Redistricting Has Been A Debacle And A Disgrace — And We Aren't Nearly Done

San Francisco CA

12 April, 2022

8:09 PM

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By Joe Eskenazi, Mission Local April 12, 2022 You don't hear about the insanely powerful but arcane Redistricting Task Force unless there's been a disaster. And you've been hearing about it — because there's been a disaster. Four members of this body walked out of a recent meeting and publicly accused their colleagues of taking marching orders from the city's powers-that-be to craft a map that purposefully comforts the comfortable and afflicts the afflicted. So, that's a disaster — and if you believe the disgruntled task force members and the hundreds of attendees who have been packing these never-ending meetings, so is the task force's work product. Sifting through the wreckage to find the figurative black box comes next, and that may be the task of teams of lawyers. It seems a safe bet to say San Francisco's controversial new voting lines will be the subject of an injunction request. And, since this is San Francisco after all, by November we may also be voting to undo or supplant our voting lines and alter the way they are drawn. To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.