The city of San Francisco is a little closer to releasing a new map of the 11 districts represented by the Board of Supervisors.
SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco task force charged with drawing new neighborhood district maps met Saturday to make final changes that will determine the boundaries of city neighborhoods. They also listened for hours to public comment from residents advocating for different neighborhoods to be included in certain districts.
“You’re cutting off many of the Black voters and people who understand the struggles and the hardships we have experienced,” said Yulanda Williams, the president of Officers for Justice. She worries about changes to District 10 that would divide the Black vote into different districts. “The only thing that I’ve gotten out of this is that, when it comes to my community, I have failed you miserably,” said Rev. Arnold Townsend, the chair of the redistricting task force.
That feeling was shared by others who were in the hearing room Saturday. Those frustrated with the results of the mapping process said they would support delaying the finalization of the new districts or would push city leaders to change it after the map is complete.
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