Austin residents on the Commission have the responsibility of drawing the district boundaries through an open and impartial process. The first group of residents on the redistricting Commission drew the City Council boundaries in 2013 and now the new Commissioners will redraw the boundaries for the first time.
How Commissioners were selected
Panel selects the 60 most qualified Commission applicants
Each Council Member can strike one application from the qualified pool
City Auditor randomly selects 8 Commissioners from the qualified pool
Commissioners choose 6 more applicants from the qualified pool
14 Commissioners draw districts
There’s no other opportunity to make as big a difference in Austin as with the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission.
Commissioners
The 14 members of the Commission are:
- Prabhu Kannan
- Brigham Morris
- Errol Hardin
- Eugene Schneider
- Erin Dempsey
- Luis Gonzalez
- Dr. Sterling Lands
- Hoang Le
- Shaina Kambo
- Sara Inés Calderón
- Selina Yee
- Christina Puentes
- Place holder
- Whitney Finch
Eight members were selected from the most qualified pool by random drawing. These eight members selected six more people from the pool to ensure the Commission reflects the diversity of Austin.