2023-03-28_Item No. 15_MNunez BBRedistricting Alliance

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• Dear Riverside City Council: BROWN AND BLACK REDISTRICTING ALLIANCE On behalf of the Brown and Black Redistricting Alliance, a coalition of many Community Organizations, Community Groups, Church Members, Community Leaders, Regarding Agenda Item #15- Reshape Riverside Redistricting Process, We Riversiders' -Support Map A4 A (see attached PDF) As for sequencing, Map A4 A which makes 3/4 majority LCVAP wards on the presidential cycle. Working with Your Demographers and ours, plus the input from so many Communities of Interests from residents CITYWIDE, and the input from you our City Council Members this map meets the following criteria: • Recognizes that our city is composed of a Latino Majority with 56.3% of the population. • This map respects that there are 4 Majority wards. • Map A4 A- respects that the Wards comprise a Latino Citizen Voting Age Population of at least 52% in Wards 1, 5, 6 & 7. • The Wards are equal in population • This map has a total deviation of 6.5% which is under the criteria of 10% • This map respects the divisions of neighborhoods and communities of interest. • 17 neighborhoods are together, this is at the request of the Community Members who are asking CITY COUNCIL for better representation • The Lines are Identifiable and easy to understand • The wards are compact • This Avoids the challenge of VIOLATING the Voting Rights act, which like many maps submitted will do just this. • This Map is compliant with the GINGLES factors based on the Supreme Court Case, Thornburg vs. Gingles which proves 1) Minorities in question are sufficiently large and geographically compact thereby creating a majority, 2) Voters in the minority groups vote together, and 3) Voters in the Majority vote cohesively — (bloc Voting) • This map satisfies the 2"d part of the Gingles test- which provides equal opportunity to participate in political process and elect candidates of choice. • This map complies with the Citizen Voting Age Population — which determines that the population constitutes at least 50% of the district. 1