The City Council may weigh in Tuesday on whether they support redistricting of San Joaquin County supervisorial districts that places Manteca and Lathrop in the same district.
The Supervisors voted 3-2 in favor of Map B that would do just that when they met on Nov. 16. A final vote is scheduled next month.
The City Council when they meet on Tuesday at 6 p.m. may opt to write a letter in support of Map B.
The other two options — Map A and Map C — would also make Manteca whole but would not include Lathrop. Instead larger chunks of Stockton would be in the same district as Manteca.
If any of the three maps are ultimately adopted by the supervisors it will be the first time in 30 years that Manteca won’t be split between two supervisorial districts.
Map B keeps all of the existing cities of Manteca and Lathrop in the same district (District 3) along with a large swath of the Delta. It also would include French Camp and rural north Manteca south of French Camp Road, and west of Highway 99.
Tracy, Mountain House, Ripon, Escalon, and rural south Manteca would be n the same district (District 5).
Rural Manteca east of Highway 99 and north of Louise Avenue and north of East Highway 120 are combined with eastern San Joaquin County (District 4) that includes rural areas adjacent to Stockton as well as Lodi and northern San Joaquin County.
Given that all districts grew but none as fast as the portions of districts in the South County that saw an increase of 50,000 residents between 2011 and 2020 it forced those redistricting to shift emphasis this time around to the Tracy-Lathrop-Manteca area
That reflects the fact Tracy and Manteca last year were tied for being the third fastest growing city in California among jurisdictions with 30,000 or more residents. Lathrop was the second fastest growing city in the state overall while Ripon was the sixth fastest growing among smaller jurisdictions. Mountain House, if it were incorporated, would have made the top 10 in terms of percentage of growth.
Map B would place 151,997 people in District 3 and 157,226 in District 5.
District 3 anchored by Manteca-Lathrop-Ripon would have 38.7 percent of its residents classified as Hispanic/Latino, 30.7 percent as white, 6.1 percent as Black or African American, 17.9 percent as Asian, 0.8 percent as Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander and 0.7 percent as some other race.
That compares to the proposed District 5 with Tracy and Mountain House with 37.7 percent Hispanic or Latino, 33.4 percent white, 5.1 percent Black or African American, 22 percent Asian, 0.7 percent Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and 0.6 percent some other race.
Currently Manteca is divided by Yosemite Avenue with those to the north in District 3 and those to the south in District 5. Lathrop, prior to 2010, had all its population in District 3. Since then River Islands home building started and there are now 6,000 residents of that city living in District 5.
To contact Dennis Wyatt, email dwyatt@mantecabulletin.com
