Section 21605 Of Article 1. General Law Cities From California Elections Code >> Division 21. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 1.

. The council may appoint a committee composed of residents of the city to study the matter of changing the boundaries of the council districts. The committee shall make its report to the council of its findings on the need for change of boundaries, and the recommended changes by the first day of August of the year following the year in which the decennial federal census is taken. Recommendations of the committee are advisory only.