2021-12-09 Redistricting Commission minutes (9th Session)

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HUSTACE: So, Chair, we're tabling it right now then for if we find out more? Sorry, it was KOSSOW: Yes. We'll go ahead and table theSo, we'll look a little bit more into Ms. Lui's motion from the 28h meeting. `Cause it sounds like we already had passed something in order to write a letter to them. But, Ms. Lui, I see your hand is raised, so why don't you go ahead and take the floor. LUL Well, given Mr. Kauka's pointing us to that place, it doesn't need to be tabled. It's just that now a letter has to be written at some point and sent to the parties that were named. So, there's no further action needed. I yield. KOSSOW: Thank you, Ms. Lui. Ms. Mellon-Lacey? MELLON-LACEY: Yes, Ms. Nakamoto does have some information. She's coming forward. NAKAMOTO: Okay, thank you. I was able to locate the information about the count of the felons. What we were told was that the prisons are designated group quarters. And after the last census, the count would be associated with the address of the GQ, the group quarters. So, the inmates wereInformation was taken from the location they were at the time the census was taken. KOSSOW: Thank you, Ms. Nakamoto. YOSHINA: Yeah, Chair Kossow. KOSSOW: Mr. Yoshina. YOSHINA: I believe that some of these questions are better answered by the U.S. Census because they established the manner in which they count people. So, you might have to pursue that matter with the U.S. Census if you're going to do this. My understanding is the U.S. Census conducts its census by counting people where they are on the day of the census. And so, they established those rules, I think. Thank you. NAKAMOTO: Yes. The communication stated that a census taker was given access to individuals to complete a census form. The group quarters falls under the American Community Survey. It's a monthly survey of prisons and college dormitories often they fall into a sample of a few—They do this a few times a year depending on the size of their population. So, based on what Mr. Yoshina said, the count was associated with the group quarters, which would be the facility that the inmates were at, at the time the census was taken. Thank you. KOSSOW: Ms. Lui. 26