2021-10-12 Item 18 - Maribel Nunez

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determining compliance under Section 2 of the VRA, "CVAP is the appropriate measure to use in determining whether an additional effective majority -minority district can be created." (Luna v. County of Kern). The new Riverside City redistricting maps should not only contain total Census 2020 population data, population percentages and CVAP data included. According to Census 2020, in the City of Riverside there are 314, 998 people who live in the City of Riverside. There are 53.7 % of Hispanic/Latino, 6.2% African Americans, and 7% are Asian American Pacific Islanders. Out of the Citizen voting age population, there are 241, 620 people, which are 50.60% Hispanic/Latino, 6.32% African American and 7.99% are African American. We should have at least three to four Latino Majority Wards out of the seven Riverside wards. We would like Racially polarized Voting Analysis to be taken into consideration when redrawing the ward lines. Voting Rights Act (VRA) to provide a statutory remedy for racial vote dilution. At the heart of vote dilution law is the concept of racially polarized voting. Voting is polarized when (1) the political prefer- ences of majority -race and minority -race voters diverge substantially and the racial majority votes with enough cohesion to usually defeat the minority's candidates of choice. We call these the "preference polarization" and "voting power" requirements. Since the Supreme Court's 1986 decision in Thornburg v Gingles, plaintiffs have had to satisfy both conditions and propose a remedial district at the outset of their case. Only if this threshold Gingles showing has been made does the court apply the liability standard prescribed by statute: whether the "totality of circumstances" indicates that plaintiff -race voters "have less opportunity than other members of the electorate to participate in the political process and to elect representatives of their choice." As for the type of Riverside city redistricting commission, we as Brown and Black Redistricting Alliance recommend that both Independent and Hybrid Commission is the way to have an independent, community driven process for redistricting. 1) The Independent Commission conducts all the public hearings and makes the final decision on the map. The City Council has no approval authority. 2) Hybrid Commission conducts some of the public hearings and makes recommendations on one to two maps. The City Council can only adopt one of the recommended maps. Thank you for your time, Maribel Nunez, Co -Convener Ana Gonzalez, Co -Convener Brown and Black Redistricting Alliance cc: Mayor City Council City Manager City Attorney ACMs I±%