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Redistricting ensures equal representation within Otay’s service area SPRING VALLEY, CA – The Otay Water District’s (District) Board of Directors has adopted a resolution that re-apportions the District’s five divisions. According to 2010 U.S. Census data, a significant increase and shift in population has occurred within the District and the Board of Directors redrew its [...]

Editorial: A couple of weeks ago the San Diego County Board of Su-pervisors came one step closer to changing the way the Supervisors re-draw their districts every ten years. Couple this with the recently voter-passed term limits placed on the Board of Supervisors and change is inevitable. For decades the County Board of Supervisors has [...]

Commentary: By Eva Marie Vargas    I have lived in Shelltown my whole life, 60 years. I was a part of the disgraceful history that this community has suffered, when it was split by CalTrans in the 70’s and then again by SEDC redevelopment renaming part of Shelltown to Southcrest in mid-80’s. Because of our [...]

By Nadra Kareem Nittle New America Media     Now that the California Citizens Redistricting Commission has approved new political boundaries for the state, civil rights groups are weighing what impact the maps will have on communities of color.     On Friday, the commission voted 13-1 to approve final maps for the state Assembly, Senate and [...]

Editorial: The City of San Diego is going through the redistricting process – which it does after every census. This year, per voter mandate, a 9th district will be added. The political buzz that is getting a lot of attention is that the new 9th district should be a second “Latino” district.    What, we don’t get [...]

By Nadra Kareem Nittle New America Media LOS ANGELES—Alarmed at the way the new California Citizens Redistricting Commission (CCRC) has done its work so far and worried that the resulting electoral maps could have dire consequences for communities of color over the next 10 years, civil rights groups have taken matters into their own hands. [...]

Por Pablo Jaime Sáinz     Un grupo de líderes comunitarios que representan una diversidad de voces se reunió el 8 de junio para mostrar su apoyo a un nuevo distrito de mayoría latina en el cabildo de la ciudad de San Diego.     El nuevo distrito propuesto utilizaría a City Heights como la base, un [...]

By Pablo Jaime Sáinz     A group of community leaders representing a diversity of voices met on June 8 to show its support for a new Latino-majority district in the San Diego City Council.     The proposed new district would use the diverse area of City Heights as the foundation of this second majority-Latino district. [...]

Commentary: By Arturo Vargas Executive Director of NALEO Educational Fund    The state’s 2011 redistricting process reached a milestone in late May when the new California Citizens Redistricting Commission completed accepting public testimony before it releases drafts of new lines for the state’s Assembly, Senate and Congressional districts. The final hearing, which included formal presentations [...]