Redistricting proposal hits hard: 9th District to become poorest in LA
The L.A. City Council redistricting map stands to hit the Ninth District especially hard.
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — L.A.'s proposed redistricting map was released yesterday, displaying drastic changes in council district boundaries and wreaking havoc on certain councilmembers; none more so than Jan Perry.
Perry's 9th District currently encompasses Downtown and much of South L.A., but under the new map her entire area would shift dramatically south.
The district stands to lose most of Downtown - and gain Watts, along with three large public housing projects; Jordan Downs, Nickerson Gardens and Imperial Courts.
This will bring the total number of housing projects in her area to five - an unprecedented amount, according to Perry's office.
"The process that produced this map neither represents an open process or one that truly took the interests of the people living, working, owning businesses, providing services and investing in the 9th District reflected in their testimony to the Redistricting Commission," said Perry.
Although the 9th will retain the Staples Center and L.A. Live, it will lose many other ongoing projects that Perry and her district have been significantly involved with. The enormous retail and housing development, One Santa Fe, would be stripped from CD9 in the new map; so would the shopping complex at 7th and Figueroa Streets and the new Marriott hotels.
"Downtown Los Angeles has experienced historic and economic transformation and growth," Perry said. "Removing Downtown assets from my district will eliminate the engine of change for the people living throughout the district."
Jefferson High School, Fred Roberts Park and Ross Snyder Park will also be removed from the district.
downtown vibe on January 26, 2012, at 03:37PM – #1
This map is a complete joke.
Downtown should be unified, but under CD9.
Why was there no attempt to fix the lines between CD 14 and CD1. CD14 should be unified to the north of Downtown. CD1 does not even represent a unified geographic area. It is completely gerrymandered to benefit a Latino controlled political machine just like CD14, CD7, and CD6.
The consolidation of the five housing projects under CD9 is no accident. CD9 will be the next target for these Latino power players. Jordan Downs was in CD15,outside the reach of the Latino power brokers. They had no hope of getting Council control of the huge redevelopment project slated for Jordan Downs. So what did they do? They redrew it into CD9 so they could get control of it when Jan leaves office. First they rape the taxpayers with rigged construction contracts. Then you put residents into subsidized luxury housing units for next to nothing. This is a way to bribe voters and assure that you can continue to control a Council District. It's been done in Vernon.
Along those same lines, CD14 has over 700 houses owned by the State sitting in the path of the 710 freeway construction. Somebody decides who lives in these houses, and how much they pay in rent. These houses were in the news recently because A connected contractor got a contract to replace roofs at a cost of $100,000 each. An average roof costs about $15,000. Smell anything?
It's all about making connected Latinos rich.... This has happened before. The subway, the LA Unified school construction program, LA City College construction program, the City Hall reconstruction...
And next they will have their friends build a electric tram downtown for 50% more than the actual cost, because that is how organized crime operates.