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San Francisco’s Redistricting Disaster

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Redistricting is a once-in-a-decade opportunity to redraw a city’s political map. It’s an important yet arcane process that should ultimately lead to fair, equitable representation in local government — and it’s really hard to do. 

In San Francisco, the process hasn’t just been hard; it's been chaotic, confusing, heated — and as Mission Local columnist Joe Eskenazi writes, "indefensible." Ultimately, the commission did not meet its legal deadline of April 15 to complete its maps, leaving the future of the city's district lines up in the air.

Guest: Joe Eskenazi, Mission Local editor and columnist

This episode was produced by Alan Montecillo and Maria Esquinca, and hosted by Ericka Cruz Guevarra.

Episode transcript

Recommended reading:

  • Task force rejects its final map, will work past legal April 15 deadline, Mission Local
  • Chair of Redistricting Task Force told others he felt mayor’s pressure in voting on maps, Mission Local
  • Redistricting has been a debacle — and we aren’t nearly done, Mission Local

     

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