The lawsuit, filed by civil rights groups and several voters, alleged that district maps drawn following the 2020 Census entrenched “racial gerrymandering.”
, while the litigation continued. In March, we learned negotiations were underway for the two sides to settle the case. The settlement, reached in April, keeps the P3 map in place until district lines are redrawn following the 2030 Census. Under the terms of the agreement, the city will also pay the plaintiffs $100,000 in legal fees., sending it to the judge for final approval.
On Friday morning, U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard held a brief hearing with the two sides via Zoom to discuss the wording of some parts of the settlement documents. The order approving the settlement was then issued Tuesday afternoon. Under the settlement, the plaintiffs can also request the court for a special election in 2024 for school board districts 4 and 6 since those districts are based on combining two city council districts that are next to each other. Those districts include some of the council districts that were redrawn, and elections were held in those school board districts last year for terms running through 2026. The special elections would be held at the same time as the regular 2024 elections.
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