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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.
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.
The civil rights group asserts that Anaheim must carve out city council districts so poor neighborhoods are adequately represented.
The civil rights group says Anaheim must redistrict the city to ensure more Latinos are elected to the City Council.
Here is a rundown of who is running for seats in the U.S. House and state Legislature that represent Orange County.
Los Angeles County’s impact, not maneuvering by Democrats, kept
Vietnamese from getting their own district, says Stanley
Forbes.
GOP officials sought to invalidate new California districts that
they say favor Democrats.
The new district lines protect two supervisors who will face
re-election.
County redistricting process ends with local party leader
confident that all five seats will stay in Republican hands.
Its congressional delegation will increase from six to seven as
of the latest lines drawn by the California Citizens Redistricting
Commission.