2022-07-06 ICGC Item 2 - Maribel Nunez

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OToolkit%2010-1-20.pdf ) It is referenced in Section VII below to check the rules for each form of local government. On behalf of the Brown and Black Redistricting Alliance, we want to ensure the city prioritizes the Voting Rights Act and Fair Maps Act. According to the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), All government entities must include required data, related to citizen voting age population (CVAP), and other relevant information required by state and federal law as part of city's district maps, in order to consider that data in preparing the draft maps. The Fair and Inclusive Redistricting for Municipalities and Political Subdivisions Act (FAIR MAPS Act), requires the city to comply with the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), and, to the extent practicable, keep communities of interest together. 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 preferences 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." Community Engagement Plan feedback: Thank you: In looking at Riverside City Redistricting Timeline chart, Thank you for hosting A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS IN EVERY WARD. Additional Recommendations: We need more than one public hearing prior to the drawing of map session and have multiple public hearings throughout the city with options for evening and weekend for working people to attend. Plus add a Spanish public hearing. The City of Victorville did it. Thank you for your time, Maribel Nunez, Co -Convener Ana Gonzalez, Co -Convener Brown and Black Redistricting Alliance 2