The citizens redistricting commission approved the new district map for the L.A. County Board of Supervisors
The L.A. County Citizens Redistricting Commission finalized its map for the L.A. County Board of Supervisors five districts.The wealthy beach cities she represented will go to Supervisor Holly Mitchell’s 2nd District, joining coastal areas from Marina del Rey to Redondo Beach with parts of Mid-Wilshire and South L.A.
Latino representation on the board has long been an issue in a county that is 49% Latino, 26% white, 15% Asian and 9% Black. Mitchell is Black, and the other three supervisors are white. Mitchell’s 2nd District was previously represented by Mark Ridley-Thomas, who is Black.roughly the same percentage of Black voters — about 29%
These are “the toughest choices we are making right now, in terms of what to do with [districts] 2 and 4,” commission co-chair Daniel M. Mayeda said at a meeting Sunday. Solis will gain Asian American voters, with Hacienda Heights, Rowland Heights and Diamond Bar moving from the 4th District to join the majority Asian cities of Monterey Park and Rosemead, which she already represents.the highest in any districtL.A. County has never had an Asian American supervisor, in part because Asian voters are concentrated in areas such as the San Gabriel Valley, central L.A. and South Bay that are widely separated geographically.
Under the new map, Supervisor Sheila Kuehl’s 3rd District would lose some world-renowned cultural venues — the Hollywood Bowl, the L.A. County Museum of Art, the Ford, the La Brea Tar Pits and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures — to the 2nd or 5th districts.allocated millions to improving the venuesCommissioner David A.
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