Santa Monica is fighting an effort to change the way it elects city council members, with allegations that the city minimizes nonwhite representation.
Get the news that matters to all Californians. Start every week informed.Receive a weekly digest in your inbox from Dan Walters, who shines a light on how elected officials spend your tax dollars.Santa Monica, a bastion of progressive politics, is fighting an effort to change the way it elects city council members, with allegations that the city minimizes nonwhite representation.
Nevertheless, that’s exactly what happened a few years ago when an organization of Latino residents sued Santa Monica to overturn its method of electing city council members – “at-large” rather than from individual districts., made it easier for ethnic groups to challenge at-large election systems and dozens of California cities have since shifted to district-based elections,
Written by three political scientists, the study contends that during the 20th century, cities throughout the nation adopted at-large voting and city manager governance systems to minimize the political power of nonwhite groups as they became more numerous.
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