Orange County supervisors Tuesday narrowed down their choices for new district maps from eight to three.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!One map is favored by Republicans, another by Democrats and the third is considered more neutral, some political observers say.
The five supervisorial districts are up to be redrawn based on the census, which is conducted every 10 years.
Nicole Walsh of the County Counsel’s Office told the supervisors all the districts need to have roughly equal population and must be “geographically contiguous.”
“We believe that while all of the proposed maps are likely defensible… maps 2, 4 and 5 are the most defensible overall,” Walsh said.
All the maps the board settled on create a Latino majority district and all contain at least one district with nearly more than 30% Asian residents, or what’s known as an “influence district,” Walsh said.
In three of the proposed maps the Latino community would be divided in a way that could lead to a Voting Rights Act challenge, Walsh said.
“Maps 2 and 5 certainly keep communities of interest together,” Walsh said.
For instance in maps 2 and 5 Little Arabia in Anaheim is kept together, Walsh said.
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