LA City Council to Consider Redistricting Reform for November Ballot

The politicians are putting a band aid on the issue of redistricting in Los Angeles.  Now they want to create an independent commission.  The State did that, and somehow the State Redistricting Commission is run by the Left due to the interview process to eliminate conservatives and law abiding people to the system.  Instead that Commission is run by staff—95% Democrat.

“The Ad Hoc Committee on Governance Reform recommended expanding the applicant pool to allow someone who is not a registered voter or a citizen of the U.S. to apply and serve on the commission. Another recommendation is to conduct a random drawing at a public meeting to select one person from eight geographic areas to serve on commission.

You read that right.  Law breakers and non voters will be allowed on the L.A. Commission.  This is as corrupt as it gets.  I have no problem if a non citizen is on the Commission—as long as ICE can arrest and deport them as they enter the meeting.

LA City Council to Consider Redistricting Reform for November Ballot

Contributing Editor, MyNewsLA,  4/30/24   https://mynewsla.com/government/2024/04/30/la-city-council-to-consider-redistricting-reform-for-november-ballot/

The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday will consider amending a proposed ballot measure to establish an independent redistricting commission that would be tasked with redrawing the boundaries of council districts for future elections.

If the recommendations are approved, City Council members will instruct the city attorney’s office to update the ballot measure to reflect changes that were previously approved by the Ad Hoc Committee on Governance Reform earlier this month. To establish an independent redistricting commission, the city will require changes to the City Charter, which will need approval by voters.

These amendments cover different aspects of how the independent redistricting commission would work.

The Ad Hoc Committee on Governance Reform recommended expanding the applicant pool to allow someone who is not a registered voter or a citizen of the U.S. to apply and serve on the commission. Another recommendation is to conduct a random drawing at a public meeting to select one person from eight geographic areas to serve on commission.

There’s also a recommendation to provide live translation of commission meetings in English and Spanish, as well as any documents. In another effort to bolster participation, the commission would be tasked with providing outreach materials and other important documents in the city’s 14 most spoken languages.

In addition, there’s a recommendation to provide redistricting training to the commission as well as workshops for the public.

On Tuesday, City Council members will also look to move forward recommendations to create an independent redistricting commission for the Los Angeles Unified School District. If approved, council members would instruct city staff to prepare a ballot measure, which would be similar to the city’s commission.

A requirement of the LAUSD’s process would ensure that four the commissioners be parents or guardians of students, and it would also allow students, who are at least 16 years old, to apply.

The ad hoc committee was created in the wake of the City Hall scandal two years ago in which three council members, two of them now gone, were caught on a leaked recording discussing ways to redraw districts in their favor under the current redistricting system — which takes place every 10 years, but which also allows incumbent members have ultimate say.

That leaked conversation also contained racist comments that led to former Council President Nury Martinez’s resignation, among other fallout.