LOS ANGELES—City Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez called Oct. 28 for the state to take up legislation that would establish an independent redistricting process for Los Angeles before next April.
Rodriguez introduced a resolution Friday calling on the City Council to support legislation similar to Senate Bill 958—which in 2016 created a citizen’s redistricting commission for Los Angeles County independent from the influence of the county’s Board of Supervisors.
Elected officials across Los Angeles have called for changes in the redistricting process after three council members and a top county labor official took part in a 2021 recorded conversation that included racist comments and efforts to manipulate last year’s redistricting effort….