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From YouTube: Committee on Redistricting on October 24, 2022
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Redistricting Hearing - Dockets #1186, #1215, #121,6 #1273 & #1275 - Amending City Council electoral districts
A
A
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redistricting.
A
A
Redistricting
is
a
process
that
occurs
every
10
years
after
the
federal
census
to
redraw
to
redraw
boundaries
for
our
city
council
districts,
the
legislative
branch
of
our
local
city
government
in
order
to
reflect
popular
population
change
and
ensure
equal
access
to
voting
and
political
process
under
the
Voting
Rights
Act,
the
city
of
Boston
has
13
members.
The
Boston
city
council
has
13
members,
nine
elected
populist
districts
elected
by
equally
populous
districts
and
four
elected
at
large
city-wide.
A
The
United
States
Census
Bureau
released
population,
the
population
data
for
redistricting
purposes
on
September
2021
delayed
several
months
due
to
complications
related
to
the
pandemic.
The
2020
census
reported
Boston
is
having
a
population
total
totaling,
675
647,
making
the
nine
equally
populous
districts
each
needing
to
have
as
close
to
75
071
residents
as
possible.
A
The
acceptable
deviation
is
plus
or
minus
five
percent,
above
or
below
the
average
or
a
total
for
a
total
or
a
total
deviation
of
six
percent
for
the
most
and
least
populous
districts,
meaning
a
range
of
seventy
one
thousand
three
hundred
and
eighteen
to
seventy
of
thousand
eight
hundred
and
twenty
five.
A
general
overview
of
the
current
districts
is
the
district
2
started
off
with
13
000
residents
18
above
the
average
and
District
3
started
off
with
6500
residents
or
eight
point,
seven
percent
below
following
the
2020
census
and
under
the
leadership
of
councilor
Arroyo.
A
The
committee
held
a
virtual
working
session
on
September
16th,
a
working
session
in
the
Piemonte
room
on
September
20th,
a
virtual
working
session
on
September
23rd
working
sessions
in
the
Pia
Monte
room
on
September
26th
and
27th,
a
public
hearing
on
September
29th
working
sessions
on
September,
30th
and
October
7th
a
meeting
to
receive
public
testimony
on
October
11th,
a
working
session
on
October
17th,
an
off-site
public
Hearing
in
Fields
Corner
Dorchester
last
Thursday,
October
20th
a
working
session
last
Friday
October,
20
21st
and
a
working
session.
This
morning.
A
Tomorrow
morning
there
will
be
a
working
session.
Tuesday
October
25th
at
10
A.M
in
the
ionella
chamber,
as
the
chair
of
the
committee
on
redistricting
I,
intend
to
submit
a
committee
report
at
Wednesday's
city
council
meeting
under
the
matters
recently
heard
portion
of
the
agenda.
It
is
my
intention
to
recommend
the
currency
take
action
on
one
of
the
dockets
presented
before
the
committee.
A
The
esri
mapping
software
follows
the
conventions
recommended
by
the
Department
of
Justice
in
their
September
1st
2021
guidance
on
the
use
of
race
and
ethnicity
data
in
redistricting.
This
differs
from
other
commonly
reported
race
and
ethnicity
groupings.
In
that
it
groups
those
reporting
to
races,
one
white
and
one
non-white
as
being
members
of
the
non-white
race
reported.
A
Because
of
this,
you
might
draw
the
same
district
on
both
esri
redistricting
and
the
district
are
outline
mapping
tool
using
the
same
2020
census
data,
but
each
might
present
different
percentages
of
for
the
demographic
breakdown.
Districtor
is
an
online
mapping
tool
which
allows
for
convenient
sharing
of
online
Maps,
but
their
racial
demographic
breakdowns
should
be
referred
to.
As
a
rough
estimate.
Only
official
demographic
breakdowns
for
redistricting
purposes
should
rely
on
data
presented
through
the
esri
redistricting
user,
using
the
Department
of
Justice
criteria.
A
A
Population
equality,
council
districts
are
required
to
be
equally
substantial
in
population.
According
to
the
U.S
Supreme
Court
precedence,
there
is
a
10
limit
in
the
population,
deviation
from
the
size
of
the
largest
to
the
smallest
District,
based
upon
the
2020
census.
This
means
that
the
ideal
District
size
in
is
75
071
residents
allowing
for
a
plus
or
minus
five
percent
range
within
those
ranges
any
deviations
from
Seven
seventy
five
thousand
and
seventy
one
residents
should
be
based
upon
an
effort
to
achieve
the
other
legitimate
governmental
criteria
at
line
below
outlined
below
minority
voting
rights
districts.
A
The
voting
rights
of
minority
voters
must
be
respected.
When
developing
a
new
map
in
general,
the
federal
Voting
Rights
Act
of
1965
VRA,
prohibits
the
imposition
of
any
voting
qualification
practice
or
procedure
that
results
in
the
denial
or
abridgement
of
any
citizen's
right
to
vote
on
account
of
race,
color
or
status.
As
a
member
of
a
language,
minority
group
covered
language,
minorities
include
American,
Indian,
Asian,
Americans,
Alaskan,
natives
and
Spanish
Heritage
populations,
section
2
of
the
VRA.
A
The
14th
Amendment
of
the
U.S
Constitution
prevents
racial
gerrymandering
prohibiting
the
drawing
of
maps
that
excessively
segregates
voters
by
race.
In
a
district,
it
is
necessary
to
comply
with
the
14th
Amendment
and
the
VRA
requirements
by
avoiding
discriminate,
discriminatory
intent
and
discriminatory
effect
of
minimizing
or
canceling
out
the
voting
strengths
of
members
of
a
racial
or
language
minority
groups
in
the
voting
population.
A
A
Compactness
districts
should
have
a
minimum
distance
between
all
parts
of
the
district
subject
to
addressing
other
criteria.
Several
mathematical
models
have
been
developed
to
determine
compactness
that
are
used
to
compare
competing
plans.
Contiguate
contiguity,
all
parts
of
a
district
should
be
connected
geographically
at
some
point
with
the
rest
of
the
district
in
Boston.
Almost
all
districts
must
include
contiguous
precincts
preservation
of
neighborhoods.
Consideration
must
be
given
to
drawing
districts
that
respect
the
boundaries
of
Boston's,
recognized
neighborhoods,
other
non-required
criteria.
A
These
criteria
can
be
can
be
considered
but
are
not
required
by
federal
or
local
law
communities
of
Interest.
These
districts
include
geographical
areas
where
residents
of
common
Geographic
interests
that
include
socioeconomic,
religious,
academic,
business,
medical
or
other
recognizable
characteristics.
Communities
of
Interest
might
not
follow
political
might
not
follow
political
subdivision
boundaries.
A
Boston
City
Charter
prioritized
neighborhoods
as
required
criteria,
making
other
communities
of
Interest
a
lesser
priority
in
redistricting
process,
abandoned
partisanship,
not
favoring
or
disfavoring
political
parties,
candies
candidates
or
incumbents,
maintaining
existing
District
boundaries
using
current
District
boundaries
as
a
determinant
from
making
the
least
changes
necessary,
and
those
are
the
non-required
criteria.
Thank
you.
A
So
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
being
here
this
afternoon.
We
have
some
folks
are
going
to
join
us
virtually
and
we
have
folks
signed
up
to
give
testimony.
This
is
a
public
hearing,
so
we
will
be
giving
Primacy
to
the
public
comments
and
public
hearing
public
voice
in
this
space.
So
the
first
one
I
have
is
Sebastian
and
Del
Fran
delfante.
B
A
B
B
You
can
find
a
way
to
to
keep
us
together
and
I
also
just
want
to
say
that
that
that
unification,
to
the
degree
that
it
is
there
for
the
for
two
of
our
three
districts
or
precincts,
has
been
really
valuable
to
us.
That
Kenzie
has
been
a
phenomenal
advocate
for
our
neighborhood
and
and
for
my
organization.
B
I
have
a
job
because
of
her
in
part,
but
being
able
to
kind
of
work
with
with
someone
who
is
so
always
there
for
us
really
always
there
for
us
is
so
important
to
the
neighborhood
as
we
try
to
kind
of
re-establish
a
community
identity
after
years
and
years
of
struggling
so
yeah.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
hope,
you'll.
Consider
keeping
the
West
End
one
neighborhood
thanks.
C
C
This
process
is
not
about
redrawing
neighborhood
borders,
the
neighborhoods
and
parishes
everyone
calls
home
will
exist
as
they
as
they
do
the
same
next
week.
This
is
about
drawing
council
districts
consistent
with
the
Voting
Rights
Act,
so
that
it
doesn't
dilute
the
ability
for
black
Latino
and
aapi
communities
the
ability
to
elect
the
candidate
of
their
choice.
Our
Coalition
stands
United
in
support
of
a
map
that
grows
the
opportunity
in
District.
3,
preserves
opportunity
in
District
Four
and
maintains
opportunity
in
District,
5
and
7..
C
A
D
I
also
am
here
in
support
of
the
goals
and
approach
of
the
most
recently
filed
breed
in
a
Royal
map
which
seeks
to
unpack
District
4
in
order
to
strengthen,
to
strengthen
opportunity
for
historically
disenfranchised
and
underrepresented
communities,
to
influence
and
elect
candidates
of
their
choice,
particularly
in
districts
in
District
3,
as
well
as
in
District
Five.
To
continue
to
strengthen
that
District
to
continue
to
support
anchor
historically
people
of
color
districts
in
districts,
4
and
7.,
and
as
our
community
is
particularly
in
District
Two,
which
needs
to
shed
13
000
people.
D
I
also
need
to
address
something
about
District
Two,
to
explain
that.
Why
are
Chinese?
Community
residents
have
come
out
to
hearings
and
asked
that
chinatown's
two
core
precincts
remain
with
South
end's,
public
housing
and
affordable
housing,
because
we
think
that
it's
important
to
address
historically
polarized
voting
patterns,
which
we
have
seen
within
our
district
over
the
past
four
decades.
D
I
also
want
to
clarify
something
that
has
been
missed.
That
I
said
before
that
has
been
misconstrued.
The
opportunity
to
build
political
power
and
influence
does
not
mean
that
we
are
against
white
elected
officials
or
electing
a
white
candidate.
In
fact,
our
own
organization
has
consistently
supported
our
current
District
counselor,
who
is
white
because
of
his
service
and
focus
on
working-class
issues
and
supporting
immigrant
rights,
because
District
2
needs
to
reduce
population,
though
by
some
13
000
votes.
D
Some
of
those
votes
need
to
come
from
South
Boston,
and
that's
only
fair
because
we
are
you
know
we
do
have
a
history
of
working
with
public
housing
allies
in
South
Boston.
So
we
would
like
to
see
those
precincts
with
West
Broadway
homes
and
Old
Colony
remain
in
District
Two,
which
have
actually
the
most
similar
voting
patterns
to
ours,
and
we
have
a
long
history
of
working
together
with
tenants
in
public
and
affordable
housing
in
the
district.
But
we
just
have
to
say
that
you
know
some
some
of
those
13
000
people.
D
E
Hello,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
we
can
perfect
so
good
afternoon
or
it's
almost
evening.
It's
almost
time
for
a
drink,
so
hello,
I'm,
Dr,
Nina,
Estrella,
Luna,
I'm,
an
East
Boston
resident
I'm,
a
member
of
the
root
Council
for
Neighbors
United
for
better
East
Boston.
We
are
members
of
the
drawing
democracy
Coalition.
We,
along
with
our
allies
on
the
Coalition,
have
endorsed
and
do
support
the
unity
map
docket
one
two,
seven,
five
followed
by
counselor
Breeden
and
Arroyo.
E
Given
the
strange
redrawing
of
the
precinct
lines
that
was
recently
completed
and
the
clearly
too
small
number
of
districts
that
we
have
on
the
city
council
right
now,
something
that
I
hope
we
can
start
working
on
once.
This
is
all
done.
The
unity
map
does
the
best
job
in
addressing
two
primary
concerns:
voting
right,
Rights,
Act
requirements
and
reuniting
the
smaller
neighborhoods
fall,
while
adhering
to
the
other
basic
legal
redistricting
requirements
that
you
summarized
earlier:
Council,
Council
Breeden.
E
Given
the
population
growth
in
District
2
in
particular,
there
will
need
to
be
changes
and,
as
former
Senator
Diane
Wilkerson
said
earlier,
the
lines
need
to
be
drawn
somewhere,
which
means
that
some
precincts
in
South
Boston
will
need
to
move
the
argument
that
there's
only
one
city
councilor
on
this
body
that
can
effectively
advocate
for
public
housing
residents
is
not
only
unpersuasive.
It
implies
that
other
City
councilors
cannot
be
trusted
to
attend
to
the
needs,
goals
and
aspirations
of
some
of
our
most
vulnerable
residents.
E
The
argument
that
certain
neighborhoods
can't
be
broken
up
is
just
simply
ridiculous:
Mattapan
upham's,
Corner,
Grove,
Hall,
Fields,
Corner
and
Mission
Hill
amongst
other
neighborhoods,
had
long
been
split
and
for
those
new
to
Boston
these
are
predominantly
black
and
low-income.
Neighborhoods
South
Boston
is
not
going
to
lose
any
representation
if
it
has
two
District
City,
councilors
and
I
will
just
end
with
one
reminder
to
our
city
councilors
your
goal
as
public
servants
is
to
create
Equitable
opportunities
for
voters
to
have
an
effective
chance
at
electing
the
representation
of
their
choice,
electing
the
representation
they
deserve.
E
F
F
Charlestown
has
two
rivers
and
a
harbor,
and
we
really
you
know
we
share
the
Charles
River
with
District
eight.
So
there
are
a
lot
of
environmental
issues
that
affect
both
District
8
and
Charlestown
and
having
a
unified
counsel,
you
know
a
counselor
that
was
able
to
protect
the
whole
river
where
it
comes
through
on
the
on
the
Bank
of
the
West
End
I
think
would
be
great
for
lots
of
reasons.
F
F
F
F
So
there
is
that
connection
there
as
far
as
the
land
goes
and
then
our
our
State
Rep
is
also
involved
with
the
Charles
River,
so
having
some
alignment
between
our
State
Rep
and
our
counselor,
so
that
the
issues
that
we're
you
know
we're
working
with
the
same
same
group
of
people
so
that
we
have
our
you
know
so
we're
being
represented.
Well
on
that
front,
that's
that's
it!
That's
my
request
that
that
you
moved
Charlestown
to
District.
Eight
thank.
A
G
The
beginning
of
this
testimony,
I
think,
should
start
by
saying
I.
Don't
think
that
this
should
be
an
attack
on
any
one
District
counselor
I.
Don't
think
that
this
should
be
anything
other
than
an
exercise
of
really
the
meaning
of
democracy,
since
this
is
where
our
wonderful
country
began
and
our
country
began
with
laws.
So
part
of
why
I'm
very
frustrated
with
this
council
is
because
you
all
are
actually
a
year
late.
G
It
says
in
title
eight
chapter
54
of
the
Massachusetts
general
laws,
section
one
that
in
the
year
2001
and
every
10th
year
thereafter,
no
later
than
June
15th
a
city
by
vote
of
its
city
council,
May
or
if
the
existing
Wars
in
such
City
do
not
contain
as
nearby
as
can
be
ascertained.
An
equal
number
of
inhabitants
now
I'm
going
to
stop
there,
because
you
all
can
read
the
law
for
yourself.
But
the
point
is
that
every
10th
year
would
have
been
2011.
G
when
obviously
Frank
Baker
was
elected
2020-21,
which
would
have
been
last
year,
and
it
is
now
2022
which
means
that
this
should
have
been
done
June
15th
of
last
year.
Now.
The
significance
of
this
is
because
you
all
have
a
hearing,
obviously
next
Thursday
October,
the
27th
at
10
o'clock
after
there
will
be
a
vote
on
this
redistricting
issue
that
talks
about
Public,
Safety
and
I
would
love
to
be
at
that
hearing.
G
The
election
Department
was
not
able
to
know
what
the
wards
in
the
precincts
and
somehow
that
burden
passed
upon
me
I
think
that
was
an
unfair
burden,
but
I
also
believe
that
some
of
the
district
lines
in
question
could
have
easily
been
solidified
last
year.
If
the
city
council
had
simply
done
what
the
law
dictates
and
so
I'm
just
going
to
read
one
other
section,
because
it
also
calls
in
the
mayor
to
actually
Step
In
if
the
counselors
are
unable
to
do
what
they're
supposed
to
do
so.
G
G
A
A
So
we're
waiting
for
other
members
of
the
public
I'll
take
an
opportunity
to
invite
my
my
colleagues
to
say
a
few
brief
remarks
in
relation
to
this.
You
know
we've
got
work
ongoing
working
sessions
on
this
topic,
so
we
would
call
on
councilor
Flynn
two
minutes,
if
you
don't
mind
because
I'm
cognizant
of
the
fact
that
we
still
have
public
testimony
to
come.
H
Thank
you,
Council
Braden
I
will
be
very
brief
because
I
know
this
is
a
public
testimony
for
the
public
and
it
seems
like
we
made
a
little
bit
a
little
bit
of
progress
today,
but
I
would
I
would
highlight
not
having
a
vote
on
Wednesday
I.
Think
there's
still
an
opportunity
for
us
to
hear
more
from
the
public,
but
also
I,
think
there's
more
work.
We
have
to
do
as
a
body
to
make
sure
that
we
get
this
right
and
it's
more
important
that
we
get
this
right
and
get
it
done
now.
H
I
A
I
Thank
you,
chair
I
was
hoping
to
ask
a
question
that
we
could
get
an
answer,
hopefully
tomorrow
by
tomorrow's
working
session,
but
at
our
working
session
earlier
I
just
found
out
I'm,
not
sure
if
other
council
is
new,
that
on
Monday
October
24th
and
we're
about
to
take
a
vote
on
Wednesday
October
26th
that
we
as
a
committee
which
I
am
a
member
of,
and
that
we
didn't
have
any
money
in
the
redistricting
committee
to
hire
our
own
attorney.
And
that's.
Why
we're
using
the
city,
the
mayor's
attorney?
I
And
if
you
could
just
get
an
answer
on
that,
because
I
I
didn't
know
that
that
was
true
and
that
have
we
asked
for
funds
to
be
available,
and
did
we
know
about
this?
Maybe
even
during
budget
season,
Opera
funding
to
make
sure
that
we
as
a
council
were
making
sure
that
we
were
representing
ourselves.
I
I
know
that
many
of
my
colleagues
requested
that
in
our
next
year
budget
cycle,
we
have
funds
and
we
did
get
those
passed
to
make
sure
we
do
have
more
of
our
own
legal
and
accounting
representation
going
through
the
other
important
process
which
this
year
has
been
budgeting.
This
is
a
very
important
process
and
if
we
ourselves
don't
have
our
own
legal,
Council
and
I'm
just
finding
out
today
on
Monday
that
we
didn't
we're
a
rich
city.
I
We
have
a
lot
of
money
this
year
that
we
left
ourselves
in
this
position
of
not
having
legal
counsel
to
help
us
through
this
process,
because
emotions
personalities
everything
aside.
This
is
a
very
legal
process
and
we've
heard
from
a
few
experts
the
last
few
days
that
I
think
have
been
wonderful,
giving
advice
and
really
leaving
us,
or
at
least
myself.
I
can
only
speak
for
myself
with
more
questions
in
a
good
way,
but
really
thinking
about
the
whole
map
and
the
whole
city
and
all
of
the
districts
so
hoping
I.
I
J
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
for
reading
the
The
Memo
from
Weiss
that
lays
out
that
lays
out
the
criteria
and
also
other
non-required
criteria,
criteria,
non-required
but
probably
encouraged
and
and
one
of
the
required
is
Preservation
of
neighborhoods,
which
I
think
we're
trying
to
do
so.
I
just
I
would
like
to
just
say:
most
of
these
maps
are
pretty
disruptive.
J
J
What
did
we
split
the
precincts
for
and
come
up
with
a
base
map
if
we
throw
that
out
the
window
and
we're
going
to
use
the
advocate
map
to
to
jump
off,
because,
quite
frankly,
that
puts
me
that
puts
me
in
about
in
just
my
district
at
least
10
or
12
moves
that
I
have
to
fight
to
get
back
to
just
a
starting
line.
I,
don't
think
it's
fair
again
that
neponset's
getting
totally
cut
out
of
there.
I
do
think
it's
a
community
of
Interest
I
do
think
it.
J
It
works
with
with
District
three
and
the
interest
again:
dot,
Ave,
being
transportation
and
and
small
business
also
also
business
interests.
Being
you
know,
safe,
clean
streets,
everybody
wants
the
same
thing
and
then
all
my
other
boundary
is
the
harbor
and
the
in
the
in
the
Neponset
Neponset
Riverway
in
the
in
the
the
map.
The
Advocate
map
that
I
have
here
has
has
Brian
District
Four,
going
of
going
of
14.8.
J
My
map
has
the
exact
same
number,
and
it's
very
it's
much
less
disruptive
and
again.
I
I,
just
think
that
we
run
the
risk
of
an
opposite
opposite
outcome
happening
here.
So
what
I've
heard
from
from
the
the
people
that
just
got
up
and
spoke?
Is
they
like
the
they
like
the
Advocate
map,
but
they
want
to
go
in
and
split
selfie
up,
so
does
that
mean
we're
not
going
to
go
after
the
housing
developments
that
sends
me
into
7372171.
A
K
L
L
We
are
in
a
moment
where
it
is
beginning
to
feel
like
we
are
trying
to
throw
everything
on
the
wall
to
see
what
would
stick
to
prevent
us
from
moving
forward,
and
if
this
only
happens
every
10
years.
This
is
not
a
moment
for
us
to
do
the
status
quo
or
the
least
disruption
as
possible.
This
is
the
opportunity
for
us
to
be
as
disruptive
as
we
need
to
be
to
make
sure
that
we
are
in
line
with
the
Voting
Rights
Act
Right,
in
terms
of
what
those
principles
are.
L
So
I
am
of
the
mindset
that
we
have
done
a
lot
of
work
and
to
listening
to
Sam.
I
do
know
that,
based
on
covet
and
the
senses
and
the
and
the
timeline
of
when
information
was
gathered,
there
was
some
disruption
in
the
timeline
in
terms
of
what
was
written
in
law
and
what
we
are
up
against.
So
I
just
wanted
to
name
that
that
there
is
some
discrepancy
with
that,
based
on
what
happened
with
covet.
L
So
as
we
continue
to
move
forward,
I
think
it's
important
for
us
to
remind
ourselves
a
that.
This
is
not
about
us
B
that
we
need
to
move
with
urgency,
and
this
is
not
a
moment
for
us
to
think
about
change
with
molasses,
drip,
drip,
dry
mentality,
and
we
can't
now
ask
us
to
slow
down
a
process.
That's
already
have
been
has
been
disrupted
based
on
a
fabricated
timeline,
so
let's
just
keep
moving
on
and
doing
the
work
and
I
am
in
support
of
voting
this
Wednesday.
Thank
you.
Thank.
M
I'ma
stop
talking
anyways,
but
we've
heard
a
lot
from
Community
via
emails
out
in
community
meetings.
Here
on
the
floor
and
I
think
we
have
the
information.
We
need
to
make
an
informed
decision,
so
I'm
I'm
grateful
for
the
work.
Thus
far.
Of
course,
redistricting
is
like
a
it's
a
difficult
conversation,
but
again
and
I
know
that
this
may
be
easier
for
me
to
say
as
an
at-large
counselor,
but
it
really
is
about
the
individual
voter
and
not
about
you,
know
an
individual
counselors
about
our
voters,
especially
communities
of
color.
M
Are
they
able
to
let
the
candidate
of
their
choice
and
if
we
start
from
the
voter
and
then
it's
an
outward,
a
lot
of
this
work
does
become
a
lot
easier
and
not
completely
devoid
of
difficulty.
But
centered
here
should
be
voters
which
is
also
I,
believe
in
an
independent,
reducing
commission.
But
that's
a
story
for
another
day.
Thank.
N
N
It's,
a
combination
of
a
qualitative
and
a
quantitative
exercise,
there's
a
lot
of
different
concerns
to
balance
some
of
the
ones
that
I
spoke
about
in
particular
this
morning
had
to
do
with
the
Voting
Rights
Act,
which
I
do
think
is
something
that
has
to
sort
of
super
vein
over
the
process
for
us,
but
just
grateful
for
the
process
and
I
want
to
keep
my
comments
short.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank.
A
A
O
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I
am
going
to
keep
my
remarks
brief.
I
just
want
to
thank
folks
from
my
district
Joanna
Hines
and
Nina
Estrella
Luna
for
coming
out
and
providing
their
comments.
I
am
really
here
to
to
listen
to
the
community,
so
I'll
keep
I'll,
keep
it
brief
and
leave
it
at
that,
and
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
provide
some
remarks.
O
A
P
Neighborhood
is
clearly
Dorchester
is
a
neighborhood
and
I'm.
Assuming
that
say,
Four
Corners,
upham's,
Corner
cabin
Square,
Neponset,
Cedar,
Grove,
Lower,
Mills
I
guess:
are
they
also
being
considered
recognized
neighborhoods
or
are
they
sort
of
a
subset
of
say,
Dorchester
and
the
same
with
respect
to
the
south
end
and
to
South
Boston
into
Chinatown?
We've
all
recognized
and
talked
about
neighborhoods
throughout
this
process,
but
do
any
of
the
maps.
Does
it
pass?
P
P
Maybe
we
ask
for
the
resources-
or
maybe
we
ask
for
some
pro
bono
legal
support,
but
I
think
that
that
should
be
part
of
a
requirement
here
that
we're
being
asked
to
do
a
lot
of
things,
but
one
of
the
things,
because
it
is
ultimately
going
to
have
to
pass
legal
Muster
that
we
have
some
form
of
legal
advice
and
not
be
in
a
position
as
the
legislative
branch
of
city
government
to
depend
on
the
administration's
attorney
on
this
one.
So
thank
you,
madam.
A
Q
You've
got
the
floor.
Thank
you.
I
appreciate
your
all
being
here
and
listening
to
us
and
having
the
community's
involvement.
I
do
want
to
say
that
I'm
listening
to
the
counselors
speaking
and
I'm
more
impressed
with
the
counselors
who
speak
of
us,
we
in
our
versus
me,
my
and
mine,
so
I
think
that
as
a
resident,
I
would
love
to
see
each
of
these
plans
looked
at
by
someone
who's
impartial
to
being
connected
to
a
certain
plan.
Q
It
feels
at
times,
like
everyone's
focusing
on
a
hyper
focused,
look
at
one
particular
area,
because
that's
something
that
they
have
an
invested
interest
in,
because
either
you
know
they're
a
counselor
there
or
there's
something
that
can
happen
there
that
helps
them
somewhere
else.
I
want
to
see
an
impartial
person.
Look
at
each
of
the
maps
presented
and
kind
of
help
me
as
a
resident
understand
the
the
real
benefits
of
the
maps
to
our
communities.
Q
You
know
setting
ourselves
up
for
that
and
and
someone
who's
impartial,
someone
who
doesn't
have
a
a
name
on
these
maps
that
has
a
you
know
have
skin
in
the
game
in
it,
I'd
like
to
see
someone
who's
going
to
look
at
them
totally
as
if
they're
you
know
independently,
and
it's
like
I
feel
as
when
someone
says
my
I
and
r.
You
know
it's
when
I
hear
my
and
my
it
just
drives
me
crazy.
It's
like
it's,
not
your
map,
it's
our
community!
It's
our
city!
Q
It's
going
to
dictate
what
happens
to
all
of
us,
because
everything
is
connected,
everything's
interconnected,
and
you
can't
have
something
happen
here
that
doesn't
affect
somewhere
else
and
I,
hear
people
saying
we're
going
to
grow
and
we
legally
cannot
look
at
where
something's
going
to
grow.
To
we're
looking
at
what
we
have
now
in
10
years,
we
look
at
what
has
happened
in
10
years,
so
I'm
just
really
focusing
on
the
law.
Q
R
Okay,
great
sorry,
I
had
to
get
my
tech
up
and
running
good
afternoon
everybody.
My
name
is
Noemi
Mi
miramos
I'm,
the
executive
director
with
New
England
United
for
justice.
Any
you
for
J
represents
Community
residents
who
come
from
all
walks
of
life.
We
are
primarily
in
the
black
and
Caribbean
neighborhoods
of
Dorchester
and
Mattapan.
Ninety
percent
of
our
work
across
the
city
is
focused
on
D3
D4
and
D5
neighborhoods,
and
we
are
looking
at
the
issue
of
redistricting,
not
only
in
the
impacts
of
our
district
but
also
city
wide
and
across
the
board.
R
We
are
here
to
Stand
United
with
our
Coalition
allies,
which
represent
a
diverse
set
of
voices
across
communities.
So
a
couple
of
things
that
we
want
to
just
highlight
one
District
Two
needs
to
shed.
We
know
that
13
000
voters
have
to
move
out
of
the
district
and
we
need
to
make
a
decision
on
what
this
means
for
the
community
on
the
ground.
We
support
moving.
Some
of
D2
into
D3
to
legally
be
compliant
with
the
Voting
Rights
Act
and
to
uplift
the
opportunities
that
we
want
to
see
improve
in
District
3..
R
We
want
to
uplift
the
need
to
make
D3
an
opportunity
District
to
ensure
communities
of
colors
and
voters
in
the
district.
Have
stronger
opportunities
to
elect
representations
from
our
neighborhoods
D3
will
need
to
change,
and
this
means
D4
will
need
to
accept
and
take
seriously
a
look
at
which
precincts
may
need
to
move
over
We
Stand
United
in
upholding,
preserving
and
protecting
the
community
voice
on
the
ground
in
District
4.
But
again
we
encourage
District
4
to
accept
that
some
of
these
changes
will
need
to
happen.
R
R
I
have
heard
today
from
a
few
counselors
regarding
an
extension
of
the
vote
and
I
think
that
this
is
irresponsible
of
the
council,
and
we
ask
the
council
to
make
a
decision
this
week
so
that
we
can
continue
to
move
ahead
as
a
city
on
the
many
issues
that
are
before
us.
Redistricting
is
not
the
only
issue
on
our
plate.
We
want
to
thank
the
time
of
all
the
city.
R
S
Think
we
should
compare
the
data
side
by
side
in
that
way
and
I
think
we
should
also
compare
the
precincts
and
maps
in
in
in
different
ways,
pictorially
and
also
digitally.
We
should
look
at
the
numbers,
I
think
it
adds
context
in
that
way
we
can
actually
say,
and
it
would
be
nice
to
actually
have
folks
just
transparently
say
you
know,
with
this
map
like
go
map
by
map
and
say
with
this
map.
S
So
I
really
appreciate
that
and
I
think
taking
it
a
step
further
in
in
doing
that,
but
also
I
do
think
that
we
should
re,
stick
to
schedule
and
vote
on
Wednesday
and
just
continue
to
encourage
my
colleagues
to
I
guess
be
open
here
on
the
floor
with
with
with
their
sentiment
or
their
position
on
on
the
map,
but
also
be
very
Concrete
in
terms
of
like
what
exactly
is
the
disagreement,
and
can
we
lay
that
out
for
the
public?
Can
we
be?
S
T
I
think
that
has
made
a
big
difference
in
the
way
in
which
this
process
has
evolved
and
adapted
and
I
think
that
the
map
that
was
presented
by
yourself,
Mr
Madam,
chair
and
me
certainly
benefited
from
those
voices
and
from
that
input
and
from
Community
input
and
so
I'm
grateful
today
for
your
voice.
I
know
we
have
at
least
one
more
day
before
Wednesday
and
so
I
would
encourage
people
to
send
in
emails
to
send
in
letters
to
speak,
to
what
their
concerns
are
and
to
continue
to
voice
what
their
concerns
are.
T
As
we
get
down
to
the
Finish
Line
I
do
believe
that
it
makes
sense
to
vote
on
this
on
Wednesday,
because
we
know
that
folks
need
to
know
where
they
live
a
year
in
advance
of
an
announcement
and
I
have
a
hard
time,
believing
that
it's
worth
stalling,
that
process
for
people
without
running
into
incumbency,
protection
concerns
and
things
of
that
nature.
And
so
thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
the
time,
thank
you
to
the
public
for
their
input.
Thank.
U
Good
evening
Madam,
chair
and
councilors,
my
name
is
Sister
Virginia
Muhammad
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
The
Grove
Hall,
neighborhood,
Development
Corporation
that
sits
directly
on
the
District
4
and
district
7
line
I'm
a
lifelong
Boston,
born
and
bred
here
in
Boston,
Massachusetts
I
live
here.
Work
here
live
my
life
here
and
I.
Very
briefly,
Grove
Hall,
neighborhood
Development
Corporation
does
support
the
what
is
called
the
unity
map.
U
I
want
to
thank
City,
councilor,
I,
think
Bach
for
her
analysis.
It
helped
me
and
us
to
understand
redistricting
a
little
better
I've
been
to
several
Community
meetings
and
one
of
the
reasons
why
I
think
there's
so
lack
of
community
participation
is
because
they
have
taken
Civics
out
of
the
Boston
Public
Schools.
So
young
people
really
don't
know
and
understand
enough
about
politics,
and
we
all
know
all
politics
of
a
local.
Thank
you.
A
V
Good
afternoon
and
thank
you,
madam
chairman,
thank
you
to
the
thank
you.
Vice
chair
members
of
the
committee
members
of
the
council,
I'm
actually
going
to
be
brief.
I
I
have
two
points
that
I'd
like
to
make
one
Diane
Wilkerson
I'm
a
resident
of
Roxbury
and
live
in
D3
several
times.
There's
been
comment
from
counselors
about
whether
Boston
is
right
now
in
compliance
with
the
VRA
and
if
we're
and
if
we're.
V
If
we
are
then
there's
no
reason
to
change
anything
and
I
think
it
is
important
for
the
council
to
note
that
that
just
is
not
how
it
works.
The
justice
department
does
not
move
what
we
call
sua
sponte
I
mean
on
their
own.
There
has
to
be
a
complaint,
and
if
it
is
no
coincidence
that
all
of
the
redistricting
complaints
get
filed
around
the
actual
map,
drawing
when
people
challenge
the
map
itself,
so
they're
not
coming
five
years
from
now
in
between
the
redistricting
to
knock
on
the
door
to
say,
you're
out
of
compliance.
V
It
is
the
map,
it's
the
drawing
process
that
VRA
focuses
on,
and
so
the
fact
that
we
don't
have
a
have
them
knocking
doesn't
mean
anything.
It
means
that
when
you
engage
in
the
process
of
redistricting,
which
we're
doing
right
now
that
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we
do
so
in
compliance
with
the
tenants
of
the
VRA,
so
I
don't
want
anybody
to
take
any
solace
in
the
fact
that
we're
not
been
sued.
There's
no
one
to
there's
nothing
to
sue
you
over
right,
it's
about
the
drawing
process,
and
so
it
only
happens.
V
This
is
the
reason
why,
if
you
remember
Dr
duchen
was
talking
about
all
the
complaints
that
they
are
dealing
with
right
now.
It's
because
we've
been
redistricting
all
over
the
country,
so
in
South
Carolina,
whether
it's
Congressional,
whether
it's
local
the
timing
is,
is,
is
sparked
by
the
actual
map,
drawing
process
and
so
important.
V
To
note
the
fact
that
we
don't
have
a
ruling,
there's
no
such
thing,
we
will
know
if
there
is
enough
support
around
it,
which
is
really
the
charge
and
that's
the
challenge
is
to
draw
a
map
that
doesn't
draw
a
complaint
and
I
appreciate
that
every
single
time
that
this
Council
and
committee
has
had
a
hearing
on
it
that
it
always
comes
up
that
that
is
the
context
under
which
you
work.
Please
continue
to
do
so,
I'm,
confident
that
we're
going
to
come
up
with
something
that
we
can
all
support.
Thank
you
thank.
A
J
You,
madam
chair,
welcome
to
my
phone
here.
So
just
a
a
quick
Point
here,
I
the
the
difference
between
my
map
and
The
Advocate
map
in
the
in
the
actual
numbers
percentages.
Breakdown
is
nothing
at
all.
They
were
exactly
the
same,
so
white
black
Hispanic
Asian,
exactly
the
same
in
my
map
and
in
The
Advocate
map
breaks
down
so
in
the
three
District
district,
two
that
needs
to
shed
District
three
that
needs
to
add
and
district
four.
That
needs
to
add
exactly
the
same
in
the
racial
breakup.
J
The
difference
between
my
map
and
The
Advocate
map
is
the
advocate.
Map
I,
believe
is
divisive
because
it
comes
into
my
neighborhoods
and
cuts
them
apart.
Another
thing
that
I
want
to
make
make
clear
on
is
in
this
past
state
election
Andrea
Campbell
ran
the
table
in
ward
6
Ward
16.,
she
won
all
of
my
precincts
in
Ward.
16
didn't
lose
any
of
them
as
far
as
polarized
she
ran
against
a
white
union
labor
lawyer.
J
We
have
all
the
unions
in
District
3
and
she
lost
because
Andrea
Campbell
is
a
good
candidate
and
she
had
the
right
message
and
I
would
also
add
that
an
Easter
Wasabi
George
who's
from
District
3
by
the
way
same
upbringing
as
me,
same
exact,
neighborhood
lost
District,
three
say
that
again,
Anisa
Wasabi
George
lost
District
three
and
my
numbers
are
exactly
the
same
as
the
advocate
map
is
the
only
difference
is
there's
no
there's
no
neighborhoods
getting
hurt
here.
I
would
I
would
suggest
that
we
use
either
your
map.
J
That
was
supposedly
the
jumping
off
because
I'm
concerned
that,
if
we're
using
the
advocate
map
to
do
one
one
working
session
on
tomorrow
and
try
and
come
up
with
a
map,
I'm
10,
I'm,
already
10
or
12
moves
behind
that
hurts
District
three,
that
that
hurts
the
commonality
in
District
three
I,
don't
think
we
need
to
hurt
District
three.
The
way
we
want
someone
up
here
talked
about.
We
need
District
three
as
an
opportunity,
District
already
a
dis
opportunity,
District
63,
not
white.
That's
a
coalition
District!
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank.
L
You
chair
so
I,
I'm,
gonna
I,
think
it's
important
for
us
to
remind
ourselves
that
the
reason
why
we're
thinking
about
District
3
as
an
opportunity
district
is
because
historically,
it
hasn't
been
able
to
to
have
the
voters
elect
a
candidate
of
their
choice
right.
So
I
think
that
this
whole
exercise
that
we're
going
through
is
trying
to
figure
out
where
we're
going
to
put
the
over
the
over
count
that
we
have
in
District
Two,
so
I
just
think
it's
really
important
for
us
not
to
make
it
personal.
L
This
is
about
the
moment
that
we
have
been
given
here
to
make
this
right.
So
let's
just
remind
ourselves
of
that.
Then
I
also
think
it's
really
interesting
that
10
years
ago
had
this
conversation
gone
differently
than
we
probably
wouldn't
have
lost.
So
many
black
and
brown
people
from
the
city
of
Boston
I
just
feel
like
there's
something
that
is
to
be
said
around
this
whole
process
that
had
an
entire
District
lose
a
big
chunk
of
bipop
people,
which
is
District
three.
L
So
I
think
that
there
is
something
to
be
said
about
how
we
ended
up
here
and
for
us
to
really
grapple
with
that
and,
as
we
continue
to
move
forward,
because
we
only
have
a
few
days
left,
it's
really
important
for
us
to
remain
focused
chair.
It
really
is
important
for
us
to
remain
focused
on
the
Voting
Rights
Act.
L
What
this
exercise
is
all
about
and
moving
it
forth,
because
as
I'm
not
sure
who
it
was,
that
mentioned
it,
oh
I
think
it
was
Dr,
Estrella,
Luna
or
Mimi
is
that
we
have
so
many
other
things
that
are
happening
in
the
city.
There's
violence,
there's
a
lot
of
other
issues
that
are
happening
right
now
and
we
have
to
be
able
to
move
quickly
because
we've
done
our
dual
diligence
to
ensure
that
voices
of
the
people
have
been
heard
and
I
don't
call
it
the
community
Advocates
map.
L
L
This
is,
this
is
a
map
that
has
found
a
way
to
compromise,
and,
if
that's
not
Unity
I,
don't
know
what
is
and
I
think
it's
important
for
us
to
remind
ourselves
of
the
work
that
everyone
has
done
to
get
us
here
and
we'll
and
I
am
going
to
again
State
for
the
record
that
we
should
be
voting
on
this
this
week.
Thank.
M
Thank
you,
chair
Braden,
just
wanted
to
respond
to
a
comment.
Counselor
Baker
made
and
again
what
we
heard
and
what
we
know
is
that
looking
at
of
number
and
percentages
isn't
enough
to
determine
right,
663,
not
enough
to
determine
whether
that's
giving
Effectiveness
to
the
ability
of
communities
of
color
to
elect
the
candidate
of
their
choice
and
that's
what
we
heard
from
Professor
duchin
and
that's
I.
Think
what
the
task
is
so
I
want
us
to
remember
that
you
can
have
a
district
that
is
30
percent.
M
You
know
black
and
that
being
effective
district
for
for
a
community
that
community
of
color
or
you
can
have
a
district
that
is
70
black
and
that
may
not
be
enough
to
express
the
the
ability
of
that
community
of
color
to
allow
the
candidate
of
their
choice,
which
is
why
the
Electoral
data
is
really
important
in
electoral
history
and
mapping.
What
would
have
happened
in
an
election
under
these
proposed
Maps
really
really
important.
M
A
Also,
this
is
a
this
is
a
very
important
process
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
contribution,
and
there
will
tomorrow
morning
we
are
have
another
working
session
in
the
gym
and
win
the
chamber.
We
will
be
in
the
chamber
tomorrow
morning
for
a
working
session
at
10
o'clock
and
you're
very
welcome
to
attend.