A new UCLA study says that Asian Americans, now the third-largest racial group in the city, have a ways to go when it comes to getting adequate representation.
Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s Jeong Park and Dakota Smith at the helm.first Asian American to win a citywide officeBut a report released this week by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center argues that Asian Americans, now the third-largest racial group in the city, still lack representation.
Also, voter registration rates in the community remain low at under 50% across most of the city, and there is no city council district where Asian Americans make up a majority or even plurality.
Asian American residents, at 11.8% of the population, trail Latino residents and White residents . Black Angelenos represent the fourth-largest racial group at 8.3%. Chan said the numbers are merely estimates and that a relatively small sample size can produce extreme numbers.
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