Santa Ana Redistricting Coalition (1) 1-18-2022

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Page 16 Contiguity: ●The district takes the Willowick neighborhood east of Harbor and North of 1st Street. It also takes in the areas of central Santa Ana, south of 17th Street and west of Main Street and North of 1st Street. There are a few blocks between Flower and Main and between 1st Street and 3rd Street that are taken out of the district due to population equity. There is also the inclusion of the Sullivan neighborhoods and mobile home parks between McFadden Ave. and 1st St. and Center St and Fairview St. This ensures contiguity for mobile home parks in the highest concentration of mobile home parks in the city via a central Santa Ana district. Communities of Interest: ●Keeps the large concentration of mobile home communities together (12 total) around the Sullivan neighborhoods, which has a concentration of 10 mobile home parks. ●The Willowick neighborhood also has two mobile home parks, hence the need to keep these communities with the Sullivan neighborhood. The Willowick neighborhood is currently split in the current map, despite fighting for shared issues. By continuing to keep them separate, their power will continue to be limited, their voices will be split up, and their organizing power will be diluted. By keeping them whole, we are able to effectively empower the community and groups such as Rise Up Willowick, and Sullivan en Accion to ensure that they have shared influences and not be subjected to a vocal minority. ●Eastern parts of the district don’t have the same burden around mobile home parks, but they do have shared issues such as socioeconomic status and housing cost-burdened challenges as mobile home residents. ●This district is also largely impacted by environmental justice burdens across the entirety of the eastern side. The soil lead levels are over 10x higher than the state limit across the entire east side, and the CalEnviroScreen shows that the entirety of the district is extremely impacted by water, pollution, and air quality issues. Compactness ●This configuration best ensures the inclusion and representation of the mobile home communities throughout Santa Ana, as the largest and most concentrated community in the city. This district is very impacted by income and housing burdens and must be kept whole to ensure that their voices are heard. We kept the Sullivan and Willowick neighborhoods with the Eastern part of the district because we wanted to empower them to have a voice to speak about their concerns around housing, gentrification, and economic justice. These are struggles that the Eastern side of the district knows very well. District E Santa Ana City Council Redistricting Public Map Submission Santa Ana Redistricting Coalition