Fate of SF LGBTQ districts up in the air under redistricting process
San Francisco's current three LGBTQ cultural districts could end up into three distinct new supervisorial districts under the map advanced Friday by the city's citizen redistricting panel.
But talks will continue in the coming weeks before a final map is approved.Under the proposed map the San Francisco Redistricting Task Force voted 5-4 in favor for at its March 25 meeting, dubbed Map 3B, the Tenderloin and Western South of Market would no longer be together in District 6.
Meanwhile, the Board of Supervisors' lone LGBTQ member would remain in his current district.Gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, who is up for re-election this fall, lives on the block of Valencia Street between 24th and 25th streets.
One proposed map would have drawn him into District 9 represented by Supervisor Hillary Ronen.But the newly proposed eastern boundary between Districts 8 and 9 would maintain that portion of Valencia Street in District 8.
