but that’s not what we’re working with.
So that’s a huge challenge to redeveloping
any major shopping center.
In response to a possible civil rights
lawsuit, Citrus Heights may switch to
district-based elections. How is that
process going?
[There’s] an attorney out of Malibu who
has made millions of dollars suing cit-
ies and forcing them into districts. [He’s]
presuming that we are discriminating
against Hispanics. ... He just goes on the
last census, which is 2010, which says we
have about 16 percent Hispanics in Citrus
Heights. … His whole allegation is [Citrus
Heights doesn’t] have a Hispanic on its
city council, therefore [we] are discrim-
inating. Well, no one has run, and that’s
their choice. ... Except for 18 months after
[Councilman] Mel Turner died and we
appointed his replacement, we had an Af-
rican American on our city council from
day one through today. Twenty percent
of our city council is African American,
less than 5 percent of our population is
African American. That statistic doesn’t
even get mentioned. We are being forced
to do this. So the last election is the last
general election that we will have, and
going forward there will be five districts.
This will be going to a vote by June, and
it will be in place by July. n
Sena Christian is the managing editor of
Comstock’s. On Twitter @SenaCChristian
or senachristian.com.
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