Residents critical of SF district boundary proposal
The San Francisco Redistricting Task Force is facing criticism for a preliminary map that divides supervisorial District 8, home to the Castro, Noe Valley, Duboce Triangle, Dolores Heights, Corona Heights, and other neighborhoods.The task force convened a meeting March 18 specifically to take public comment on Districts 8 and 9, which includes the Mission, Bernal Heights, and Portola.
More than 100 people addressed the body, with most critical of the proposed boundaries for the two supervisor districts. Chair the Reverend Arnold Townsend noted that the draft map was developed by a consultant after the task force asked for a deviation of the current boundary lines to start doing its work.
San Francisco's 11 supervisorial districts are redrawn every 10 years based on census data so that they each have roughly similar populations.Things the task force considers include boundaries, neighborhoods, and communities of interest.
The task force is to submit a map to the Board of Supervisors by April 15."The map that came out was produced to have a map to work from," Townsend said. "We have 10 straight mapping meetings.
