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Which Council district map do you prefer?

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Which maps could you support?

Map 101 V2
Response Percent Response Count
Could Support 75.7% 56
Would Not Support 24.3% 18
Map 102 V2
Response Percent Response Count
Could Support 67.6% 50
Would Not Support 32.4% 24
Map 102 V3
Response Percent Response Count
Could Support 45.9% 34
Would Not Support 54.1% 40
Map 104 V2
Response Percent Response Count
Could Support 58.1% 43
Would Not Support 41.9% 31

Which map is your top choice?

Response Percent Response Count
Map 101 V2 59.4% 38
Map 102 V2 15.6% 10
Map 102 V3 6.3% 4
Map 104 V2 18.8% 12

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Which "Fair Oaks notch" option do you prefer?

Response Percent Response Count
(A) No notch 16.2% 12
(B) Narrow notch following new census blocks 2.7% 2
(C) Surgical notch (encompassing only Fair Oaks Mobile Home Park) 51.4% 38
No Preference 29.7% 22

What is your age category?

Response Percent Response Count
Under 29 years old 2.7% 2
30 to 49 years old 24.7% 18
50 to 69 years old 46.6% 34
70+ years old 26.0% 19

What is your family or household annual income?

Response Percent Response Count
Less than $50,000 4.7% 3
$50,000 to $99,999 28.1% 18
$100,000 to $199,999 43.8% 28
More than $200,000 23.4% 15

What is your race/ethnicity?

Response Percent Response Count
Non-Hispanic White 68.6% 48
Hispanic or Latinx 4.3% 3
Asian 12.9% 9
Black or African American 4.3% 3
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 1.4% 1
Two or more races 8.6% 6

What is your housing tenure?

Response Percent Response Count
Renter 12.3% 9
Owner 82.2% 60
Both (mobile home owner) 5.5% 4

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Richard Mehlinger inside Sunnyvale
February 2, 2022, 11:41 PM
  • Like:

    This map:
    * maintains communities of interest
    * avoids voter deferrals
    * follows logical geographic boundaries

  • Dislike:

    The population spread is high, at 7.7%. Enlarging D2 slightly would help with this.

  • Like:

    This map:
    * maintains communities of interest
    * avoids voter deferrals
    * follows logical geographic boundaries

  • Dislike:

    Again, population deviation is high, at 7.5%. Enlarging D2 by bringing in the Cherry Orchard apartments would help.

  • Like:

    This map avoids voter deferrals and has the tightest population balance of any of the four finalists, at 6.02%. It *generally* maintains communities of interest and follows reasonable geographic boundaries, with one notable exception.

  • Dislike:

    The "boot" cutting from D2 into D4 is... difficult to accept in my opinion, because of the way that it leaves a sliver of D4 north of it. I believe that this could be confusing to residents northeast of Old SF and Wolfe.

  • Like:

    Full disclosure, I drew this map. This map:
    * maintains communities of interest
    * avoids voter deferrals
    * follows logical geographic boundaries
    * has the second-best population balance (6.26%)

    Note that the small bite I had D2 take out of D4 is a townhouse complex, so this is a somewhat self-contained community of interest. It is separated from the rest of D4 by Evelyn Ave. to the South and Pine Cone Lumber to the East, so this does not split up neighborhoods.

  • Dislike:

    I wish that I could have gotten the population deviation lower, but doing so would have required either voter deferrals or having additional boundaries (other than the Fair Oaks notch) break from Census block lines. However, 6.26% is the second best, with Map 102V3 beating it by less than 0.25%.

    Note: It appears that an incorrect data sheet has been attached to this item, since it appears to have identical data to map 102V2B.

  • Which maps could you support?
    • Map 101 V2 - Would Not Support
    • Map 102 V2 - Could Support
    • Map 102 V3 - Would Not Support
    • Map 104 V2 - Could Support
  • Which map is your top choice?
    • Map 104 V2
  • Comment:
    No response.
  • Which "Fair Oaks notch" option do you prefer?
    • (C) Surgical notch (encompassing only Fair Oaks Mobile Home Park)
  • What is your age category?
    • 30 to 49 years old
  • What is your family or household annual income?
    • More than $200,000
  • What is your race/ethnicity?
    • Non-Hispanic White
  • What is your housing tenure?
    • Renter
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Please review the maps and key points below.  Each map clicks to expand and show demographic data.

Visit the Interactive Review Map to zoom in to see street names and add different layers of information. 

Watch the Community Workshop video presentation to walk through a description of each map. 

Click to expand and see demographic data

Description:

The dotted line represents current district boundaries. The revised districts are in color.

Map 101 V2:

  • Keeps District 4, 5 and 6 intact
  • Generally keeps neighborhood associations intact within a district.
  • Moves Las Palmas and most of Cherry Orchard areas into District 1
  • Keeps area north-east of S. Mathilda (Cherry Orchard Apartments and Fall River Terrance) in District 2
  • Moves Nimitz area from District 1 to District 3 

What do you like and/or dislike about map 101 V2?

Click to expand and see demographic data

Description:

The dotted line represents current district boundaries. The revised districts are in color.

Map 102 V2:

  • Keeps District 5 and 6 intact
  • Generally keeps neighborhood associations intact within a district.
  • Moves Las Palmas and Cherry Orchard area into District 1
  • Moves Nimitz area from District 1 to District 3 
  • District 2 moves into District 4 to meet population balance (below Old San Francisco Road between Gail and Wolfe avenues)

What do you like and/or dislike about map 102 V2? 

Click to expand and see demographic data

The dotted line represents current district boundaries. The revised districts are in color.

Map 102 V3:

  • Keeps District 5 and 6 intact
  • Generally keeps neighborhood associations intact within a district.
  • Moves Las Palmas and Cherry Orchard area into District 1
  • Moves Nimitz area from District 1 to District 3  
  • District 2 moves into District 4 to meet population balance (between Reed and Evelyn avenues)

What do you like and/or dislike about map 102 V3? 

Click to expand and demographic data

Description:

The dotted line represents current district boundaries. The revised districts are in color.

Map 104 V2:

  • Keeps District 5 and 6 intact
  • Generally keeps neighborhood associations intact within a district.
  • Moves Las Palmas and most of Cherry Orchard area into District 1
  • Keeps area north-east of S. Mathilda (Cherry Orchard Apartments and Fall River Terrance) in District 6
  • Moves Nimitz area from District 1 to District 3  
  • District 2 moves into District 4 to meet population balance (between the railroad and E. Evelyn avenues encompassing Peppermint Tree Terrace)

What do you like and/or dislike about map 104 V2? 

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