A third opportunity district

Greg breaks out the mapmaking tools and redraws the city’s proposed Council map in a way that creates a more realistic third Hispanic opportunity district. It’s not a heavy favorite to elect a Latino candidate the way districts H and I are – it’s not quite plurality Latino based on CVAP – but it’s much closer to being a real opportunity district than the district A and F are in the current map. It will also become more likely to go Latino in the short to medium term. Stace gives it a nod of approval. We’ll see how the process goes from here. At the very least, we know from today’s public hearing that members of Council are paying attention to Greg’s mapping efforts.

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