Amid efforts to redraw OC supervisors election districts, concerns surfaced that two main competing maps would diminish Latino or Asian voting power in districts outside Anaheim and Santa Ana.
Tag: redistricting
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Public Can Weigh in Tuesday on Proposed Maps Affecting OC Representation for Next Decade
It’ll be the first hearing on proposed maps for redistricting the powerful seats of Orange County supervisors – who decide on billions a year in health, law enforcement and social safety net spending.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
State Redistricting is Community-Driven, While OC Supervisors Draw Their Own Districts
There’s two different approaches happening in OC: a citizen commission drawing new state and Congressional districts, while county supervisors determine their own districts.
Posted inGovernment
Will Orange County’s Top Politicians Use Redistricting to Protect Their Own Re-Elections?
Questions are mounting about whether county supervisors are aiming to engineer safer re-elections for themselves by jettisoning parts of their district that didn’t vote for them, and adding in areas that are more favorable at the ballot box.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Martinez: Let’s Reimagine Our Democracy, Orange County
Orange County’s politics will be set for the next decade thanks to the process of redistricting. This article highlights key problems with districts and shows how alternative systems, especially one called Rank and Add, could give voters more of a voice.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
OC Politicians Getting Ready to Redraw Their Re-Election Maps; Will the Public Get a Say on Who Represents Them?
Will politicians focus on gerrymandering the districts to ensure their own re-election? In contrast with other levels of government, the county is doing no public outreach to bring the public into the conversation.
Posted inCountywide
What Will Orange County’s Future Elected Leaders Look Like?
The redrawing of representation maps will affect local communities’ political power for 10 years.
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Santa Ana
Santa Ana City Council Redistricting Could Have Some Members Run Against Each Other in 2020
The Santa Ana City Council moved forward Tuesday on redrawing district boundaries that could mean some of the three incoming council members, who will be elected Nov. 6, would be out in 2020.
Posted inLake Forest
Lake Forest Finalizes Map to Create City Council Districts
Lake Forest is moving away from at-large elections to district-based elections after the City Council finalized a map to avoid a potential lawsuit and create a district that potentially could be won by a Latino.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories
Should the Race Between Andrew Do and Lou Correa Have Even Happened?
When county supervisors adopted district lines in 2011, they pitted two underserved communities against each other for the First District supervisorial seat. Experts and activists say the district’s lines could violate the Voting Rights Act.
