The Chicago City Council has a reached a tentative deal on redrawing the city's 50-ward map which will have 17 Black wards and 14 Latino wards.
CHICAGO -- The Chicago City Council has reached a tentative compromise deal on changes to the city's ward map.The compromise map, which Alderwoman Michelle Harris calls the"Chicago United Map," would create 17 Black-majority wards, 14 Latino-majority wards and one Asian-American majority ward."I'm thrilled my colleagues have come together in compromise in what has been a long and challenging process," Harris said.
Months of negotiation had yielded little agreement, with various proposals sometimes including 16 Black-majority wards and 15 Latino-majority wards, sometimes more, sometimes less. The one Asia American-majority ward was one point of agreement among all proposals. United Working Families released a statement praising the compromise map, saying,"We commend the elected members of our organization for their hard work to reach a compromise on the Chicago United Map and thereby avert a lengthy and divisive referendum. Today's agreement will secure 14 Latino-majority wards, create the city's first Asian-American ward, and maintain strong representation for Chicago's Black communities across 17 Black-majority and Black-plurality wards.
The People's Coalition Map was not as optimistic, releasing a critical statement saying in part,"So-called 'reformers' made backroom deals and decided that voters shouldn't be allowed to choose their map, and that's something the People's Coalition Map has always stood for. As a result, Latinos lost for the second decade in a row. The largest minority population in Chicago won't be fairly and accurately represented as such.
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