2023-03-14 Item No. 12 - N. Valdovinos Soto

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CC Date: 3-14-23 Item No.: 12 Subject: FW: [External] Support for Map A4 From: Najayra Valdovinos Soto<nalayravaldovinossoto.ieiyc@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2023 1:12 PM To: CityClerkMbx <City Clerk@ riversideca.gov> Subject: [External] Support for Map A4 CAUTION: This email is originated from OUTSIDE of City of Riverside and was not sent by any City Officials or City Staff. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you are expecting the email and know that the content is safe. If you suspect this is a phishing or malicious email, please contact the helpdesk. Good afternoon Mayor and Riverside city council, My name is Najayra Valdovinos Soto, I've lived in the community of the Eastside since 2010 and I am in support of "Map A4 Modification because it best represents our communities. "Map A4 Modification is the only map that has ds, has all of the North Side Specific Plan in one ward, and has a ward (Downtown/Eastside/Northside) with an African American Communities of Interest while keeping 19 neighborhood communities together and protecting the integrity of the city. Draft Map A4 maximizes the Voting Rights Act and better aligns with Riverside residents' community of interest testimony. Map A4 has four Latino Citizen Voting Age Population majority wards. Map A4 includes Casablanca in a High Latino CVAP Ward which adds more of Magnolia Center. We are glad to see all of the remaining March 14th, 2023 city council meeting draft maps having 4 Latino Citizen Voting Age Population Majority Wards but Draft Map D3 has a highly concentrated Latino CVAP area in Ward 1 lowered below 50% LCVAP, and the sequencing of the majority LCVAP wards (2, 3, 4, and 7) putting only 2 majority LCVAP wards on presidential year cycles, compared to maps A3 and A4 which make 3/4 majority LCVAP wards on the presidential cycle. A4 Modification maps uphold the Voting Rights Act and Community of Interest: 1. 2. 3• 4 Latino Citizen Voting Age Population Majority Wards (citizen voting age population 50% +) that includes Casablanca neighborhood 4- 5. 6. 7. Keeps Casablanca neighborhood w/Majority Latino CVAP Ward and not with Mission Grove and Orange Crest 8. (includes Ramona neighborhood and parts of Magnolia Center) 9• 10. 11. 12. Maintains African American communities of interest (downtown/Eastside/Northside) 13. 14• cc Mayor 15• City Council 16. Includes City Manager 17. all of the North Side Specific Plan area in one ward City Clerk 18. City Attorney ACMs