Last four meetings counting down at redistricting commission. After tonight there's only three meetings left. Here's the maps being considered by the commission oaklandca.gov/topics/distric…
There's a never-ending succession of white people repping D6 since 2018. It gets larger and larger while actual voices of Black and Brown people seem to diminish at these meetings.
Gail Wallace of League of Women Voters is reminding Commissioners Redistricting is ultimately their decision and that public comment can be diverting and misleading or irrelevant. She's responding to a commissioner's statement last meeting claiming that it was public's decision
I'm very supportive of that comment. Especially in this context, the people who are going to be engaged are those with most to lose, and who understand political systems, invested in them, i.e., white hills dwellers.
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