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Jan 7 2022 1:38 pm
  • redistricting commission

Commission calls for changes to keep politics out of decisions over political boundaries

Jason Ruiz

With an independent commission in charge, the 2021 redistricting process was supposed to be free of political bias. But that did not entirely happen, as consultants, lobbyists and councilmembers sought to influence the months-long deliberations that defined political boundaries for the next decade. 

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Nov 23 2021 9:00 am
  • redistricting commission

Long Beach’s 5th District needs a City Council candidate: Who wants to run?

Jason Ruiz

The district now runs stretches across the city, touching both the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers and the geographic shift displaced all declared candidates from the district they intended to run for.

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Nov 19 2021 7:53 am
  • redistricting commission

Here are Long Beach’s new City Council districts. The final map could ignite political maneuvering, lawsuit

Jason Ruiz

The Independent Redistricting Commission has finished drawing a map that will govern City Council races for the next 10 years. Here’s what could come next.

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Nov 11 2021 8:34 am
  • redistricting commission

2 incumbents drawn out in final City Council maps advanced by redistricting commission

Jason Ruiz

Barring any dramatic changes, which would require a new meeting, Councilwomen Cindy Allen and Stacy Mungo Flanigan are poised to be drawn out of their districts.

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Nov 4 2021 9:02 am
  • redistricting commission

Single map advances to final redistricting hearing; commission could still select more

Jason Ruiz

The map that advanced would merge a portion of East Long Beach with the California Heights, Bixby Knolls and Los Cerritos Neighborhoods west of Long Beach Airport while thrusting all of E Dorado Park and its neighboring homes into the present day 4th District.

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Oct 28 2021 9:57 am
  • redistricting commission

Redistricting Commission adds new meeting, fails to advance map to final draft meeting

Jason Ruiz

Multiple members of the Latino community argued that putting all of the Westside into one district would water down Latino’s voting power because it would consolidate them into one large area mostly west of the 710 Freeway.

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Oct 21 2021 8:38 am
  • redistricting commission

Commission tasked with redrawing council district lines forwards just 1 possible map

Jason Ruiz

The commission was scheduled to approve up to three draft maps Wednesday, but only the one will be available leading up to that meeting after a contentious meeting at City Hall Wednesday.

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Oct 21 2021 8:14 am
  • LBUSD

Here are LBUSD’s proposed new districts for school board members

Tyler Hendrickson

You still have time to weigh in on how district lines should be redrawn for LBUSD school board members.

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Oct 15 2021 1:15 pm
  • redistricting commission

What happens if an incumbent City Council member is drawn out of their district?

Jason Ruiz

Here’s what happens in terms of elections, eligibility to run, and, perhaps most importantly for residents, representation on the council as the redistricting process unfolds.

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Oct 14 2021 12:24 pm
  • redistricting commission

First round of City Council district maps are released—and they spell big changes

Jason Ruiz

Initial maps of possible new council district boundaries show some of the current elected leaders could be ineligible to run in their districts—a change that could dramatically alter the political landscape in the city.

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