we
probably
know
that
there
had
been
a
submission
from
elko
to
this
very
fact
that
they
prefer
to
keep
their
community
of
interest,
which
is
very
serious
and
very
it's
very
concrete.
I
think
anybody
who's
been
in
those
areas
know
how
important
that
community
of
interest
is
in
that
region
and
I'm
hoping
that
we'll
hear
from
them
when
we
get
to
testimony.
M
So
I
just
want
to
get
that
on
the
record
that
there
is
quite
a
deviation
from
keeping
community
of
interest
whole
and
keeping
counties
whole
to
the
degree
that
we
can
in
a
state
as
large
as
ours.
So
thank
you
for
your
time
and
for
for
the
hard
work
that
you
have
put
in
on
this,
and
I
appreciate
we
put
you
in
a
sticky
wicket
when
I
sit
here
and
ask
you
questions
that
are
more
about
intent,
rather
than
just
the
what
you
have
to
do.
So.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
A
O
Thank
you,
chairman
chill,
I'm
going
to
pass
on
any
questions
right
now,
but
I
do
want
to
thank
staff
for
the
incredible
work
that
they've
done
over
the
last
several
months
and
then
particularly
since
probably
tuesday.
I
mean
all
your
staff
are
just
incredible
and
I'm
extremely
grateful
for
your
help.
M
Sorry
I
did
miss,
and
this
actually
is
something
for
you
all
and
when
we
talked
about
competitiveness
or
swinging.
This
word
we're
using
now
swingy
dis
seats
and
we
talked
a
little
bit
about
what
is
that
definition?
What
what
criteria,
what
percentage
cons
for
a
competitiveness
that
we
were
getting
into?
Could
we
request
that
historically
now,
there's
been
a
lot
of
elections,
so
maybe
in
the
last
10
20
years,
would
we
be
able
to
compile
what
was
the
average
percentage
to
try
to
find
what
makes
a
district
a
swing
district?
M
A
N
Mr
chair
asher
killian
committee
council
just
detriment
on
the
legal
side
of
it.
There
is
no
legal
requirement
in
nevada
for
competitiveness
to
be
a
factor,
that's
considered,
so
there
is
no
legal
standard
for
what
constitutes
a
competitive
district
versus
a
non-competitive
district
in
other
states
that
use
competitiveness
as
a
criteria.
It's
typically
expressed
in
a
squishy
way,
just
as
just
that
as
many
districts
as
possible
should
be
drawn
so
that
electoral
results
may
change
from
year
to
year,
but
most
states
don't
apply
any
particular
percentage
to
that.
N
M
Thank
you
for
that
clarification,
and
yes,
just
for
for
from
the
point
of
view
of
research,
if
we
don't
use
that
as
a
factor
in
nevada,
but
there's
been
an
awful
lot
of
talk
in
the
you
know,
as
the
maps
have
been
presented
about
what
seats
are
considered
swing,
so
I
think
it
would
be
helpful
to
the
populace
to
know
historically
what
is
swing
where
has
that
been
falling
in
in
these
in
in
nevada
elections.
P
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
I
also
want
to
thank
staff
for
their
hard
work.
Looking
back,
I
was
tickled
to
death
when
we
canceled
the
elk
meeting
in
lieu
of
fallon,
but
now
that
the
maps
we've
been
generated,
it
is
unfortunate
that
the
committee
didn't
get
to
make
that
ride
and
realize
what
350
miles
through
carlin
looks
like.
Thank
you
and
again.
Thank
you
for
your
work.
It
was
great.
P
P
A
Thank
you
very
much
and
members
any
additional
questions.
All
right.
I
believe
senator
gantzer
asked
to
be
recognized.
O
Thank
you
chair,
there's
an
exhibit
that
was
included
in
the
packet.
So
if
everybody
was
to
go
to
the
exhibit
that
says,
sb1
sd15
current
versus
majority
senator
seaver's
cancer,
we
had
had
some
conversations
about
compactness
and
I
think
we
may
be
able
to
get
an
index
that
talks
about
compactness.
But
when
you
open
that
map
up-
and
I
believe
just
a
second.
O
I
want
to
be
able
to
have
a
visual
here,
but
but
when
you
look
at
that
map
as
part
of
the
exhibit,
what
you
can,
the
purple
line
basically
outlines.
Currently
what
senate
district
15
is,
and
it
covers
sort
of
the
western
half
of
reno,
which
includes
the
communities
of
interest
and
political
subdivision
within
the
city
of
reno
of
somerset,
part
of
verdi
and
also
cold
springs.
O
So
the
purple
line
on
the
western
side,
where
it's
close
up
between
14
and
15,
is
the
current
district,
which
is
very
compact
and
includes
the
political
subdivision
of
reno
and
within
that
area
that
is
now
blue.
Now,
that's
part
of
14
or
again
are
the
subdivision
is
somerset,
verdi
and
cold
springs,
and
so,
when
you
talk
about
compactness
normally,
that
area
would
be
associated
with
district
15,
but
in
the
new
one.
A
O
I
just
want
people
to
visually
see
that
a
portion
of
the
city
of
reno,
the
west
side
of
reno,
has
been
carved
out
and
added
to
14
and
14
goes
all
the
way
to
carlin
and
if
you
were
to
try
to
drive
from
verdai
the
most
western
part
of
the
city
of
reno
in
the
park,
western
part
of
nevada,
and
then
you
go
all
the
way
to
carlin
according
to
mapquest
that
is
278
miles,
and
if
you
were
to
go
from
carlin
to
salt
lake
city,
it's
252
miles
the
point
being
this
is
not
a
compact
district.
O
This
is
a
district,
that's
been
severed,
the
city
of
reno
has
been
severed
and
I
think
the
visual
it
really
makes
it
much
more
clear
than
maybe
some
indexes
that
we'll
look
at
that
shows
overall
compactness
of
all
the
districts.
So
again,
if
you
were
to
go
from
verdai
the
most
western
part
of
reno
and
to
carlin
the
most,
which
is
on
the
outside
of
14
now
that's
278
miles
versus
carlin
to
salt
lake
to
city
is
252
miles.
So
we
really
have
a
piece
of
this
political
subdivision
known
as
reno.
O
A
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
comments.
Senator
ganzard
all
right
any,
not
seeing
any
additional
questions
or
comments
from
members.
A
A
All
right,
I
don't
see
anyone
in
the
committee
room
go
to
broadcasting
if
there's
anyone
on
the
phone
lines
or
on
zoom
audio.
B
B
A
A
F
F
It
was
mr
eli
trimble
testified
in
front
of
us
as
well,
and
he
did
reference
some
maps
that
he
did
submit
on
the
on
the
my
districting
application.
Thank
you.
B
B
Yes,
chair,
thank
you
one.
Second,
we
have
two
colors
that
are
in
support.
One
color
is
now
unmuted.
Please
stand
by.
A
D
Good
afternoon,
mr
chairman,
michael
kelly,
north
las
vegas
nevada,
and
I
wanted
to
testify
in
support
of
this
in
support
of
redistricting
what
we
were
as
a
veteran.
These
the
districts
were
drawn
and,
quite
frankly,
for
the
first
time,
veterans
see
an
opportunity
for
better
representation,
the
previous
maps,
not
very
supportive
of
veterans
and
did
not
give
us
an
opportunity
to
as
a
as
a
special
group
to
be
heard
and
to
be
represented.
D
These
new
maps
allow
us
much
greater
representation,
much
greater
support,
and
I
testify
in
absolute
support
of
this,
and
I
hope
that
we
as
veterans,
will
take
advantage
of
this
and
continue
to
participate
in
the
democratic
process,
and
I
want
to
thank
the
committee
for
the
opportunities
that
have
been
made
to
allow
veterans
to
testify
and
to
offer
input
into
this
process.
Thank
you
very
much.
D
D
Children's
advocacy
alliance
is
an
independent
voice
for
nevada's
families
and
children.
We
are
dedicated
to
advancing
public
policy
in
the
areas
of
child
safety,
health,
school
readiness
and
economic
well-being.
Children's
advocacy
alliance
creates
lasting
change
by
tackling
the
biggest
issues
our
kids
and
families
face.
As
you
are
aware,
children
are
included
in
the
total
population
of
each
proposed
legislative
district,
and
although
they
cannot
vote,
they
will
be
impacted
by
these
district
maps.
For
the
next
10
years,
we
have
included
a
document
highlighting
the
percentage
of
children
in
each
proposed
legislative
district
in
senate
bill
1..
D
B
D
D
Thank
you.
Thank
you
good
day,
chair
orange
hall
and
members
of
the
committee.
My
name
is
andre
wade,
a-n-d-r-e
w-a-p-e
and
I
work
as
state
director
of
service
data
equality,
a
statewide,
lgbtq
plus
civil
rights
organization,
here
in
nevada,
we're
a
member
of
the
nevada's
town
coalition
working
on
redistributing
public
education,
which
has
been
a
difficult
challenge
for
us.
Given
the
truncated
process
this
time
around.
D
As
we
all
know,
any
maps
that
are
passed
will
be
in
effect
for
the
next
10
years,
so
it's
imperative
that
we
ensure
that
these
maps
are
reflective
of
our
communities,
regardless
of
political
affiliation
as
the
state's
population
grows.
We
know
that
diversity
is
growing
and
it'd
be
great.
If
we
can
see
the
diversity
reflected
in
elected
officials,
but,
more
importantly,
these
elected
officials
should
be
able
to
keep
the
unique
needs
of
our
communities
in
mind
through
their
representation.
D
You
know
this
isn't
about
partisan
politics.
This
isn't
about
people.
This
is
about
people's
voices
being
heard.
How
about
people's
voices
can't
be
heard?
If
you
know
we,
as
a
coalition,
can't
have
our
maps
uploaded
without
technical
issues,
just
imagine
what
it's
like
for
the
lay
person
trying
to
be
engaged
in
the
process
and
having
technical
issues.
But,
overall,
you
know.
D
The
lack
of
community
input
is
a
concern
during
the
process
and
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
mindful
of
communities
of
interest,
but
thank
you
for
your
time
and
commitment
to
the
passage
of
and
drawing
of
fair
and
equitable
maps.
Thank
you.
B
D
D
We
appreciate
the
progress
towards
making
sure
that
we're
preserving
humanity
and
dignity,
because
folks
should
not
be
not
counted
in
their
communities,
because
they've
made
a
transgression,
there's
a
whole
lot
more
work
that
should
be
done
in
regards
to
these
maps
and
ensuring
that
there's
ample
community
input,
but
I
do
want
to
extend
our
thanks
for
ensuring
that
those
who
are
in
the
in
criminal
justice
system
will
make
sure
they're
counted
where
their
last
known
address
was.
Thank
you.
B
A
All
right,
thank
you.
I
would
like
to
now
go
to
opposition.
We'll
come
back
here
to
the
committee
room
in
carson
city,
and
I
want
to
remind
anyone
else
who
might
want
to
speak
in
neutral
or
support.
We
will
try
to
cycle
back
through
those
just
so
that
anyone
who
might
have
missed
the
number
or
want
to
call
in
or
had
technical
difficulties
will
be
able
to
participate.
So
anyone
who'd
like
to
speak
in
opposition
here
in
carson
city.
C
Sure,
thank
you
so
much
chair
and
with
that
again
just
a
reminder:
three
minutes
per
person
and
please
state
and
spell
your
name
clearly
for
the
record
before
you
begin
we'll
probably
do
as
chair
spoke.
We
will
do
a
few
minutes
here,
probably
about
10-15
minutes
here
in
carson
city,
then
we'll
move
to
the
phones
and
we
then
will
have
another
presentation
from
mr
stewart.
C
So
with
that
whoever
would
like
to
go
first,
please
begin.
K
Thank
you,
chairwoman,
miller,
chair
armand,
shaw
and
committee
members
for
the
record.
My
name
is
emily
prasad
zamora
that
is
p-e-r-s-a-u-d
hyphen
z-a-m-o-r-a.
I
have
to
say
that
never
did.
I
actually
imagine
that
I
would
be
testing
the
negative
on
this
particular
issue-
that's
really
near
and
dear
to
my
heart
and
to
the
many
organizations
and
community
members
that
we've
been
listening
to
for
the
last
year.
But
here
we
are
because,
at
the
end
of
the
day
we've
got
to
put
community
first.
K
Our
diverse
coalition
has
been
working
in
the
last
year
with
many
individuals
teaching
them
about
the
census.
The
importance
of
the
census
why
you
need
to
fill
it
out
the
impacts
of
it
and
connecting
it
to
this
particular
issue
of
redistricting
and
what
we've
heard
overwhelmingly
from
community
members?
Is
that
they're
not
happy
about
this
process
and
they're
not
happy
about
the
end
result
of
the
maps,
especially
with
congressional
districts
interests.
K
These
voices
must
be
taken
into
consideration
in
the
discussion
had
today
here
at
the
legislature,
and
when
you
cast
your
act,
your
final
vote.
We
do
not
represent
or
support
any
parties
group,
maybe
popular
to
contrary
to
popular
belief,
but
I'm
I
and
none
of
our
community
partners
are
here
for
the
democratic
party,
a
republican
party
we're
here
for
what's
best
for
our
community,
and
we
know
that
these
maps
are
separating
a
lot
of
our
communities
of
interest.
K
K
The
outcome
of
this
special
session
will
determine
nevada's
voting
districts
for
the
next
decade,
making
this
a
can't
miss
opportunity
to
ensure
that
all
elected
officials,
especially
those
representing
the
after
more
communities,
understanding
and
answering
to
the
needs
of
our
communities.
Our
second
graders
are
going
to
be
voting
in
these
districts
and
we
have
a
responsibility
to
them
to
ensure
that
we're
hearing
their
voices
today.
Thank
you.
J
Hello
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record,
my
name
is
paula,
luna
p-a-u-l-a-l-u-n-a
and
I'm
testifying
as
a
constituent
living
in
congressional
district,
one
I'm
an
opposition
of
sb1,
I'm
a
latina
and
I
live
in
a
largely
latinx
area.
I
am
concerned
that
the
proposed
map
for
cd1
will
divide
and,
as
a
result,
diminish
my
community's
ability
to
engage
in
their
government.
J
We
are
a
community
of
interest,
a
shared
interest,
and
we
deserve
a
seat
at
the
table
on
this
issue.
We
share
bilingual
and
bicultural
characteristics.
We
have
children
that
attend
the
same
schools.
Many
of
us
are
employed
in
the
same
work
sectors
and
the
community
even
has
culturally,
culturally
and
linguistically
appropriate
non-profit
organizations.
J
J
J
L
Good
afternoon,
thank
you,
chair
members
of
the
committee
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
and
provide
my
members
perspective
and
input.
My
name
is
vincent
guthro
spelled
v-I-n-s-o-n.
L
L
L
Under
this
proposal
there
would
be
additional
counties
that
will
house
multiple
assembly
and
senate
districts.
I
don't
need
to
I'll
submit
some
of
my
testimony
for
writing.
I
don't
think
I
need
to
go
into
the
examples
as
they've
already
been
discussed
at
length,
but
we
do
believe
this.
This
creates
a
dilution
of
representation
and
increases
the
burden
on
our
local
elected
officials
or
sorry
elections.
L
Officials,
naco
provided
comments
to
the
interim
committee
and
to
to
keep
counties
whole
to
the
extent
possible,
and
our
members,
like
this
legislative
body,
recognize
the
growth
in
both
population
and
diversity
of
this
state,
and
we
value
our
state
and
county
partnership,
which
is
why
we
suggested
that,
to
the
extent
possible
that
county
lines
be
kept
whole.
We
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
provide
input
on
this
important
matter,
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
time
and
consideration.
J
I
am
the
executive
director
of
native
voters,
alliance,
nevada
and
a
member
of
the
bishop
paiute
tribe,
I'm
here
today
to
encourage
the
committee
to
listen
to
the
feedback
of
bypoc
organizers.
As
noted,
we
have
seen
many
tribal
communities
split
in
a
multitude
of
ways.
While
some
of
these
issues
have
been
fixed,
others
have
not
reno
sparks
indian
colony
is
still
being
divided
as
well
as
walker
river
paiute
tribe
is
still
being
divided
into
multiple
congressional
districts.
J
J
Unfortunately,
it
is
impos
nearly
impossible
for
communities
to
give
their
feedback
on
these
maps.
The
software
currently
used
by
the
legislature
is
slow,
antiquated
and
difficult
to
use.
If
the
computer
system
is
not
an
issue,
internet
access
is
much
of
our
rural
tribal
communities
do
not
have
reliable
internet
access.
J
I
Good
afternoon,
chair
and
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record,
my
name
is
christine
saunders
and
I'm
the
policy
director
with
the
progressive
leadership
alliance
of
nevada
and
a
member
of
the
nevadans
count.
Coalition
redistricting
only
happens
every
10
years,
shaping
the
future
for
how
our
communities
are
represented
for
the
time
to
come.
The
2020
census
data
showed
how
the
u.s
population
has
changed
over
the
last
decade
and
that
black
indigenous
aapi
and
latinx
populations
drove
that
change.
This
was
especially
true
for
nevada,
as
we
are
now
the
third
most
diverse
state
in
the
nation.
I
We
cannot
ignore
the
fact
how
much
our
state
grew
over
the
past
decade
and
how
much
more
diverse
it
is
now
to
do
so.
We
run
the
risk
of
losing
community
voices
at
a
time
when
it
is
most
crucial
to
increase
them.
Therefore,
we
must
get
this
right
and
ensure
that
nevadans
are
equitably
represented
and
able
to
elect
representatives
of
their
choice.
I
As
for
the
northern
part
of
the
state,
there
are
a
few
minor
changes
that
we
believe
will
benefit.
The
community
first
is
drawn
in
the
senate
and
assembly
maps
introduced,
sun
valley
has
been
split.
Other
jurisdictions
in
northern
nevada
have
worked
to
make
this
community
whole,
and
we
believe
that
the
legislature
should
too.
I
In
addition,
the
boundary
at
unr
should
be
moved
further
to
the
west
to
washington
to
ensure
that
all
of
the
student,
housing
and
students
who
live
nearby
are
included
in
the
campus.
We
hope
that
you
take
this
feedback
from
all
the
communities
of
interest
today
and
make
these
changes
on
the
maps
before
moving
them
forward.
Thank
you.
R
Good
afternoon,
chair
and
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
benjamin
chalaner
policy,
director
of
faith
in
action
nevada.
Our
organization
is
also
a
member
of
the
nevadans
coalition,
I'm
here
representing
faith
leaders,
community
leaders
and
people
of
goodwill,
once
these
maps
are
approved,
they're
set
for
10
years.
These
maps
set,
who
represents
an
elected
of
office,
our
communities,
it's
important
that
those
who
represent
these
communities
look
like
the
community
and
understand
their
unique
needs,
but
the
lasting
efforts
are
not
limited
to
10
years.
R
The
policies
that
are
implemented
by
the
elected
officials
during
these
years
will
have
effects
on
generations
to
come,
which
is
why
it's
extremely
important
to
make
sure
that
districts
truly
represent
our
communities
and
this
in
the
districts
keep
our
communities
whole.
I
like
to
echo
the
the
sentiments
from
our
previous
coalition
members,
especially
the
ones
about
northern
nevada.
R
Sun
valley
is
currently
split
in
three
districts,
as
you
just
heard
area
around
the
university
and
there's
one
other
area,
I
do
want
to
bring
up
the
nil
road
area
that
is
currently
being
split
into
two
different
districts.
I
would
like
to
see
that
hole
as
one
previously
in
our
as
they
currently
are.
It's
being
split
into
three
assembly
districts,
we're
really
close
to
having
it
be
in
one
single
district,
so
we'd
like
to
see
that
happen
too.
Thank
you.
C
I
For
the
record,
my
name
is
annette
magnus
a-n-n-e-t-t-e
m-a-g-n-u-s
and
I'm
the
executive
director
of
battleborn
progress
in
opposition
to
sb1.
We
sadly
stand
in
opposition
to
this
measure
for
a
few
reasons.
One
is
the
division
of
communities
of
interest
and
putting
competing
income
levels,
municipalities
and
interests
together
in
some
of
these
maps,
which
would
create
layers
of
issues.
I
Second-
and
this
is
an
issue
I
will
focus
on
the
technical
difficulties,
the
nevadans
count
coalition
and
my
personal
staff,
who
do
tech
work
for
a
living
have
experienced
over
the
last
24
hours
in
uploading,
our
map,
which
addresses
the
issues
of
communities
of
interest
and
income
levels.
From
our
perspective,
the
technology
infrastructure
that
is
being
used
to
process
public
input
is
not
configured
properly
to
accept
complex
maps.
I
We
would
be
happy
to
provide
images
of
those
hidden
error
messages
in
order
to
help
solve
this
issue
worse.
Yet
the
program
simply
stops
working
in
the
background,
giving
the
nevadans
trying
to
use
their
voice.
No
indication
of
what
the
problem
is
or
if
their
map
has
even
actually
been
uploaded
properly.
I
We
now
have
no
idea
how
many
maps
have
not
been
uploaded
successfully.
This
is
not
user
error.
This
is
a
systems,
failure,
one
that
could
have
been
solved
in
hours
or
minutes,
not
days
or
months,
one
that
should
have
been
fixed
in
the
time
between
it
being
reported,
which
was
as
soon
as
it
happened
yesterday
and
now
one
that
should
have
never
happened
in
the
first
place.
If
you
actually
wanted
the
public
to
be
involved
in
this
process,
the
real
question
here
is
how
many
nevadans
were
prevented
from
having
their
voices
heard.
I
Because
of
this
error,
I
feel
like
a
broken
record
every
time
I
come
to
this
building.
I
am
tired
of
it
every
time
this
comes
down
to
process,
you
need
to
actually
listen
to
and
involve
the
nevadans.
You
work
for
the
constituents
who
elect
you.
This
should
be
a
nonpartisan
process.
This
is
not
a
time
for
partisan
bickering.
I
I
K
Speaker,
thank
you,
madam
co-chair
and
chair,
dr
robin
titus,
a
citizen
of
smith
valley,
and
that's
who
I
represent.
Although
I
am
assembling
woman
from
district
38.,
I'm
not
at
this
table
to
comment
on
the
senate
or
the
assembly
maps.
We
have
seen
plenty
of
comments
on
those
today.
K
I
am
here
at
the
table
as
somebody
as
a
community
of
interest
in
smith
valley
whose
family
have
a
member
of
my
family
has
continuously
lived
in
smith
valley
since
1888,
and
I
bring
with
me
to
the
table,
and
I
would
ask
that
you
turn
to
your
congressional
maps,
the
proposed
democrat
congressional
maps
that
you
have
been
given
and
on
there.
I
would
ask
you
if
you
could
even
see
that
little
piece
of
pink
that
has
been
removed
from
that,
which
is
my
little
portion
of
it's,
not
just
smith
valley,
been
removed.
K
K
Many
have
heard
me
complain
about
the
cd4
division
in
the
past
10
years
ago,
where
we
felt
we
weren't
really
represented,
where
we
were
cut
from
babusca,
which
is
a
geographic
line
of
railroad
and
all
of
mason
valley
and
smith
valley
were
moved
down
to
cd4.
We
have
lived
with
that
for
the
last
10
years.
I
will
say
my
representative
from
cd4
has
not
been
in
my
community
of
smith
valley.
K
K
I
won't
say
they
did
it
deliberately
to
remove
my
house
and
leave
me
in
cd4
and
give
everybody
else
to
cd2,
but
it's
incredible
how
anybody
who
did
this
map-
and
nobody
here
is
taking
any
ownership
of
it,
because
somebody
was
hired
to
do
it
and
nobody
can
ask
that
person
questions.
How
was
that
drawn
out?
So
I
will
submit
to
this
committee
that,
at
least
in
this
congressional
map,
that
particular
drawing
is
as
egregious
as
anything
I've
ever
seen
to
remove
and
split
a
community
of
interest.
I
thank
you
for
time.
C
B
D
Hello,
this
is
eli
tremble,
the
same
eli
trimble
that
submitted
the
proposed
maps
and
spoke
to
the
interim
community.
My
name
is
spelled
e-l-I-t-r-I
mble.
D
It's
currently
the
district
in
which
I
reside
in,
and
it's
atrocious
that
you
know
the
district
stretches
for
more
than
200
miles,
and
lo
and
behold
sc-14
once
again
stretches
for
200
miles
the
other
way
now,
so
I
really
cannot
support
these
maps.
D
D
You
know,
and
as
I
look
at
these
county
splits,
especially
in
the
rural
counties,
there
is
no
reason
to
have
this
many
rural
counties
split.
I
once
again,
you
know,
ask
the
legislature
to
please
review
my.
You
know:
committed
senate
state
senate
and
state
assembly
plans,
plans,
277
and
267.
D
Overall,
I
think
there
are
some
good
aspects
to
these
plans.
I
think,
as
far
as
the
congressional
maps
are
concerned,
it
is
disappointing
to
see
that
not
one
congressional
district
was
hispanic
majority.
D
C
B
Yes
chair,
you
do
we're
just
going
through
one
at
a
time
it
takes
a
second,
as
we
ask
each
one
to
unmute.
Please
stand
by.
D
D
C
C
C
D
I
am
speaking
and
pub
I'm
sharing
my
public
comment
as
a
resident
of
section
11
in
beautiful
spring
valley
township.
My
comments
do
not
reflect
the
opinion
of
the
spring
valley
town
board
and
I
am
not
speaking
in
my
role
as
chair
of
this
advisory
board,
but
entirely
as
a
resident
and
private
citizen.
D
I
live
in
section
11
adjoining
to
section
10
and
spring
valley,
township,
an
unincorporated
community
of
clark
county
in
an
official
township.
Both
our
neighborhoods
enjoy
a
very
strong
sense
of
community.
We
often
work
play
and
support
each
other
on
issues
impacting
both
our
rural
neighborhood
preservation
community.
D
We
only
have
a
clark
county
commissioner
to
hear
our
concerns.
We
do
not
have
a
city
council.
Our
community
of
interest
is
requesting
that,
instead
of
literally
splitting
our
beloved
neighborhoods
right
down
the
middle
at
palmyra
street
in
both
sect,
10
and
11,
that
you
move
the
proposed
district
9
north
to
sahara
boulevard.
D
D
The
other
option
is
to
keep
section
10
and
11,
and
district
8
senate
and
district
5
assembly,
where
we
are
currently
with
other
communities
of
interest
in
spring
valley,
moving
the
proposed
boundary
east
to
jones
along
sahara.
Boulevard,
please
do
not
isolate
us
from
our
township.
Our
polling
location
is
currently
a
great
elementary
and
we
often
use
this
location
to
meet
up
and
discuss
concerns
on
election
day
and
also
at
the
adjacent
davis
park.
We
are
a
tight-knit
community
and
the
thought
of
splitting
us
down
the
middle
at
palmyra
street
is
heartbreaking
and
creates
division.
D
When
we
meet
with
our
representatives,
which
we
often
do,
it
is
nice
that
our
entire
community
can
reach
out
to
one
representative
for
the
senate
and
one
representative
for
the
assembly.
We
work
with
elected
officials
and
in
the
spirit
of
unity
and
community
interest.
Please
keep
us
in
tact
with
our
township.
C
C
I
also,
while
we're
waiting
for
the
next
caller.
I
wanted
to
announce
that
we
do
have
an
interpreter
here
in
the
room
that
can
translate
from
spanish
to
english.
In
case
we
have
any
spanish-speaking
nevada's
that
are
interested
in
testifying,
whether
here
in
the
room
or
on
the
phone.
So
ms
sanchez
is
available.
If,
if
we
need
that
service,
okay
and
with
that
broadcasting,
please
bring
the
next
caller
in
we're.
Gonna
do
a
few
more
calls.
D
Good
afternoon,
assembly
and
senate,
my
name
is
claudia
morales,
c,
l,
a
u
d,
I
a
m
o
r
l
and
I
am
opposed
to
the
proposed
maps.
Latinos
contribute
so
much
to
nevada
and
we
are
not
appreciated
and
respected.
The
latino
community
has
suffered
so
much
in
the
last
few
years
with
immigration
and
kobit,
and
now
you
are
trying
to
take
away
our
community.
Please
draw
maps
that
will
represent
latinos.
C
D
Yes,
there
are
students
here,
mailer,
chair
orange
charlotte
committee
members.
My
name
is
guillermo,
barajona
spelled
g-u-I-l-l-e-r-m-o.
D
B-A-R-A-H-O-N-A-
and
I
am
the
civic
engagement
director
for
chisel
nevada
and
we
are
partners
with
nevada,
the
venus
count
coalition
and
we
are
in
strong
opposition
to
sb1
from
the
school
board
to
the
interim.
The
redistricting
committee
county
commission
is
in
city
council
meetings.
Community
members
have
been
urging
our
elected
officials
to
put
communities
of
interest
first.
That
means
having
meaningful
public
input
to
put
it
into
perspective.
It
means
providing
community
members
with
an
ample
amount
of
time
to
look
at
the
proposed
mouse,
allowing
them
to
provide
their
feedback
and
actually
incorporating
their
feedback.
D
That
also
means
the
platform
where
this
body
is
asking
every
nevadans
every
day
in
nevada,
suppose
their
proposed
maps
must
be
accessible.
However,
if
an
abandoned
account
cannot
post
our
proposed
maps
due
to
technical
difficulties,
how
can
we
expect
everything
in
events
to
do
so?
Also,
I
noticed
that
it
seems
that
the
add
a
comments,
feature
of
the
maps
has
disappeared
from
the
website
itself.
D
C
S
C
Let's
do
one
more
call
that
will
be
our
15
minutes
on
the
phone
and
then
we
will
bounce
down
to
back
here
in
the
room
so
that
then
you'll
have
an
opportunity
for
more
time
as
well.
P
I'm
calling
this
afternoon
on
as
a
private
citizen
in
opposition
to
the
maps.
Yesterday,
I
did
file
comments
to
the
maps,
taking
exception,
to
the
way
that
three
rural
counties
were
split
up
where
they
could
have
followed
county
lines
to
be
more
appropriate.
I
would
urge
that
that
would
be
done
going
forward.
P
This
afternoon
I
didn't
find
where
the
posted
information
was
for
this
meeting.
I
looked
in
exhibits
for
the
committee
was
not
able
to
find
it,
and
so
I'm
not
sure
where
we
are
in
terms
of
what
maps
we're
actually
working
with.
At
this
point
also,
my
experience
in
trying
to
work
with
my
district
system
was
not
very
helpful.
I
wasn't
able
to
ever
find
my
way
to
get
into
the
system
in
order
to
do
more
than
what
I
did
yesterday
and
filing
comments.
P
C
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
the
record,
I'm
similar
john
ellison
district
33.,
I'm
here
today
in
opposition
of
the
maps
as
presented.
There
is
alternate
maps
out
there
that
should
have
been
considered
or
discussed.
That's
not
happening
as
we
speak
right
now.
E
As
you
guys
know,
right
now,
we've
got
two
districts
right
now,
I'm
just
elko
county
alone
that
will
be
split
in
two
and
I've
got
a
colleague
here,
mr
hornshaw,
that
you
know
the
the
challenges
we
have
in
rural
nevada
and
I'll
give
you
an
example
of
some
of
the
challenges
we
do
have
midas.
I
got
to
go
all
the
way
through
winnemucca
to
get
back
through
to
that
little
town
tuscarora
same
thing,
and
these
are
dirt
roads.
E
I
got
to
go
up
to
go
into
wild
horse
to
get
into
tuscarora
jar
bridge
and
that's
massive.
You
either
go
up
the
idaho
border
or
you
go
up
through
charleston
and
then
then
you've
got
the
rural
counties
like
jackpot
wendover,
carlin
ely
and
these
people
are
calling
in
right
now
trying
to
get
a
hold
of
of
this
phone
board
right
now
that
they
can't
get
through
I'll.
E
So
I
ask
you
to
reconsider
some
of
the
boundaries
that
are
in
here
and
then
the
alternate
map
should
have
been
considered.
It
would
have
moved
some
of
the
areas
in
from
esmeralda
into
nye
county,
but
to
travel
these
distances.
E
I
don't
know
how
my
senator
in
district
19
has
made
all
these
trips
all
these
years
down
to
there,
and
I
don't
know
how
many
thousands
and
thousands
of
miles
he
puts
on
his
vehicle
a
year,
but
it's
it's
pretty
rough
and
in
my
district's
rough,
so
I'd
ask
you
to
please
not
accept
the
maps
as
presented,
and
I
thank
you
for
your
consideration.
Thank
you.
P
Thank
you
and
good
afternoon,
madam
chair
and
all
the
members
of
this
joint
committee,
I'm
pk
o'neill
assemblyman
for
assembly
district
40,
which
includes
all
of
carson
city
and
southeast
part
of
washoe
county.
I
wasn't
initially
planning
on
speaking
today,
but
I
was
listening
to
the
discussion
and
several
times
I
heard
a
statement
similar
to.
P
Reviewing
the
current
nrs
of
218
b,
it
specifies,
and
specifically
speaking
of
s,
section
795,
which
describes
the
constraints
of
assembly
district
40,
my
district,
I
went
and
looked
at
it
and
it
gives
specific
definitions
of
what
assembly
district
40
is.
I
can
read
it
I'll,
read
it
back
to
you
if
you
so
desire,
but
you
know
what
ad40
is
versus.
Allow
me
to
show
you
ad40
today.
P
Would
you
please
give
me
the
descriptions,
particularly
in
the
northern
parts,
of
what
roads
and
boundaries
are
included
or
define
80
40.,
I
gotta
say
respectfully
as
respectful
as
I
can
to
this
body.
We
are
dumbing
down
nrs,
we
are
making
nrs
a
comic
book
of
pictures.
No
longer
are
our
state
statute,
the
nevada,
revised
statutes
words.
P
They
are
pictures,
I
think,
back
to
just
last
session,
when
I
had
a
bill
that
was
describing
some
warnings
and
I
had
to
give
in
the
bill
not
a
picture
of
what
the
warning
signs
would
be,
but
describe
by
font
and
size
inches
in
centimeters
and
in
inches
what
those
warnings
would
be
now
for
redistricting,
which
we
will
live
by
for
the
next
10
years.
We
will
describe
with
pictures,
I
think,
that's
an
insult
to
the
state
of
nevada
to
its
citizens
into
the
districts
themselves.
I
thank
you
for
the
time.
C
T
O
And
the
minority
party
has
an
amendment
that
I
believe
the
that
staff
would
like
to
present.
G
C
Okay,
and
so
with
that
we're
going
to
have
mr
stewart
from
lcb
present
and
just
so
that
everyone
understands
mr
stewart,
as
a
representative
of
the
legislative
council
bureau
will
not
be
limited
to
three
minutes.
However,
anyone
else
would
be
limited
to
three
minutes
all
right.
Thank
you.
So
much
you're
welcome.
C
F
Good
afternoon
committee
members
again
for
the
record
michael
stewart,
with
the
research
division
of
the
legislative
council
bureau,
as
noted
pre-oh
and
I'm
joined,
as
I
noted
previously,
with
by
haley
pearl
senior
policy
analyst
and
gi
specialist,
with
the
research
division
and
kathy
steinle
gis
specialist
with
the
lcbs
information
technology
services
unit.
F
So
we've
been
asked
today
to
provide
again
factual
information
regarding
re-apportionment
redistricting
plans
that
are
proposed
that
you
have
in
front
of
me
from
the
joint
minority
as
part
of
their
requested
amendment
to
sb1
of
the
33rd
special
session
and
again,
I
must
once
again
provide
the
disclosure
that,
as
central
non-partisan
staff,
we
cannot
advocate
for
the
passage
or
defeat
of
any
legislation
or
in
this
case
any
reapportionment
or
redistricting
polls,
a
proposal
or
any
amendments.
F
F
Miss
steinle
will
follow
with
an
overview
of
district
population
and
relevant
deviation
for
ideal
population
and
other
statistical
data,
and
I
will
highlight
certain
issues
and
topics
regarding
race
and
ethnic
minority
concentrations.
F
You
should
have
before
you
copies
of
these
associated
maps
and
tables
and
again
for
the
public
and
those
following
over
the
internet.
All
this
information
has
been
uploaded
onto
the
nellis
system,
and
so
with
that
I'll
turn
it
over
to
haley
to
kick
it
off
on
the
geography
of
the
congressional
plan.
Thank
you.
G
Thank
you,
michael
haley,
paul
senior
policy,
analyst
gis
specialist
with
lcb
for
the
record,
as
was
stated
before,
nevada
has
four
congressional
seats.
So,
starting
with
the
congressional
plan,
the
proposed
amendment
establishes
four
distinct
geographical
districts.
District
2
is
in
northern
nevada.
District
4
contains
central
nevada
and
parts
of
clark
county
surrounding
the
las
vegas
valley,
including
henderson
and
boulder
city
districts,
1
and
3
are
wholly
contained
within
clark,
county.
G
District
3
contains
western
parts
of
the
las
vegas
core
and
extends
down
to
the
southern
tip
of
the
state
and
district.
One
contains
some
of
the
las
vegas
core
and
north
las
vegas
and
extends
north
into
more
rural
parts
of
clark
county
except
for
clark,
county
churchill
and
lyon.
Counties
are
the
only
counties
divided
in
the
congressional
plan,
and
that
is
on
the
district,
2
and
4
border.
G
H
Thank
you
for
the
record
kathy
steinle,
its
legislative
council
bureau
for
the
congressional
plan.
The
four
congressional
districts
have
nearly
even
population
776
153
for
districts,
one
and
two
seven
hundred
and
seventy
six
thousand
one
hundred
fifty
four
for
districts,
three
and
four
and
again
I'll
review
how
we
come
up
with
the
optimal
population.
H
H
F
Turning
to
the
racial
data
report
on
the
second
page
of
your
tables
for
for
the
congressional
proposed
amendment,
I'll
just
highlight
the
the
the
top
percentage
categories
in
each
of
those
for
white
alone,
census
reported
district
2,
congressional
district
2
with
67.65
percent
black
or
african-american,
including
black
or
african-american,
with
another
race.
F
The
high
district
for
american,
indian
and
alaska
native
is
district
two
with
four
point:
nine
zero
percent
asian,
including
asian
with
other
races.
The
high
district
is
district
three
with
20.11
percent
for
native
hawaiian
and
pacific
islander.
The
high
district
is
district
3
with
2.45
percent
some
other
race.
F
The
high
district
is
district
1
with
26.56
percent
and
two
or
more
races
again
a
broad
broad
dispersion
here,
but
the
high
district
there
is
district
number
one
with
16.85
and
then
finally,
the
high
district
for
hispanic
or
latino
of
any
race
is
district,
one
with
47.64
and
I'll
turn
it
back
over
to
haley
to
review
the
senate
proposal.
G
In
addition
to
clark
and
washoe
counties,
four
counties
are
divided
among
senate
districts
in
the
plan,
and
those
counties
that
are
divided
are
churchill,
lyon,
nye
and
story,
and
all
assembly
districts
are
nested
within
senate
districts.
For
this
proposed
amendment,
meaning
that
one
senate
district
wholly
contains
two
assembly
districts
and
those
pairings
are
can
be
found
in
those
tables
as
well
and
I'll
turn
it
over
to
kathy
for
the
population
numbers
for
the
senate
plan.
H
H
F
Thank
you
again,
michael
stewart
for
the
record,
then
looking
at
the
racial
data
report
for
the
senate
proposed
amendment,
the
the
high
districts
for
each
category
for
for
white
alone
is
districts,
15,
16,
17
and
19.,
and
those
range
from
68.73
percent
to
77.40
percent.
F
The
high
districts
for
black
or
african-american,
including
black
or
african-american,
with
another
race,
are
districts.
1,
4
10,
with
a
range
of
17.82
to
28.49
for
american,
indian
and
alaska
native
the
high
districts
for
that
are
districts,
13,
14,
17
and
19.,
ranging
from
4.38
percent
to
6.43
percent
for
asian,
including
asian
with
other
race.
The
high
districts
are
8
9,
11
and
20,
ranging
from
18.51
to
28.02.
F
For
two
or
more
races
kind
of
broad
disbursement,
again
on
that
with
ranging
with
the
ranging
from
a
low
of
in
district
17
of
10.68
percent
to
a
high
in
district
2
of
17.39
percent
and
then
finally,
hispanic
or
latino
on
the
high
districts.
There
are
2
3,
4,
7,
10
and
21
with
a
range
of
35.99
to
a
high
of
63.45,
and
that
covers
the
the
senate
statistics
for
that
one
I'll
turn
back
over
to
haley.
Thank
you.
G
In
addition
to
clark
and
washoe
counties,
the
other
counties
that
are
split
among
assembly
districts
include
churchill,
lyon,
nye
and
story,
and
again
these
assembly
districts
nest
into
the
the
sister
senate
plan.
With
with
this
plan
and
I'll
turn
it
back
over
to
kathy.
H
H
F
And
then,
turning
to
the
racial
data
report
on
page
two
of
your
tables,
the
the
high
percentage
districts
in
the
proposed
amendment
for
white
alone
are
districts,
23,
25,
26,
28,
32,
33,
38,
39
and
40.,
and
those
range
from
70.76
to
80.25
percent.
E
F
F
F
Two
or
more
races
districts
range
from
in
district
39
of
9.96
percent
to
district
18
at
17.52
percent
and
then
finally,
hispanic
or
latino.
F
Those
high
districts
are
3,
6,
7,
11,
14,
15
and
28,
and
a
range
of
45.62
to
66.14,
and
that
covers
the
racial
data
information
for
the
assembly.
I
think
that
kind
of
covers
our
presentation
on
that.
I'm
happy
to
help
with
any
questions.
Thank
you.
C
Thank
you
and
actually
we're
not
having
questions,
because
this
is
an
opposition
testimony,
but
thank
you
so
much
so
with
that
I'm
actually
going
to
return
back
to
the
phones,
because
I
know
people
have
been
waiting
for
quite
a
while
on
the
phones
and
we're
actually
a
few
minutes
over
the
time
anticipated
to
return
to
the
phones
so
broadcasting.
If
we
can
go
back
to
the
phones
and
then
we
will
return
to
anyone
still
here
present
in
the
room
that
would
like
to
make
opposition.
C
I
can
bring
her
up
to
the
desk.
In
fact,
she's
approaching
right
now.
C
Okay,
so
here
you
may
speak
directly
to
miss
sanchez
and
then,
if
it's
possible,
maybe
because
I
know
miss
sanchez-
is
here
just
for
a
limited
time.
If
we
could
have
all
of
our
individuals
that
that
you
will
be
translating
for
broadcasting,
if
you
could
put
them
all
together.
So
we
could
just
make
sure
that
we're
able
to
provide
translation
while
miss
sanchez
is
here,
is
that
are
you
capable
of
doing
that
once
she
announces.
B
S
S
C
Okay,
actually
we're
reserving
this
for
individuals
who
we
will
translate
it
first,
because
we
only
have
miss
sanchez
for
a
limited
time.
So,
if
you
could,
please
just
hold
the
line
and
we
will
come
back
to
you
and
miss
sanchez.
Could
you
repeat
the
number
again:
it's
actually
pound
nine
star
nine
pound,
I'm
sorry
star
nine
star.
S
B
Everyone
has
just
lowered
their
hands.
I
hate
to
ask
this,
but
can
we
please
do
it
one
final
time
just
to
make
sure.
S
C
Can
it
may
be
better
so
because
I
know
you
won't
remember
three
minutes,
so
maybe
if
you
could
ask
each
speaker
first
to
again
let
them
know-
and
you
know,
a
few
phrases
or
sentences
at
a
time.
Okay,
okay,.
S
S
S
S
S
S
D
D
S
S
C
Thank
you
for
that,
and
thank
you,
miss
sanchez
broadcasting.
Do
we
have
any
other
individuals
that
we
will
be
translating
for.
S
D
S
S
S
S
D
D
C
B
Yes,
chair,
you
are
correct.
I
do
not
believe
we
have
anyone
else
requiring
spanish
translation
at
this
time.
C
C
B
D
Calling
on
behalf
of
the
las
vegas
indian
center-
and
I'm
also
calling
today
to
speak
in
opposition
to
the
maps
proposed
in
sb1
at
the
indian
center,
we
organized
a
team
of
indigenous
youth
to
collect
over
30
communities
of
interest
throughout
southern
nevada
to
ensure
our
voices
would
help
to
shape
our
future.
We
echo
the
concerns
raised
thus
far
in
opposition
by
the
nevadans
count
coalition.
D
I
would
like
to
highlight
another
point,
however,
because
as
a
citizen
of
a
tribal
nation,
one
tribe
sovereignty
is
all
tribes.
Sovereignty.
Nevada
legislature
has
an
opportunity
to
get
this
right
when
it
comes
to
respecting
tribal
boundaries,
despite
not
formally
engaging
them
in
this
process.
We
understand
that
you
are
trying
to
use
county
boundaries,
however,
tribal
bound
boundaries
are
set
by
federal
law
and
should
take
precedence
across
all
other
jurisdictional
boundaries.
D
Tribes
have
a
government
government-to-government
relationship
that
starts
with
the
federal
government
when
they
reach
out
to
their
representatives
on
issues
regarding
public
lands
or
their
reservation,
lands
it's
to
the
u.s
senators
and
congress
people,
that's
where
it
starts.
Please
review
your
current
districts
and
reconsider
those
maps
that
crack
travel
lands.
I
am
continuing
with
more
civics
engage
in
engagement
and
education
views
up
north
next
week,
and
I
hope
I
have
a
success
story
to
share
of
how
nevada
respected
tribal
sovereignty.
Thank
you
very
much.
D
D
D
Now
the
proposed
2021
congressional
map
decreases
vladimir's
voting
power
by
cracking
and
splitting
the
latinx,
east-west
las
vegas
community
into
three
congressional
districts,
cd1,
cd3
and
cd4.
The
voting
rights
act
requires
that,
whenever
possible,
map
jars
create
districts
where
a
cohesive
and
distinct
minority
group
can
elect
a
candidate
of
their
choice.
It
is
possible
to
draw
a
cd1
that
has
50
latinx
population
and
is
legally
just
unsuitable.
D
However,
we
believe
that
every
community
of
interest
should
be
fairly
represented
in
a
manner
reflects
their
political
preferences.
Cb1
should
target
between
40
to
50
percent.
On
the
next
presentation,
cd4
would
maintain
its
majority
minority
character
and
cd3
should
maintain
11
exploder
populations
that
can
influence
policy.
Several
alternative
proposals
have
been
submitted
to
the
nevada
legislator.
Accomplish
these
goals.
D
Cd1
is
currently
drawn
and
is
a
working
class
community
immigrant
and
largely
largely
latinx,
where
median
income
is
30
to
40
thousand
the
new
map
radically
reconstitutes
cb1,
so
that
it
now
absorbs
henderson
suburbs
of
green
valley,
anthem,
mcdonald,
ranch
and
seven
hills.
It
adds
boulder
and
rural
clark
county
up
to
the
arizona
border.
The
more
populous
henderson
suburbs
are
communities
that
are
exclusive,
where
voters
are
college,
educated
and
family
incomes
are
in
excess
of
a
hundred
thousand.
A
congressional
representative
in
the
news.
Cd1
must
now
position
himself
as
middle
of
the
road.
D
C
Thank
you.
That
is
your
three
minutes.
Thank
you,
caller.
That's
your
three
minutes.
If
you
have
any
additional
comments,
please
submit
them
on
the
in
the
record.
In
writing.
C
And
we,
as
I
stated
before,
that
we'll
take
one
more
caller
and
then
we'll
move
back
to
the
room,
and
then
we
will
return
to
the
phones,
if
necessary.
D
D
Hello,
my
name
is
imer
suspez.
I
am
e-r-c-e-s-p-e-d-e-s.
P
D
D
C
C
B
Yes
chair,
we
do
if
you
recently
just
joined
us.
We
are
currently
in
opposition
of
sv1
to
testify
in
opposition.
Please
press
star
9
now
on
your
phone
or
raise
hand
in
your
zoom
window,
you
will
be
prompted
to
unmute
when
it
is
your
turn
to
speak.
C
And
also
to
remind
the
callers
that
please,
after
you
state
your
first
and
last
name,
to
spell
your
name
so
that
we
have
it
perfect
for
the
record,
because
all
of
everything
in
this
hearing,
including
the
testimonies,
do
come
in
written
minutes
so
that
we
can
rev
review
them
and
make
sure
that
they
are
exact.
So
again,
please
we
want
to
make
sure
we
have
your
names
and
everything
else
correct
for
the
record.
So
that's
why
we're
asking
you
to
spell
your
name.
D
Hi,
my
name
is
charisse
grass.
My
my
name
is
t-h-a-r-I-s-s-e-g-r-e-s-s.
D
D
D
C
D
D
I
think
that
what
you
have
been
hearing
most
of
all
is
the
sense
of
the
latino
community
and
the
working-class
community
of
cd1
saying
in
the
proposed
map.
There
is
such
a
joining
of
disparate
communities
that
this
working
class
community
would
no
longer
be
heard
as
clearly
as
before
in
both
741
and
748.
D
A
D
D
R
D
C
A
B
D
D
B
A
A
T
Good
afternoon,
chair
and
committee
members,
my
name
is
amy
ku,
amy
ko
and
I'm
the
outreach
manager
with
the
asian
community
development
council
between
the
2010
and
2020
census.
Nevada's,
a
nhpi
or
asian
american
native
hawaiian
and
pacific
islander
community
has
grown
more
than
45
percent.
With
the
majority
of
the
growth
taking
place
in
the
southwest
las
vegas
nevada
is
only
one
of
only
six
states
where
the
a
nhpi
community
makes
up
more
than
10
of
the
state
population
with
12.5
percent
or
over
389
000
asian
and
pacific
islanders
residing
in
nevada.
T
Ac
dc
worked
collaboratively
with
the
nevada
and
county
coalition
last
year
to
ensure
a
complete
count,
while
also
combating
misinformation
and
scare
tactics
about
the
proposed
addition
of
a
citizenship
question
that
was
meant
to
harm
our
community.
During
the
months
leading
up
to
redistricting,
we
held
community
members,
we
held
community
meetings
to
gather
community
input
on
the
proposed
district
maps
and
learn
about
the
places
of
interest
in
chinatown
asia,
town
spring
mountain
corridor,
enterprise
and
southwest
regions.
T
We
train
community
members
to
draw
district
maps
and
encourage
them
to
submit
their
own
maps
to
the
legislative
website.
However,
because
of
the
website,
it
was
incredibly
difficult
to
submit
these
maps
correctly.
This
has
disenfranchised
members
of
our
community
from
having
their
voices
heard.
While
we
believe
that
the
current
proposed
map
by
joint
majority
is
in
line
with
the
long-term
empowerment
for
the
growing
aaa
nhpi
community
in
nevada,
we
do
not
want
this
opportunity
to
come
at
the
expense
of
other
communities
of
interest.
T
A
D
D
I
am
calling
in
opposition
to
sp1.
I
would
ask
you
to
please
please
reconsider
and
ensure,
in
particular,
that
the
latino
voters
and
the
community
as
a
whole.
There
is
not
diluted
or
in
any
way
diminished
in
terms
of
its
influence,
latinos
contribute
and
as
do
everybody
else,
I
do,
but
we
we
contribute
in
every
field
of
endeavor,
and
it
seems
to
me
that
a
functioning
and
productive
society
would
encourage
participation
by
latinos
and
other
groups.
D
D
I
live
in
del
webb
portion
of
somerset
in
northwest
reno.
I
am
radically
opposed
to
this
proposed
redistricting.
The
maps
are
very,
very
hard
to
read
online
I've
been
following
them
and
I
cannot
read
them.
It
was
not
until
I
heard
from
my
senator
and
my
assembly
representative,
that
I
learned
the
disastrous
results
that
could
result
from
this
proposed
maps.
I
am
very
opposed
to
this.
We
are.
We
are
an
homogeneous
neighborhood
in
all
of
somerset
and
now
you're
breaking
us
up
and
putting
us
up
with
with
rurals
and
elko.
D
A
A
So
if
anyone
I
want
to
remind
the
public
that
this
comment
period
is
not
a
rehearing
on
the
legislative
measure
that
we
considered,
but
rather
an
opportunity
to
discuss
general
matters
that
fall
within
the
purview
of
this
committee.
Please
note
public
comment
will
be
limited
to
three
minutes
per
speaker,
we'll
start
here
in
carson
city
and
then
we'll
go
to
the
phone
lines
into
zoom
good
afternoon.
Please
take
your
name
and
proceed.
R
Thank
you,
ben
chanor,
b-e-n-c-h-a-l-l-I-n-o-r,
with
faith
in
action
nevada
I
feel
like.
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
did
not
say
something
as
an
organization
that
works
within
the
latino
community,
it's
very
difficult
for
us
to
organize,
because
they
feel
scared
to
be
able
to
come
to
speak
in
their
own
voice.
R
And
I
understand
it's
sometimes
difficult
to
make
sure
you
line
up
the
proper
translation
services
line
up
the
proper
system
for
it,
and
I
just
really
hope
that
in
the
future
in
future,
you
know
whether
it
be
a
special
session
or
regular
session.
We
find
the
right
way
that
we
can
make
sure
that
our
communities,
any
community
has
the
ability
to
come
speak
in
their
own
voice.
R
I
We
are
talking
about
disenfranchising,
latino
voters
and
you
have
let
you
have
translation
services
that
aren't
actually
translating
what
the
members
of
those
communities
are
saying,
and
I
don't
blame
the
translator.
I
I
don't
know
that
y'all
prepared
her
for
what
was
happening
up
here,
but,
let
me
just
say:
I'm
a
white
person.
I
We
are
talking
about
a
latino
district
that
is
going
to
be
split
up
and
you
can't
even
have
proper
translation
translation
services
for
latino
constituents
in
that
district.
It's
shameful
and-
and
it
reminds
me
what
I
was
saying
in
my
testimony
earlier-
you
don't
listen
to
us.
We
come
up,
we
engage.
We
go
to
community
meetings,
we
ask
to
be
involved
in
the
process
and
once
again
here
we
are-
and
it's
so
disappointing
to
me.
I
C
Thank
you
for
your
comments
and
again
I
just
want
to
reiterate
what
I
said
a
few
moments
ago
or
a
few
callers
back
that
everything
that's
stated
here
is
on
the
record
and
as
they're
going
through
the
minutes,
there's
an
extensive
process
that
we
go
through
to
ensure
accuracy
for
everything.
So
if
there
was
any
inconsistencies
in
the
translation,
those
will
be
able
to
be
addressed
at
that
time
as
well
as
we
go
over
the
minutes
as
well.
So
that's
also
sometimes
why
it
takes
a
little
bit
of
time
for
those
minutes.
C
A
B
P
A
And
mr
eckland,
I
apologize.
A
D
I'm
a
citizen
of
carson
city-
and
I
would
just
like
to
say
that
juanis
meeting
has
been
very
disheartening
for
me
and
my
family
as
to
how
the
government
is
handling
the
issue,
we're
nonpartisan
and
regardless
of
whether
you
like
the
maps
or
don't
like
the
maps,
there's
such
an
overwhelming
amount
of
opposition.
It's
it's
astounding
that
it's
scheduled
to
go
immediately
into
work
session.
D
So
I
would
ask
you
to
maybe
go
back
to
the
drawing
board
and
really
listen
to
your
constituents.
Have
a
nice
day.
B
P
P
P
Unfortunately,
much
of
what
I
heard
are
the
similar
tactics
used,
particularly
in
the
south,
by
a
particular
political
party,
to
put
all
of
the
people
of
color
into
one
district
diffuse
it
and
give
extraordinary
power
to
the
white
community.
So
I
would
hope
that
my
colleagues
in
nevada
would
understand
what
they're
asking
for
and
what
the
consequences
of
that.