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Redistricting Watch: Supervisors Deadlocked

Dan Watson |
September 27, 2011 | 10:37 a.m. PDT

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Zev Yaroslavsky (Creative Commons)
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As expected, each of the three plans to redraw L.A. County supervisorial district lines failed to earn the minimum of four votes need for approval on Tuesday.

The contentious battle over county redistricting lines included an outpouring of testimony from the public throughout Tuesday afternoon at the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting. 

If the board fails to approve any of the three plans, District Attorney Steve Cooley, Sheriff Lee Baca and Assessor John Noguez would decide on the lines.

Two plans, one put forth by Gloria Molina and the other by Mark Ridley-Thomas, would drastically alter district lines, paving the way for a second majority-Latino district. But while each of them supported the other's plan, none of the other three supervisors joined.

Zev Yaroslavsky has vehemently opposed Molina's plan, which would substantially carve up his district. 

The other plan has been put forth by Supervisor Don Knabe, and would essentially keep the status quo. His plan was supported by all but Molina and Ridley-Thomas.

 

 

 

 

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