Help Continue Keeping West San Gabriel Valley United!
On December 8, the California Citizens Redistricting Commission adjusted the draft maps to unite the West San Gabriel Valley in CD210, a request we had made with support of the analysis prepared by USC Political Science Professor Dr. Christian Grose and UCLA Political Science Associate Professor Dr. Natalie Masuoka.
THANK YOU so much for all your efforts getting word out, submitting feedback to the commission, and advocating for the community! Our voices and collective efforts made an impact!
KPCC mentioned that almost 300 public inputs were submitted online with our work being over 200 of those comments! Here is an article about the change: https://laist.com/
WE NEED TO KEEP UP THE WORK!
Although the WSGV community is currently united in the draft maps, changes can be made all the way up to the day final maps are released later this month. CAUSE will also continue to monitor what happens to the APA communities in the ESGV.
To affirm the changes and encourage the commissioners to keep the WSGV together, CAUSE sent a letter today to the commission. The letter (see here) thanks the commission for uniting the West San Gabriel Valley and reminds them that any future edits to the CD210 maps need to continue keeping our communities together.
Please do the following:
1.) Call-in to the remaining commission meetings.
The schedule is on their website: https://www.
Today, you can get in the queue to give public comment by 6pm when the queue will close. They plan to start hearing public comment at 6pm. (https://videossc.com/CRC/)
- To call in dial the telephone number provided on the live-stream feed. It is 877-853-5247
- When prompted, enter the Meeting ID number 811 4925 9556.
- When prompted to enter a Participant ID simply press #.
Once you have dialed in, you will be placed in a queue. To indicate you wish to comment, please press *9. This will raise your hand for the moderator. When it is your turn to speak, you will hear a message that says, “The host would like you to talk, press * 6 to speak.” If you would like to give your name, please state and spell it for the record. You are not required to provide your name to give public comment.
They will identify your turn with last four digits of your phone number.
2.) Submit Public Comment to the commission via their website.
COMMUNITY INPUT FORM: https://airtable.com/
Below is a template letter that mirrors the CAUSE letter:
Dear Commissioners,
I am writing to thank you for making changes to the CD210 map at the December 8, 2021 meeting. The Commission’s decision to draw CD210 in a way that protects Asian American voting rights signifies that the Commission hears and understands the community’s desire to progress forward. These changes to center the Asian American community as the largest minority community, include Asian American majority cities, and increase the Asian CVAP in the current CD210 map will ensure that the voting rights of the West San Gabriel Valley’s (WSGV) Asian American community are protected.
The original draft map of CD210 split the Asian American community, which resulted in an outcry from community members throughout San Gabriel Valley. I signed on to the CAUSE Joint Statement to ensure that our voices were heard by the Commission and that WSGV was united. As the Commission may choose to revisit the CD210 map between now and the certification of the final maps, I ask that you ensure that Asian American voting rights and political representation are protected in the WSGV by:
Centering the Asian American community as the largest minority community
Maintaining the Asian CVAP to as close to 35% as possible
Keeping cities with Asian American and Pacific Islander majority, Monterey Park, Alhambra, Rosemead, San Gabriel, San Marino, Temple City, and Arcadia, together
Thank you again for your service, and, most of all, thank you for listening to our community.
Sincerely,
(YOUR NAME)
3.) Send an email of your letter to the commission and commissioners:
- Angela Vázquez: angela.vazquez@crc.ca.gov
- Linda Akutagawa: linda.akutagawa@crc.ca.gov
- Sara Sadhwani: sara.sadhwani@crc.ca.gov
- Main commission email: votersfirstact@crc.ca.gov
4.) Post about this and tag the commission and commissioners on social media.
We have been told Twitter is most effective.
Here are Commission Twitter handles.
- @wedrawthelines
- @angelaMSWinCA (Commissioner Angela Vazquez)
- @lakutagawa (Commissioner Linda Akutagawa)
- @sarasadhwani (Commissioner Sara Sadhwani)
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