(a) For redistricting occurring in 2031 and thereafter, the boundaries of the election districts shall be adopted by the districting body not later than 204 days before the local jurisdiction‘s next regular election occurring after January 1 in each year ending in the number two.

(b) This section does not apply when a legislative body transitions from being elected at-large to elected by districts or from districts.

Terms Used In California Elections Code 21140

  • Election: means any election including a primary that is provided for under this code. See California Elections Code 318
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Regular election: is a n election, the specific time for the holding of which is prescribed by law. See California Elections Code 348

(c) This section does not apply to a charter city that has adopted a different redistricting deadline by ordinance or in its city charter, provided that, if the county conducts the city’s elections, the county is able to administratively accommodate this later deadline. If the county cannot accommodate that deadline, the county shall provide the charter city with the latest deadline the county can reasonably accommodate, which shall be used as the map-adoption deadline for purposes of Section 21180 and which the city shall post to the city’s redistricting web page.

(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 343, Sec. 14. (AB 764) Effective January 1, 2024.)

  Previous section
Next section  
 Chapter 2 Contents