redistricting

Editorial:

For the Hispanic community the City of Escondido is considered one of the most anti-Hispanic, racist cities, in the nation. Escondido is more closely associated with their driver’s license checkpoints with immigration officials on hand, the law that penalized landlords for renting to undocumented immigrants, city council voting to evict the Charros de Escondido from their historical park grounds in favor of a ballpark, and the police and ICE officials working hand in hand, than the down home diverse city of hard working people that it is.

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<p>Every election brings change, and local, state and national voters will soon be going to the polls to determine what course that change will take.</p>
<p>But another significant change involving elections is about to occur, and it’s something that will also affect all the voters in our region.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; I have lived in Shelltown my whole life, 60 years. I was a part of the disgraceful history that this community has suffered, when it was split by CalTrans in the 70’s and then again by SEDC redevelopment renaming part of Shelltown to Southcrest in mid-80’s. Because of our unity efforts in organizing Shelltown, with the help of SDOP (San Diego Organizing Project) www.sdop.net, our dream of restoring our community is almost fulfilled.</p>

<p><strong>New America Media</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Now that the California Citizens Redistricting Commission has approved new political boundaries for the state, civil rights groups are weighing what impact the maps will have on communities of color.</p>

<p><strong>New America Media</strong></p>
<p><strong>LOS ANGELES</strong>—Alarmed at the way the new California Citizens Redistricting Commission (CCRC) has done its work so far and worried that the resulting electoral maps could have dire consequences for communities of color over the next 10 years, civil rights groups have taken matters into their own hands.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Un grupo de líderes comunitarios que representan una diversidad de voces se reunió el 8 de junio para mostrar su apoyo a un nuevo distrito de mayoría latina en el cabildo de la ciudad de San Diego.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; El nuevo distrito propuesto utilizaría a City Heights como la base, un lugar donde la mayoría es de origen latino.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A group of community leaders representing a diversity of voices met on June 8 to show its support for a new Latino-majority district in the San Diego City Council.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The proposed new district would use the diverse area of City Heights as the foundation of this second majority-Latino district.</p>