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<br /> <br />1127 11TH STREET, SUITE 300, SACRAMENTO, CA 95814 • 916.974.9270 • PUBLICPOLICYGROUP.COM PAGE 5 <br /> <br />Reporting and oversight. Coverage under Section 14030 requires a settlement admitting liability or <br />a judicial finding within the previous 10 years. Redwood City transitioned in 2019 by resolution of <br />intention, following a notice letter, without litigation, a settlement, or an admission of liability. On <br />current facts, the City should not be a covered jurisdiction, a more favorable posture than cities <br />whose conversions followed an admitted-liability settlement. That protection is contingent: any <br />adverse judgment or liability-admitting settlement within the next decade would pull the City into <br />preclearance for future redistricting, annexations, and post-census map maintenance. <br />CPPG Note: Advise that the City Attorney confirm there is no settlement admitting liability or <br />judicial finding against the City in the past 10 years. Routine administrative actions such as <br />relocating a ballot drop box or adjusting precinct lines are not covered practices; preapproval <br />reaches only method-of-election changes, annexations and deannexations, and reductions in <br />language assistance. <br />CLAIMS ABOUT THE BILL: CPPG VERIFICATION (UPDATED FOR JULY 2) <br />Claim CPPG verification <br />Demand letter fee nearly doubles, from <br />roughly $41,000 to $75,000 <br />Accurate. $30,000 CPI-adjusted cap becomes <br />$25,000 in fees plus $50,000 in costs, both CPI- <br />adjusted (10010(f)(3)). <br />Organizations can sue with no resident <br />plaintiff <br />Accurate. Mission-frustration standing with no <br />member disclosure (14029(a)). <br />Legislative and executive privilege <br />eliminated in depositions <br />This language was included in a previous version of <br />the bill and no longer accurate. The July 2 <br />amendments removed this provision; the current <br />text preserves legislative-deliberation protections <br />under Article I, Section 3(b)(6) (14029(k)), and <br />attorney-client and work-product protections are <br />unaffected. <br />Bill declares no federal challenge can be <br />brought <br />Mischaracterized. 14029(f) is an anti-removal <br />provision; it cannot bar constitutional challenges. <br />Demand letters posted publicly; other <br />lawyers can piggyback mid-negotiation <br />Accurate. Statewide Database posting plus an <br />ambiguous piggyback filing provision (10010(e), <br />14029(b)). <br />By-district safe harbor removed; remedy <br />maps can override FAIR MAPS <br />Substantially accurate. Any method of election and <br />any map is challengeable; remedies run <br />notwithstanding any other law (14026(e), 14027(b), <br />14029(e)). <br />7.D. - Page 11 of 17 <br />299