The Los Angeles City Council Redistricting Commission sent recommendations for a map that would redistribute key neighborhoods in the city to other districts. The citizen-led commission voted 15-6 this week to finalize the map, which redraws district boundary lines in Paul Krekorian’s District 2, Bob Blumenfield’s District 3, and Nithya Raman’s District 4. The recommendations have been sent to the LA City Council, where councilmembers will have the chance to make changes to the map before the borders are finalized and go into effect for the next ten years starting Jan. 1, 2022. Council President Nury Martinez, along with Raman and Krekorian voiced opposition to the proposed map. “As it stands now drastic changes were made to the map that have confused and alienated thousands and threatened to widen the divides between neighborhoods,” Martinez said in a statement on Oct. 22. “While some areas kept their assets and neighborhoods whole, …
LA Redistricting Commission Recommends Map that Reshapes Key Districts
October 22, 2021
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