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

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Page 19 #%#%#%#% Latinx 32,620 63.2538 17,839 82.857 11,903 75.8153 8,439 75.02 Contiguity: ●Eastern Santa Ana (east of Main Street) comprises the majority of this district. It excludes the segment South of MacArthur Blvd. and East of Main St. The majority of this district is south of 1st Street due to the immense environmental justice burdens, but also takes in the Logan, French Park, and French Court neighborhoods, south of 17th/the 5 Freeway and west of Grand, because of their similar environmental justice burdens. Communities of Interest: ●This district has a population of 51,583 but a CVAP of 21,537. This means that this district has a CVAP of 41.7%, making it the lowest CVAP percentage district of the entire city. This district includes numerous communities of interest, including low-income communities, working-class communities, mixed immigration status families, tenant communities, and housing cost-burdened communities.Data filters of low-income and housing-burdened census tracts also indicate that this district is by far the most impacted in the city. This is specifically seen in the historically impacted Delhi community, which faces serious gentrification threats. ●Not only is this one of the most vulnerable districts in the City of Santa Ana, but it is also the most impacted district by environmental issues according to the CalEnviroScreen and UCI soil-lead analysis data. This district includes the Delhi neighborhood, the Madison Park neighborhood, and the Cedar Street neighborhood, all three of which are well-known to be impacted by environmental burdens.. Soil lead levels in this district are anywhere between 2-50x higher than the statewide limit of soil lead levels. Therefore, it is crucial that these neighborhoods are kept together to ensure that their socioeconomic needs, environmental justice demands, and housing demands are accurately represented and thoughtfully considered. Compactness ●This configuration best ensures power for the low-income and most impacted communities within Santa Ana. Be it on issues of gentrification like in the Logan neighborhood and Delhi neighborhood; housing-burden throughout the entire district; low-income issues throughout the entire district; environmental justice issues throughout the entire district; or specific levels of soil lead across the Madison Park, Delhi, and Cedar Street neighborhoods, we need representation that can speak to the issues and struggles of this district. It has been far too long that these communities have been overlooked and cracked apart. We need to empower them with representation, a representation that we can only have by keeping them whole. Santa Ana City Council Redistricting Public Map Submission Santa Ana Redistricting Coalition