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A
Can
I
ask
folks
to
take
their
seats?
Please
take
your
seats,
we're
getting
started,
welcome
come
on
in
first.
We
thank
you
all
for
being
here
tonight.
This
is
the
last
in
this
series
of
our
community
engagement
forums
this
week
with
the
city
of
Palm
Springs,
to
discuss
issues
around
the
CVRA,
which
stands
for
the
California,
Voting,
Rights,
Act
and
specifically
districting
and
communities
of
interest.
These
are
all
terms
that
these
lovely
folks
beside
me
will
well
describe
and
define
for
you
all.
A
So
I
wanted
to
thank
you
all
for
being
here:
I'm,
a
lifelong
Palm,
Springs
resident
born
and
raised,
and
so
I
appreciate
all
you
for
being
here
and
being
engaged
and
we're
looking
forward
to
a
really
great,
informative
forum
tonight.
So
without
further
ado,
let
me
introduce
the
rest
of
the
folks
up
here,
so
we
have
jeff
Coors
our
City
Council
member
Neal,
South
City
Council
member
Lisa
Middleton,
and
we
have
the
city
clerk,
Anthony
Mejia
with
us
and
so
I
will
let
them
take
over.
B
B
So
thank
you
just
so
folks
know
because
of
the
Brown
Act
they're
not
allowed
to
engage
or
talk
as
part
of
the
meeting,
because
we
only
can
have
two
members,
the
subcommittee,
so
we
don't
want
anyone
to
think
they're
being
rude
or
not
engaging
it's,
but
they
really
wanted
to
listen
to
all
the
comments
at
all
these
meetings
because
they
want
to
hear
from
the
residents.
These
are
being
live,
streamed
and
record
in
tape,
so
people
can
watch
them
for
folks
who
are
uncomfortable,
making
public
comments
or
I.
B
Don't
want
public
comments
on
the
Internet
there'll
be
cards
you
can
fill
out.
You
can
also
talk
to
us.
Privately
Alexis
is
has
mentioned
she's
part
of
the
working
group.
There
are
nine
members
of
the
working
group,
they've
been
meeting
I,
think
weekly.
We
don't
actually
go
to
their
meetings.
They've
been
meeting,
doing
research
looking
at
all
the
issues
and
working
with
staff
and
just
an
amazing
group
of
volunteers.
Well,
who
I
want
to
thank
the
majority,
have
been
coming
to
these
as
well
and
I
think
this
is
the
fifth
one
this
week.
B
So
thank
you
all.
So,
in
addition
to
Alexis,
we
have
Steven
Moses,
Doug,
donenfeld,
Kathy,
Warwick,
Dixie,
Miller
and
Melanie
Brenner,
so
who
am
I
missing
James.
Oh
thank
you.
So
thank
you
all
for
being
here
and
just
so.
Everyone
knows
that,
in
addition,
the
way
this
is
going
to
work
tonight
is
very
informal.
B
It's
not
like
a
city
council
meeting
we're
not
going
to
time
you
you
can
ask
questions,
we
can
respond,
it's
meant
to
be
very
interactive,
so
the
whole
idea
is
for
this
to
be
an
interactive
process
after
the
presentation-
and
this
is
really
about
getting
your
comments
and
answering
questions
any
one
of
the
members
of
the
working
group,
Lisa
and
I
as
the
subcommittee
are
happy
to
talk
to
anyone
one-on-one.
If
you
have
any
questions
or
you
want
help
in
drawing
maps
all
of
us,
our
city
clerk,
are
willing
to
help.
B
C
And
again,
thank
you
and
we're
really
enjoying
getting
out
to
each
one
of
the
neighborhoods
as
much
as
we
can,
and
it
is
very
good
to
be
here
into
mouthpart,
because
it
is
one
of
the
more
fascinating
neighborhoods
and
dynamic.
Neighborhoods
and
I
know
that
we
have
individuals
from
lots
of
different
neighborhoods,
not
just
simply
the
southern
part
of
the
city
here
tonight
tonight,
but
we're
we
deliberately
wanted
to
go
to
as
many
places
as
we
could
to
interact
with.
As
many
folks
I
think.
All
of
us
are
familiar
with
the
idea
of
districts.
C
So
we're
turning
that
on
its
head.
Usually
what
happens?
Is
the
politicians
are
sitting
in
rooms
now
with
lots
of
computer
laptops
and
drawing
boundaries
and
coming
up
with
what
the
districts
are
going
to
look
like?
Be
it
a
congressional
district
state,
Senate
state
assembly,
most
cities,
we're
trying
to
reach
out
to
the
public
and
ask
you
what
should
the
district
that
you
live
in
the
district
that
you
work
in
look
like,
and
one
of
the
things
that
we're
trying
to
do
in
this
process
is
make
it
as
simple
as
we
can.
C
So
we
have
paper
diagrams
that
reflect
the
diagrams
you're,
seeing
over
here
on
the
side,
telling
you
pretty
much
an
overlay
of
the
45
neighborhoods
of
1ps
that
we
have
in
the
city.
It's
not
a
perfect
display
of
neighborhoods
boundaries
because,
as
those
of
us
who've
been
involved
in
one
PS
know,
1
PS
does
not
cover
100%
of
the
city
of
Palm
Springs.
Our
elections
do
so
the
demographer
overlaid
as
best
he
could
did
some
adjustments
to
the
districts.
C
C
We
made
a
decision
unanimously
by
City
Council
that
we
wanted
to
do
the
districts
part
of
that
was
in
keeping
with
Palm
Springs
commitment
to
inclusivity,
and
it
is
specifically
when
issues
come
up
involving
other
folks
that
you
need
to
be
as
observant
as
you
possibly
can
in
our
city,
as
best
I
can
tell
over
the
course
of
our
over
75
year.
History
has
elected,
wanted
one
Latino
individual
to
our
City
Council.
C
We
can
do
better
than
that.
I,
don't
know
whether
or
not
immediately
in
the
first
election,
we
will
find
ourselves
electing
a
Latino
or
an
african-american
or
an
asian-american
or
a
Native
American
to
our
City
Council,
but
we're
gonna
try
in
the
course
of
this,
and
it
is
our
first
priority
to
set
up
districts
in
a
way
that
increases
the
political
power
of
minority
voters,
and
that
is
something
we'll
walk
through.
C
C
We
are
either
going
to
have
four
districts
of
approximately
11,000
people
in
a
district
with
an
at-large
mayor,
or
we
will
have
five
districts
of
approximately
9,000
people
with
the
mayor,
elected
or
chosen
from
among
the
five
members
of
the
City,
Council
and
I
know,
there's
going
to
be
very
strong
feelings
on
both
sides
of
that
issue.
In
our
timeline.
What
we've
tried
to
do
is
set
up
this
month
and
net
month
to
be
dealing
with
questions
of
community
of
interest.
C
We
are
going
to
vigorously
debate
the
question:
should
it
be
for
districts
and
in
at-large,
mayor
or
five
districts
with
the
mayor
chosen
from
within
the
City
Council,
and
make
that
final
decision
at
City
Council
on
October
4th,
then
we
will
move
to
really
starting
to
look
very
very
closely
at
the
kind
of
maps
that
we
need
leading
up
to
a
decision
in
late
November
and
in
early
December
on
what
will
be
the
new
maps
that
we
will
use
for
the
2019
City
Council
elections.
With
that,
I'll
give
it
to
Anthony.
D
D
So
first
thing
I
want
to
point
out:
is
we
have
these
cards
in
the
back,
so
please
take
them,
give
them
to
your
neighbors.
This
is
an
opportunity
to
provide
feedback
to
the
city.
Also,
I
want
to
point
out
that
part
of
this
process
we've,
the
City
Council,
has
decided
to
postpone
interviewing
for
boards
and
commissions
so
that,
while
we're
conducting
this
outreach
to
the
city
as
well
as
to
in
particular
minority
groups,
it
gives
them
an
opportunity
to
apply
for
the
boards
and
commissions.
D
The
interviews
will
be
conducted
in
November
and
December,
with
appointments
occurring
or
commencing
on
January
1st.
So
if
you
are
interested
in
applying
or
if
you
have
friends
or
neighbors,
that
would
be
interested
in
applying,
please
take
the
information
in
the
back
to
them.
I
want
to
point
out.
Also
we
have
some
paperwork
out
there.
The
blue
papers
are
in
English,
the
green
ones
are
in
Spanish.
D
As
council
member
Middleton
has
already
pointed
out,
we
have
a
series
of
scheduled
events
and
we've
broken
it
up
into
several
phases.
One
is
the
process
and
communities
of
interest
and
that
will
be
going
through
September,
as
well
as
the
map
drawing
process
and
we're
asking
for
maps
to
be
submitted
by
September
15th.
D
Our
second
phase
is
going
to
be
the
forms
of
government
and
election
year
and
particular
on
September
27th.
The
CBR,
a
working
group
will
be
making
recommendations
to
the
City
Council
at
a
study
session
and
some,
but
this
isn't
all-inclusive.
Some
of
the
issues
they'll
be
addressing
our
numbers
of
district
proposed
district
maps,
at-large
versus
rotating
mayor
election
year,
and
attempts
to
reduce
barriers
for
residents
wanting
to
run
for
City
Council
and
then,
following
that
on
October
4th.
D
The
City
Council
will
discuss
those
recommendations
and
then
give
direction
regarding
it
in
phase
3
will
be
defining
districts
in
the
maps.
In
that
process,
the
City
Council
will
review
the
maps
that
have
been
submitted,
narrow
those
maps
down
to
a
top
five
six
and
then
on
November
15th
they'll,
reducing
that
down
to
top
two
or
three
maps
and
then
on
November
29th.
They
will
hopefully
select
a
preferred
map,
make
any
final
adjustments
and
then
on
December
5th,
adopt
the
final
map
with
it
and
introduce
the
ordinance
and
then
on
December
19th
adopting
the
ordinance.
D
So
currently
the
city
is
in
at-large
elections,
so
that
means
the
entire
city
of
Palm
Springs
votes
and
then,
ultimately,
the
City
Council
is
elected,
we'll
be
transitioning
to
district
based
elections
and
the
question
is
whether
or
not
it
should
be
for
districts
with
a
at-large
mayor
or
five
districts
with
a
rotating
mayor.
As
you
can
see
in
this
graphic,
each
of
the
districts
will
vote
for
the
councilmember,
and
then
everybody
in
the
city
will
vote
for
the
mayor
in
a
five
district
based
election.
D
D
Some
people
have
asked
why
not
more
districts
and
it's
because
the
city's
Charter,
which
is
equivalent
to
basically
the
city's
Constitution,
says
that
the
City
Council
will
consist
of
five
members.
So
if
the
City
Council
wants
to
expand
that
membership
to
seven
members
or
more,
it
would
most
likely
need
to
be
submitted
to
the
voters
at
some
time
in
the
future.
C
Forward
we
have
a
statement
of
principles
that
has
been
adopted
and
adopted
unanimously
by
City
Council.
The
first
goal
is
to
maximize
the
goals
of
the
California
Voting
Rights
Act,
including
civil
rights,
equality
and
inclusion,
for
all
second,
is
to
prioritize
the
creation
of
a
majority-minority
district.
C
A
majority-minority
district
is
a
district
in
which
the
majority,
at
least
50%,
plus
one
of
the
voters,
are
members
of
a
minority
group
that
may
or
may
not
be
possible
in
Palm
Springs,
but
we
can
still
maximize
the
influence
of
minority
voters
in
a
district
next
to
keep
to
the
extent
practical
keep
all
of
our
neighborhoods
intact.
What
that
means
is,
if
you're
in
Duluth
Park
as
a
as
a
neighborhood,
that
we
want
everyone
into
muth
Park
to
be
in
the
same
city,
council
district.
C
If
you're
in
los
compadres,
we
want
everyone
in
los
compadres
to
be
in
the
same
city,
council
district.
We
have
45
neighbourhoods
that
are
organized.
It
may
turn
out
to
not
be
possible
to
get
all
45
that
we
have
no
divisions,
but
we
are
going
to
do
our
best
to
do
that.
Next
is
to
maintain
the
principle
that
the
best
interest
of
the
city
as
a
whole
remains
the
first
responsibility
of
all
elected
officials
and
I
would
like
to
say
when
you
take
an
oath
as
a
congressman,
you
take
an
oath
to
defend
the
Constitution.
C
You
don't
take
an
oath
to
defend
your
district.
You
still
represent
your
district.
When
you
take
an
oath
in
Palm
Springs,
you
take
an
oath
to
defend
the
Constitution
of
California,
the
United
States
and
our
city
charter.
We
we
believe
in
representing
the
best
interests
of
everyone
in
our
city,
but
one
of
the
things
that
will
be
easier
in
a
district
is
right.
C
Now
you've
got
a
problem
of
something
that
goes
on
with
the
city
and
frequently
what
we
get
is
an
email,
and
it
comes
in
addressed
to
all
five
members
of
the
City
Council,
and
sometimes
all
five
of
us
respond
to
that
issue.
Sometimes
all
five
of
us
call
someone
in
city
government,
usually
the
city
manager,
to
take
and
respond
to
it.
Once
we
move
to
districts,
it's
going
to
be
much
easier.
C
When
a
problem
comes
up
in
your
district,
it
will
be
your
district
city
council
person
that
you're
going
to
be
calling
and
asking
them
to
get
on
top
of
fixing
that
problem.
So
we
think
it'll
be
a
lot
easier
for
us
to
to
respond
to
problems
when
they
occur.
Our
process
is
to
evaluate
our
current
structure
of
government
demographics,
compare
and
learn
with
other
comparable
cities.
C
We
like
to
say
that
we're
like
no
place
else
but
across
California
City
after
city,
is
going
through
this
issue,
and
there
are
things
that
we
can
learn
from
other
cities
that
have
gone
through
the
process.
One
of
the
things
that
we're
doing
is
developing
a
graph
of
every
city
in
California
that
has
a
population
between
25
and
75
thousand,
so
that
we
can
look
at
what
is
their
form
of
government.
How
do
they
conduct
their
elections
and
compare
to
not
just
simply
a
sample
but
to
everyone?
That's
reasonably
close
to
us
and
population
size.
C
We
will
also
have
that
same
graph,
every
city
in
the
Coachella
Valley
and,
lastly,
encourage
and
work
through
communication
platforms
like
this
to
get
as
many
people
involved
as
we
can,
and
this
is
our
third
event.
This
week
we
were
told
by
the
demographers
in
other
place.
Other
cities
expect
maybe
ten
people
to
show
up
I
think
we
had
70
or
80
the
first
night,
60
70
the
second
night
and
we're
doing
pretty
darn.
Well
tonight,
Palm
Springs
voters
get
engaged
and
we
want
to
take
advantage
of
that.
D
So
I
wanted
to
help
define
minority-majority
district,
and
so
when
you
look
at
this
graphic
you'll
see
that
there
there
is
a
concentration
of
minorities
in
this
upper
area,
but
in
an
at-large
election,
if
minorities
collectively
voted
for
a
particular
candidate,
but
the
white
majority
votes
for
someone
else,
the
minorities
will
not
be
able
to
elect
a
representative.
However,
if
a
minority
majority
district
is
created,
the
minority
group
will
have
greater
voting
influence
and
could
elect
a
representative
of
their
choice,
so
criteria
for
helping
to
create
district
boundaries.
D
D
D
Second
part
is
compliance
with
the
federal
Voting
Rights
Act
and
not
basically
is
a
requirement
that
the
city
draw
the
maps
in
an
attempt
to
strengthen
minority
voting
power.
The
second
is
no
racial
gerrymandering
and
I'll
go
into
that
in
a
second
traditional
other
traditional
criteria
is
that
district
should
be
compact,
which
means
that
they
should
be
neatly
packed
together
or
in
dense,
contiguous,
meaning
that
they
should
be
touching
and
do
not
create
islands
within
the
districts.
D
Next
is
that
it
should
follow
visible
boundaries
such
as
major
roads
and
highways,
and
it
should
also
consider
planned
future
growth.
If
there's
a
significant
development,
you
can
account
for
that
in
your
calculations
of
the
population
counts,
although
you
can't
exceed
the
deviation,
that's
allowed
under
the
Voting,
Rights
Act
and
then
lastest
communities
of
interest,
which
is
the
focus
of
tonight's
meeting
and
we'll
go
into
detail
about
that
so
gerrymandering
simplified.
D
This
is
a
graphic
that
will
help
show
that
when
there's
no
districts
and
there's
a
60/40
split
between
the
population,
obviously
the
green
will
usually
win
in
an
election.
If
districts
are
compact
and
fair,
then
yes,
the
green
will
ultimately
have
a
majority
rule
on
that
City
Council.
However,
there
will
be
two
representatives
for
the
purple
district.
D
And
if
you
want
this,
some
of
this
data,
a
lot
of
it
is
available
through
the
census
and
so
our
demographer,
as
it's
requested,
we'll
be
able
to
provide,
as
you'll
see
later
on
in
this
presentation,
what
I'm
calling
heat
maps
of
where
there's
concentrations
of
ethnic
compositions
or
where
the
landmarks
are
located
within
the
city
or
home
ownership,
status
or
income
level.
Those
are
all
demographics
that
we
already
have
and
can
provide
if
it's
requested
and
then
ultimately,
the
question
is
again:
what
is
your
neighborhood
or
community
of
interest?
D
D
Where
there's
concentrations
of
Latino
population
they're,
primarily
located
in
the
northern
part
of
the
city
north
of
San,
Rafael,
Drive
and
then
just
south
of
the
airport,
near
demuth,
Park,
Asian,
Americans,
there's
a
concentration
located
just
south
of
the
airport,
again
near
demuth,
Park
and
African
Americans,
there's
a
particular
concentration,
just
south
of
the
James
of
Jesse
Center,
so
map
drawing
tools.
So
there's
basically
four
levels
of
public
involvement
in
this.
The
simplest
is
to
use
those
comment
cards
and
submit
them
to
the
city,
and
you
can
just
describe
your
communities
of
interest.
D
If
you'd,
like
the
third
level,
is
using
the
paper
maps
along
with
an
Excel,
spreadsheet
and
enact
interactive
map
supplement,
and
that
map
supplement
is
a
lot
like
a
Google
map
system
and
it's
numbered
and
it
corresponds
to
the
Excel
spreadsheet
and
that
will
allow
you
to
have
accurate
demographic
counts
as
you're
drawing
your
districts.
So
as
you're
plugging
in
where
you're,
which
areas
you're
connecting
it
will
give
you
the
demographic
data
and
then
the
fourth
level,
which
is
the
most
complicated.
D
But
the
most
powerful
is
a
real
system
that
demographers
use
in
developing
districts
and
you'll
be
able
to
go
census
block
by
census
block.
And
while
the
map
is
great,
it
actually
does
combined
a
number
of
census
blocks
together.
If
you're
using
the
online
system
you'll
be
able
to
go
basically
Street
by
street
by
street
and
decide
which
ones
you
want
to
combine
into
a
district
and
as
you're
doing
that,
it
will
give
you
total
counts
of
population
and
the
demographic
data
for
that
neighborhood
or
for
that
district
that
you're,
creating.
D
Ultimately,
with
that
online
system,
you
will
need
to
create
a
login.
If
you
don't
want
to
use
your
real
name,
you
don't
have
to.
We
just
ask
that
you
go
ahead
and
provide
a
real
email
address,
so
that
if
there's
an
error,
we'll
be
able
to
communicate
with
you,
so
the
demographer
can
make
sure
that
these
maps
are
are
usable.
D
In
addition,
nobody
can
access
your
maps
until
you're
ready
to
submit
them.
So
there's
a
simple
button
that
once
you're
done
you'll
be
able
to
hit,
submit
and
it'll
go
to
the
demographer.
The
demographer
will
ensure
that
it
is
compliant
with
the
CVRA,
even
if
it's
not
it'll
still
be
submitted
to
the
city,
but
he'll
be
informing
the
City
Council
that
it
doesn't
meet.
The
qualifications
and
he'll
also
provide
a
report
to
the
City
Council
on
the
demographic
data.
D
Some
examples
of
what
other
cities
have
done.
Two
examples:
one
is
South
Pasadena
and
you
can
see
that
they
oriented
their
map
to
go
north
to
south.
That's
because
the
the
minority
groups
within
South
Pasadena
basically
resided
on
the
major
corridors
of
the
city
which
go
north,
the
south,
and
so
they
wanted
to
ensure
that
they
were
complying
with
this
DVR
a
so
they
they
maximize
the
minorities
within
each
district
in
Pasadena.
D
My
contact
information
is
available
there.
If
you
have
any
questions
regarding
this
process,
if
you
need
any
help
doing
the
mapping
process
feel
free
to
reach
out
to
me,
if
I'm
not
able
to
help
you
I
will
ask
the
demographer
to
get
in
touch
with
you.
There's
my
phone
number
and
please
go
to
PS
districts
comm
on
Monday.
We
will
launch
the
entire
mapping
system
so
that
you
can
go
in
there
and
you'll
have
almost
two
months
to
play
around
in
it.
You
don't
have
to
because
it's
a
login
based
system.
D
You
have
to
complete
the
map.
When
you
first
sit
down,
you
won't
be
able
to
log
back
in
it'll,
save
your
your
progress
and
you
can
keep
modifying
it
until
you're
done
then
I'll
leave
it
with
the
questions
that
we're
asking,
which
is
what
is
your
neighborhood
or
community
of
interest
and
what
are
other
communities
of
interest
that
should
be
considered
when
drafting
these
maps
and
I'll
just
point
out
that
this
is,
as
the
councilmembers
pointed
out,
a
really
open
forum.
D
You're
welcome
to
ask
us
questions
and
and
stick
around
if
you
still
have
comments
after
that
and
I
want
to
point
out.
This
is
a
work
in
progress
so
as
we're
getting
feedback
on
these
presentations,
we're
modifying
them
so
that
we're
taking
into
account
the
feedback
that
we're
getting,
and
that
includes
the
website.
So
if
you
have
any
information
that
you
want
to
see
on
the
website,
if
something
doesn't
sound
right,
let
me
know
nothing's
set
in
stone
and
I'm
happy
to
modify
it.
A
Alright,
so
now
we
get
to
hear
from
all
of
you
so
to
make
it
easier.
I
will
just
call
row
by
row.
There
is
a
mic
and
a
stand
there.
I
will
inform
you
that
we
are
being
filmed
and
it
is
being
broadcast
live.
So
we
ask
that
if
you
have
a
question
or
a
follow-up
question,
please
wait
until
you
get
the
mic.
I
can
I
can
take
the
mic
to
folks
that
are
seated
if
you
don't
feel
comfortable
standing,
but
for
those
of
you
that
can
and
are
able
to
please
head
over
there.
A
E
Good
evening
I'm
Kyle
Sloane
I'm,
the
chair
of
the
Denice
Park
neighborhood
organization,
I'd,
be
kind
of
curious
for
those
of
you
that
are
here
that
are
in
the
DB
Park
neighborhood.
Could
you
raise
your
hands
I
just
kind
of
like
to
get
a
count.
E
E
Our
group
has,
from
the
beginning,
tried
to
do
outreach
to
Hispanic
and
Filipino
members
in
the
neighborhood
I
know
some
people
from
these
groups,
but
as
I
was
telling
the
young
woman
is
heading
up
to
the
city
task
force,
giving
these
groups
to
participate
in
any
way
in
any
kind
of
official
group,
I'm
afraid
it's
going
to
be
pretty
much
a
lost
cause,
especially
in
today's
political
climate.
You
are
not
going
to
have
any
Hispanics
that
are
going
to
volunteer
with
anything
having
to
do
with
something
semi
official.
E
We
were
just
a
neighborhood
outreach
group
trying
to
talk
with
people
and
I
have,
as
I
said,
several
contacts,
but
they
talk
within
their
own
group,
and
so
if
the
new
park
becomes
part
of
a
district
I
guess
my
point
is
that
Noble
is
the
the
idea
is
to
bring
in
minority
perspectives
at
least
I
think
as
far
as
our
neighborhood
goes,
if
we're
putting
in
a
group
with
neighboring
neighborhoods
that
are
not
working,
class
may
be
a
wealthier.
Neighborhoods
may
be
other
important.
Demographics
that
reflect
the
city
as
a
whole.
E
The
Meuse
Park
representatives
are
still
going
to
be
kind
of
overwhelmed
even
at
the
ballot
box,
so
you
may
be
well
aware
of
that.
I
just
wanted
to
make
that
point,
because
I
think
it's
important
for
the
city
to
be
aware
that
the
North
End
of
Palm,
Springs
and
Dubuque
Park
in
particular,
are
separate
little
enclaves
and
I
wish
us
all
luck
in
increasing
the
outreach
that
we're
trying
to
produce.
So
if
I
can
be
of
assistance
in
that
be
happy
to
work
with
you.
C
Kyle
you,
you
raised
an
issue
that
has
come
up
before
and
let
me
dig
a
little
bit
into
some
of
the
data.
We
know
that
about
25%
of
the
population
of
Palm
Springs
is
Latino,
but
if
you
peel
that
onion
back
to
voting
age
population,
it's
approximately
16%
and
we
can
see
that
the
Latino
population
in
our
city
skews
younger
than
the
than
the
other
than
the
total
population
of
the
city.
But
it's
16%
a
voting
age.
C
C
That
is
also
good,
and
what
we
have
to
do
is
build
on
those
numbers
and
one
of
the
things
that
we're
doing
is
outreach
specifically
to
the
Latino
population
in
Spanish
and
in
English
we've
hired
someone
who
is
professional
in
doing
outreach
programs,
because
we
know
that
there
are
national
political
issues
right
now
that
do
make
a
number
of
individuals
very
careful
in
terms
of
their
contact
with
officials,
we're
trying
to
create
a
very
different
dynamic
and
Palm
Springs.
But
you
are
absolutely
correct.
There's
it's
gonna
be
work
at
times.
F
B
B
You
know,
police
presence
at
a
meeting,
and
thank
you
for
sharing
that,
because
so
I
reached
out
to
the
chief
to
make
sure
we
didn't
have
that
tonight,
because,
even
though
our
chief
and
our
police
department
have
been
very
good
about
making
clear,
they
will
never
ask
immigration
status
and
we
passed
a
law
in
Palm
Springs,
making
it
illegal
to
ask
immigration
status,
given
what's
going
on
in
this
country,
absolutely
understand
that,
as
as
much
as
we
can
say
it
I
would
be
nervous,
and
so
it's
really
important.
We
get
that
feedback.
B
The
feedback
we're
getting
from
these
meetings
really
helps
us
on
that.
So
just
something
we
all
have
to
be
conscious
of,
and
if
those
issues
come
up,
please
let
us
know
if
you
want
to
share
it
publicly
great,
if
you
don't
just
reach
out
to
us,
because
we
can
address
those
things
as
they
happen.
If.
D
If
I
could
add
something,
one
of
the
thoughts
behind
racially
polarized
voting
is
that
if
a
minority
group
has
sent
its
representatives
up
for
election
and
they
continue
to
lose
than
the
likelihood
they're
gonna
stop
sending
candidates
to
be
voted
upon
and
so
hope
we're
hoping
that
this
will
be
a
new
awakening
for
the
minority
groups
that,
if
we're
broken
into
districts
and
their
voting
power,
is
strengthened.
Then
that
will
renew
their
interest
in
running
for
City,
Council
and
hopefully
being
able
to
gain
a
representative.
A
And
I
would
like
to
say
something
as
well.
You
know,
as
a
person
of
color
who
grew
up
in
Palm,
Springs
I,
think
hearing
terminology
like
reaching
out
to
these
communities
is
a
lost
cause
is
really
harmful.
You
know,
we've
tried
to
create
a
space
here
where
we're
exploring
exciting
opportunities
right
and
so
hearing
something
like
that.
If
I
was
a
resident
of
DeMuth
and
heard
the
president
of
the
neighborhood
organization
saying
that
it
would
be
Wow
like,
is
there
really
investment?
A
Is
there
really
the
commitment
and
that's
what
it
will
take
you're,
absolutely
right,
I,
don't
think
anyone
appears
saying
that
it's
going
to
be
easy.
It's
going
to
take
a
lot
of
time,
a
lot
of
investment,
a
lot
of
commitment
and
a
lot
of
energy
and
I
think
we
all
understand
that
the
role
of
that
diversity
consultant-
which
hopefully
you
all
will
get
to
hear
from
a
little
bit
today-
is
helping
do
some
of
that
work.
A
But
this
is
just
the
beginning
right,
and
there
are
amazing
organizers
here
from
the
the
desert
Highland
neighborhood,
who
are
here
in
the
back
and
they've,
been
here
and
they've,
been
doing
work
like
we've
been
doing
work
right.
It's
just
that
to
get
to
a
point
where
we
get
the
recognition,
we
get
the
resources
we
get.
A
We've
been
stepping
up
and
hopefully
like
this-
will
help
shift
some
of
the
language
and
some
of
the
conversations
that
we're
using
now,
because
I
think
if
you
can
go
to
meeting
city
council
meetings,
boards
and
commissions
and
often
see
the
same
types
of
people.
So
how
can
we
shift
that?
And
this
is
one
of
the
things
that
I
think
that
we're
going
to
help
try
to
shift
that
so
awesome.
Thank
you.
A
G
You
and
thank
you
for
all
the
time
you
and
others
here
and
elsewhere,
devoting
to
this
issue.
It's
really
tough
I
know.
I
came
in
with
two
concerns
I'm
down
to
one,
but
I'll
come
to
that
in
a
second.
My
primary
concern
is
that
retaining
the
directly
elected
mayor
is
essential
to
minimizing
the
downsides
of
dusty
collections.
The
district
election
of
the
mayor
was
overwhelmingly
approved
by
the
voters
in
the
1980s
and
the
City
Council
should
not
overturn
a
vote
of
the
people
unilaterally.
Okay,
I'll
come
back
to
that.
G
My
second
concern,
which
has
been
greatly
ameliorated
by
your
words
council
member
Middleton
by
for
the
first
time
that
I've
been
able
to
see
and
I,
checked
the
website,
acknowledging
that
there
is
an
alternative
to
five
districts,
and
that
would
be
the
four
districts
plus
it
directly.
Like
the
mayor,
I've
been
very
concerned,
I've
talked
to
Anthony
that
I
didn't
see
this
on
the
website.
I,
don't
think
I'm
gonna
stay
missed
anything
tonight
you
have
it
you've
mentioned
it.
I
can
be
assured.
G
Now
it's
a
legitimate
issue
for
debate,
as
it
should
be,
and
I
did
not
come
here
feeling
that
way.
Getting
back
to
my
concerns,
though,
I
do
believe
that-
and
you
mentioned
the
City
Council
principles
that
the
the
last
one,
particularly
in
terms
of
assuring
that
elected
officials,
have
the
primary
interests
of
the
city
as
a
whole.
G
For
that
matter
which
specifies
the
elected
mayor
without
a
vote
of
the
people,
then
the
people
should
be
informed
that
this
option
is
being
considered
and
perhaps
step
tonight,
you're
taking
them
now,
district
elections
may
have.
Some
benefits
clearly
have
some
benefits,
though,
as
pointed
out
today
in
the
LA
Times
editorial
by
two
members
of
the
Santa
Monica
City
Council.
Only
7
of
the
22
cities
that
are
shifted
to
districts
have
had
seen
any
increase
in
Latino
membership
in
their
councils.
G
G
They
have
five
districts
and
no
it
directly
affected
elected
mayor
at
the
time
they
now
have
the
drug
elected
mayor
and
I
think
for
district
I'm,
not
sure
how
many
the
council
members
there
were
up
front
with
me.
What
is
best
for
my
district
is
more
important
than
what
is
best
for
the
city
as
a
whole.
I
respected
them
for
the
honesty,
because
that
is
the
situation
we
have.
The
district
person
has
to
be
first
and
foremost
responsible
to
the
district,
and
that
will
sometimes
collide
with
what
the
hope
for
the
city
of
the
whole.
G
This
is
not
a
personal
thing
about
any
member
of
our
city
council,
past
or
future.
It's
just.
This
is
inevitable,
given
the
context
of
changing
to
districts
I'm
just
about
through
here,
I
don't
have
time
as
I
would
like
and
clearly
there'll
be
other
times,
perhaps
to
describe
why
I
do
believe
that
the
elected
mayor
is
essential
to
moderating
the
downsides
of
district
elections.
It
has
to
do
with
disenfranchisement.
Think
about
it.
We
have
five
votes
every
four
years.
Now,
as
a
citizen,
we
will
go
down
to
one
with
five
districts.
G
We
go
down
to
two,
though,
with
with
the
four
districts
bus
mayor
there
is
vote
trading
will
evitable
ego
on
it
always
goes
on
districts.
It
always
goes
on
with
the
County
Board
of
Supervisors,
which
is
district
special
interests,
because
the
smaller
voting
areas
have
the
ability
to
put
money
in
and
perhaps
purvey
their
interests
or
efficiently.
You
might
say
in
smaller
districts,
and
only
the
unelected
city
manager
is
responsible
for
the
city
as
a
whole.
G
This
is
where
I
say:
I've
been
there,
it's
not
a
position
that
an
unelected
person
should
be
in
my
and
I
will
hand
out
and
hope.
The
city
attorney
might
pass
out
the
op-ed
that
I
wrote
for
the
Desert
Sun
published
in
April.
That
does
go
in
a
little
bit
more
detail
about
my
belief
that
they're
training,
the
elected
mayor,
is
very
important
to
our
city.
So
in
summary,
I
can
now
say
continue.
G
The
City
Council
should
continue
to
acknowledge
that
the
retention
of
the
mayor
is
an
option
and,
as
we
move
to
districts
number
two,
the
City
Council
should
not
unilaterally
overturn,
but
the
people
of
Palm
Springs
voted
and
three
that
it
is.
There
are
very
important
reasons
why
retaining
the
elected
mayor
is
important
to
the
long
term
Civic
health
of
our
city.
Again,
thank
you
for
your
time
and
if
there
any
questions
to
be
great
norm.
C
A
H
Hi
Cathy
we're
making
on
the
working
group
just
a
couple
of
things:
I,
don't
know
if
everybody
real
on
the
elected
mayor
rotating
there,
I
don't
know.
If
everybody
here
knows
that
we
have
a
weak
mayor
system
of
government,
which
is
one
of
the
reasons
we
have
it.
The
city
will
have
a
choice
eventually,
but
our
city
is
managed
not
by
the
mayor
but
managed
by
the
city
manager,
the
City
Council.
That
manager
is
responsible
to
the
City
Council
and
the
mayor
that
we
have
has
functions.
Some
non-exclusive
spokesperson
functions.
H
H
That
being
said,
the
working
group-
it's
really
looking
at
what
the
options
are
and
seeing
how
to
advise
the
consul
and
one
of
the
things
we're
doing
where
a
charter
City
there
aren't
that
many
we're
looking
to
see
which
areas
are
charter
allows
for
a
change
without
going
to
a
vote
of
the
people.
So
we've
asked
the
City
Attorney
for
an
opinion
which
we
think
will
receive
shortly
on
exactly
what
the
options
are,
that
information
will
ultimately
become
public.
But
what
we're
looking
at
is
what
can?
What
can
the
council
do
without
an
election?
H
You
know
economic
issues
that
we
have
more
in
common
with
people
who
work
for
a
living,
and
that
may
be
something
that
people
in
do
booth
want
to
take
a
look
at.
But
that's
the
kind
of
thing
we
want
to
know
is
your:
are
your
neighborhoods?
Does
the
the
park
and
the
Golf
Course
really
constitute
your
neighborhood?
Do
you
want
to
be
paired
with
everybody
else?
Who
has
that?
Is
it
economic,
but
really
think
through
where
you
walk,
where
you
go?
H
I
live
mid-city,
anissina
and
for
me
the
things
that
bound
my
neighborhood
and
really
catch
my
interest
or
what's
happening
at
the
airport
and
what's
happening
at
CV
link,
which
is
right
behind
me
and
the
two
roads
that
I
can
drive
to
the
city
and
so
think
about
which
things.
If
you
had
a
representative
you'd,
want
them
to
work
on
what
your
trouble
spots
are,
and
that
may
that
may
be
something
that
you
want
to
think
about
in
terms
of
districts.
I
Good
evening
my
name
is
Kate
castle
and
I
am
the
one
who
initiated
and
established
the
melody
ranch
community,
which
is
here
in
South,
Palm
Springs
I
am
thrilled
to
see
that
we're
now
entertaining
this
topic
of
district
elections.
It
was
one
that
I
had
wanted
to
see
when
I
first
moved
here
ten
years
ago,
because
I
saw
the
benefit
in
working
with
a
local
representative
when
I
was
in
the
City
of
Oakland,
which
of
course
is
a
much
larger
community,
but
it
showed
the
importance
of
having
someone
who
lived
in
that
particular
neighborhood.
I
Knowing
what
the
issues
were
in
that
neighborhood.
You
know
whether
it's
the
streets,
whether
it's
the
wash
where
whether
it's
you
know
hotel
life.
There
are
certain
requirements
that
need
to
be
addressed
and
if
somebody
lives
in
that
neighborhood
and
they're,
going
to
the
grocery
store
they're
going
to
be
more
likely
to
meet
their
constituents.
So
I'm
thrilled
to
see
that
this
topic
is
now
being
entertained.
I
don't
know
if
it's
viable,
but
there's
one
other
idea.
If
you
could
consider
it
as
an
option.
I
J
J
The
I
just
wanted
to
say:
I
grew
up
in
Eau
Claire
Wisconsin,
which
is
the
city
of
45,000.
When
I
was
growing
up,
she
had
council
members
in
us
and
a
city
manager.
There
was
no
mayor,
I,
never
lived
in
a
town
with
a
mayor
until
I
lived
in
Piqua,
Ohio,
a
town
of
20,000,
and
in
that
situation
a
person
had
to
be
elected
both
to
the
council
and
to
the
mayor
office.
So
there
are
varieties
of
ways
clearly
that
this
sort
of
thing
gets
worked
out
in
towns.
J
One
of
the
things
that
I
would
hope,
because
I
was
going
to
stand
up
originally
and
say.
Why
do
we
have
to
have
a
mayor?
Because
it
wasn't
in
the
principles
and
in
the
listing
it
wasn't
in
the
it
isn't
listed
as
being
required
by
the
Charter,
but
if
it
is
required,
as
was
stated
by
a
sight
of
the
people
in
the
1980s,
then
I
think
that
detail
ought
to
be
in
the
information.
J
Answering
the
question
of.
Why
do
we
need
a
mayor
at
all
because
it
could
be
five
council
members
and
the
council
members
if
they
need
a
titular
head,
could
elect
a
president
on
a
rotating
basis.
We
would
not
have
to
carry
the
baggage
of
the
term
mayor.
That
always
implies
some
level
of
power
and
authority
which
in
our
case
really
isn't
there.
It
is
basically
executed
in
the
personality
of
the
person
that
inhabits
the
office.
J
So
that's
you
know
it
is
a
matter
of
just
wanting
to
have
an
understanding
of
not
to
go
against
the
vote
of
the
people
and
certainly
not
the
good
in
in
sight
of
the
gentleman
that
presented
earlier.
But
I
know
there
are
other
models
and
I'm
just
wondering
if
we
might
not.
If
we
have
a
weak
mayor
who
is
basically
simply
acting
as
a
rotating
president
of
the
council,
how
about
just
getting
rid
of
that
term-
and
that
is
all
thank
you
very
much
for
your
efforts.
I.
D
So
just
like,
there's
a
city
clerk
and
in
in
Texas
they're
called
city
secretaries.
The
role
is
the
same,
but
the
title
is
defined
in
government
codes
and
things
like
that.
However,
a
rotating
mayor
versus
an
at-large
mayor,
though
the
functions
under
the
city
charter,
may
be
the
same,
the
non-exclusive
spokesperson
and
intense
functions,
but
the
process
of
getting
that
position.
It's
different.
B
And
I
don't
want
to
go
a
too
far
into
this
because
we're
trying
to
do
communities
on
this,
but
my
understanding
is
in
the
California
Voting
Rights
Act.
They
actually
talked
about
the
options
of
four
four
council
members
and
an
at-large
mayor
or
five
council
members
with
a
rotating
mayor
and
four
charter
cities,
because
this
is
a
constitutional
issue.
B
B
So
those
are
the
processes
we're
looking
at,
but
one
of
the
key
things
and
the
reason
we're
doing
it
in
the
order
we
are
is
we
need
to
have
the
demographics
of
our
city
and
our
population
and
look
at
maps
in
both
ways
and
make
sure
whatever
we
do
complies
with
the
California
Voting
Rights
Act,
and
until
we
have
a
sense
of
start
running
the
maps.
We
won't
know
that,
are
we
more
likely
to
increase
minorities
voting
power
by
having
larger
districts
or
smaller
districts?
B
B
K
We
reached
out
extensively
to
minority
folks,
told
me
and
to
to
my
face:
I,
don't
want
to
be
the
token
person
in
the
room
and
I
found
that
offensive,
because
it's
a
gay
man
I
have
been
the
minority
in
many
many
places
in
life,
and
if
you
are
the
minority-
and
you
don't
want
to
be
the
token-
and
that's
not
a
very
good
word
probably,
but
someone
has
to
be
the
first
person
to
do
that,
otherwise
nobody's
ever
going
to
be
find
themselves.
Somebody
else
like
in
the
room.
K
A
Thank
you,
the
fifth
row,
starting
with
the
gentleman
in
the
red
shirt.
Anyone
in
that
row
would
like
to
share
any
comments
moving
over
to
the
right
all
right,
the
row
behind
that
anyway,
let's
just
open
it
up
anyone
else
who
has
any
comments
in
the
room
please
step
up
to
the
mic
and
then
yes
for
those
folks
who
are
in
the
first
few
rows,
you're
invited
to
come
and
speak
again.
L
L
Are
we
facing
a
covert
operation
with
a
group
of
attorneys
that
has
a
zero
footprint?
I
want
to
know
more
of
this
group
of
attorneys,
and
this
is
not
saying
that
we
can't
have
all
of
this
new
type
of
setup,
but
when
it
comes
in
as
a
threat,
I,
don't
like
that,
as
a
citizen
I
think
that
each
one
of
us
in
the
desert
has
equal
opportunity.
I
haven't
seen
anyone
shut
off
from
any
kind
of
equal
opportunity.
L
I
want
to
know
the
money
trail
of
this
group
of
attorneys
what
it
looks
like
what
we
are
facing
in
the
pinnate
this.
This
is
a
new
political
arena.
For
us,
it
seems
that
they
are
creating
further
large
lawsuits
that
our
present
counsel
is
intimidated
by,
even
though
some
of
you
are
attorneys
yourselves
correct
me
later.
If
I'm
wrong
on
on
the
facts.
L
At
best,
we
are
from
what
I
have
read
facing
a
political
covert
move,
which
seems
to
be
a
one-sided
ethnic
vote
for
all
one
ethnic
gain
who
are
really
denied.
Nothing
I
see
that
no
one
that
I've
been
here
is
denied
anything.
We
just
have
to
step
up
and
feel
confident
in
who
we
are
and
what
we
have
to
say
the
boat
for
this
new
grouping
vandalizes
our
present
equality
and
our
American
Way.
This
move
would
ban,
lies
and
shift
our
equality
narrative
back
to
the
Stone
Age.
L
L
L
Just
ask
that
you
please
think
about
before
you
would
capitulate
to
this
new
type
of
political
war,
apparently
threatening
through
a
group
of
attorneys.
We
now
each
one
of
us
have
a
fair
chance
under
our
present
system
of
equality,
for
our
voices
to
be
heard
any
time
we
want
to
step
forward
in
City,
Council
or
as
a
group,
and
if
we
would
all
get
out
and
vote
and
heighten
our
grasp
of
our
current
affairs.
Thank
you.
B
So
a
couple
of
responses:
first,
this
isn't
attorneys.
This
is
the
Southwest
voter
registration,
education
project,
a
nonprofit
that
works
to
empower
Latino
and
other
minority
voters
and
does
significant
voter
registration
and
has
helped
actually
change
districts
to
Latino
majority
because
of
their
work.
They
have
organizers
on
the
ground
and
they
do
really
wonderful
work.
They
do
hire
attorneys,
like
other
nonprofits,
do
to
enforce
civil
rights
laws
and
as
a
civil
rights
attorney
by
profession,
the
average
voter
cannot
afford
to
hire
an
attorney
to
bring
a
civil
rights
case.
B
So
almost
all
civil
rights
laws
have
attorney
fees
provisions.
So
if
the
government
is
denying
someone
their
rights
and
they
get
an
attorney
to
sue
the
attorney,
does
it
for
no
money
and
if
they
win-
and
it's
shown
that
the
government
is
violating
civil
rights,
then
they
get
their
attorneys
fees,
but
if
they
lose
they've
put
what
could
be
thousands
of
hours
and
hundreds
of
thousand
dollars
in
costs
at
risk.
Having
done
those
cases
and
one?
B
Cities
should
have
look
to
see
if
they
needed
to
make
a
change
based
on
that
law.
Palm
Springs
didn't
so
it
took
16
years
till
a
letter
came
from
this
organization's
attorney
before
we
actually
looked
to
see
if
we're
in
violation.
So
it's
not
the
attorneys,
it's
actually
all
the
cities
that
should
have
been
looking
to
see
if
they're,
in
violation
over
the
last
two
decades,
that
are
getting
the
letters.
The
cities
who
did
it
on
their
own
actually
did,
in
my
view,
the
right
thing.
B
B
It's
been
in
the
law
state
for
a
long
time
and
I
think
the
goals
are
ones
that
our
council
and
I
think
the
majority
of
our
city
embrace
and
the
only
point
I
want
to
make
on
that
is
we're
not
taking
away
anyone's
voting
power
or
democracy
we're
only
the
only
times
the
majority
gets
to
elect
the
entire
government
right.
Our
school
board
districts,
our
College
Board
districts
or
to
the
healthcare
district,
will
be
districts
in
this
year.
B
Our
assembly,
our
Senate,
our
Congress,
our
Senate,
even
the
president,
we
elect
by
electoral
college
by
the
states
not
by
popular
vote.
That's
a
representative
democracy
when
you
elect
the
entire
government.
Well,
the
majority
has
all
the
seats.
That
is
not
how
we
work
in
this
country
and
so
we're
just
moving
to
a
system
that
actually
is
much
more
consistent
with
how
we
vote
for
every
other
office
when
we
go
vote
so
maybe
new
for
Council.
But
it's
not
new
for
how
we
all
vote.
We're
used
to
voting
for
representatives
from
districts.
B
F
Name
is
Ron
Hansen
I'm
from
Tuscany
Heights
and
new
to
the
area,
and
I've
listened
to
some
of
the
things
that
you're,
saying
and
I.
Don't
have
a
political
comment
yet,
but
I
do
have
some
questions.
This
is
all
being
sparked
by
the
California
Voting
Rights
Act,
and
you
mentioned
that
you
are
responding
to
a
plaintiff
in
that
regard.
That's
prompting
this
push
to
make
this
move
who's
that
plaintiff
the.
B
F
C
The
boundaries
have
to
be
drawn
representing
all
of
the
residents
based
on
the
census
counts,
so
we
will
draw
boundaries
that
represent
individuals,
irrespective
of
status
based
on
total
representation.
But
in
doing
so,
as
I
also
indicated,
we
we're
gonna
try
to
dig
down
as
much
as
we
can
to
how
many
people
are
voting
age
population
within
each
district.
So
we've
got
first
and
foremost
a
responsibility
under
law
to
make
sure
that
the
residents
numbers
in
each
district
are
relatively.
Even
we
can
have
a
10%
variation.
Is.
B
F
C
Are
certainly
trying
to
increase
the
participation
of
minority
voters
in
our
city
to
increase
the
participation
in
minority
individuals
in
their
government,
as
I
did
indicate
over
the
course
of
the
history
of
our
city.
We
have
had
one
individual
who
is
Latino
has
been,
who
has
been
elected
to
our
City
Council
I.
Hope
to
see
that
change.
Thank.
D
M
Hi,
my
name
is
grace
Varner
I
am
a
lifelong
resident
of
Palm
Springs,
and
my
family
has
also
been
in
the
Coachella
Valley
for
a
very
long
time
as
well.
I
come
from
a
Mexican
family
and
I'm
a
little
surprised
by
a
lot
of
the
comments
that
I'm
hearing
and
I
wanted.
To
give
all
of
you
a
little
bit
of
a
history
lesson.
M
So
one
thing
I
want
to
tell
you
is
that
I
went
to
elementary
school
in
the
1990s.
Now
the
1990s
is
a
time
where
we
were
supposed
to
be
no
post-racial
right,
everything's,
good,
well,
I,
Catherine,
finchy
elementary
school.
We
were
segregated,
the
teachers
were
separated
out
and
the
teachers
who
were
Latino
or
black
got
all
of
the
Latino
children.
They
were
literally
in
different
classes
by
themselves.
In
the
1990s
there
are
still
teachers
at
Catherine
finchy
who
remember
this:
what
happened?
M
M
This
is
not
a
new.
This
is
not
an
old
issue.
These
are
not
things
that
we
don't
need
anymore.
We
need
representation,
we
need
people
to
listen
to
our
views
and
part
of
it
is
it's
difficult
for
people
to
stand
up
here
when
a
lot
of
other
people
have
said
disparaging
things
already
and
part
of
welcoming
people
of
color
into
the
room
is
being
able
to
listen
to
what
they
have
to
say
and
making
them
feel
like
they're,
valued,
so
know,
they're
not
gonna
want
to
join
your
group.
M
If
you
don't
make
them
well
feel
welcome
at
all,
and
it's
not
enough
to
just
have
one
person
involved.
You
want
to
have
many
people
involved.
The
other
thing
I
want
to
say
is
that,
just
a
couple
of
years
ago,
we
also
passed
a
leafblower
ordinance
now
I
learned
about
this
leafblower
ordinance.
A
couple
of
weeks
ago
at
the
city
council,
meeting
I
immediately
asked
my
mother.
Did
you
hear
about
this?
We
have
to
go
to
electrically
floors.
M
She
said
no,
give
me
the
information,
so
I
can
tell
my
cousins
because
her
cousins
are
gardeners
in
this
area.
Well,
I
went
on
to
the
city
council
website
to
Palm
Springs
website.
There
is
no
information
in
Spanish.
There
is
no
updated
information.
This
law
takes
effect
in
2019,
there's
also
no
information
about
what
kind
of
fines
are
going
to
be
in
place.
Now,
how
am
I
supposed
to
get
this
information
to
the
community
that
needs
it
the
most
when
it's
not
even
in
the
language
that
the
majority
of
the
people
speak?
M
This
is
happening
right
now.
We
need
more
representation.
I
went
to
elementary
school
at
Vista,
Del
Monte
I
went
to
the
Baptist
daycare
that
was
up
there
and
we
used
to
play
at
Victoria
Park
early
before
everyone
else
got
to
school.
I
see
a
district.
There
I
see
a
lot
of
kids
that
play
together
in
the
in
neighborhoods
up
there
near
Victoria,
Park
now
I
live
in
South,
Palm
Springs
and
my
family
deals
with
a
lot
of
issues
from
the
wash
I
would
love
to
see
a
community
there.
M
I
would
love
to
be
able
to
know
that
the
people
who
are
in
that
community
who
deal
with
whether
or
not
there's
any
coyotes
in
the
wash
you
know
are
represented
together.
I
also
used
to
run
cross-country
over
at
los
compadres
and
I
know
that
there's
a
lot
of
people
who
have
to
deal
with
different
things
because
of
the
ranch
and
the
golf
courses
right
there
I
see
a
community.
There
I
also
see
a
community
of
the
great
wealth
we
have
right
by
the
mountain.
M
You
know
that
should
be
a
community,
that's
together
and
then
as
well
by
the
airport.
I
think,
there's
a
lot
of
communities
here
and
one
thing
with
just
running
the
numbers
really
quickly
in
my
head
is
that
I
think
five
districts
would
be
great
because
I
don't
think
that
we'll
be
representing
people
fully
with
only
four.
So
thank
you
very
much.
N
N
Getting
the
message
out
getting
information
out.
Every
every
house
has
gotten
something
in
the
mail
in
English
and
in
Spanish
there's
advertisements
in
print
in
radio
we've
gone
business-to-business
handing
out
flyers,
that's
the
easy
part,
making
sure
that
the
information
is
out
there
me
being
a
part
of
this
to
me.
It
now
speaks
to
the
importance
that
is
being
given
to
this
by
the
council.
So
but
the
difficult
part
is,
as
being
you
know,
as
we're
hearing
tonight
and
as
history
has
shown,
there
is
a
separation.
N
You
know
the
history
dictates
that
there
has
not
been
much
inclusion
of
particular
populations,
so
if
that
is
something
that
it's
important
to
you,
just
like
democracy
as
a
whole,
I
ask
you
to
please
reach
out
to
your
friends
your
neighbors,
because
this
process
works
better
when
more
people
are
involved
and
making
people
feel
welcome.
Making
people
feel
like
their
voice
does
matter
is
incredibly
important
and
incredibly
powering.
So
I
just
ask
that
you
do
that
if
anyone
has
any
questions,
ideas,
I
am
here
for
you.
These
are
cows
on.
Thank
you.
A
E
Thanks
I've
enjoyed
hearing
all
the
different
comments
and
viewpoints
tonight.
I
wanted
to
point
out
regarding
at
my
earlier
comments
as
someone
interpreted,
a
lot
lost
cause
I
wanted
to
put
a
little
more
perspective
in
that
since,
as
I
said,
I
was
a
founding
member
to
move
parks
group
in
2008.
Our
original
board
was
11
people,
it
included
a
Filipino
man
who
was
the
chair.
We
had
an
african-american
member
and
we
had
various
other
groups
representatives,
but
these
were.
It
was
great.
It's
gonna
be
really
powerful.
E
E
I
would
point
out
that,
just
a
few
years
ago
to
show
you
that
I
am
very
interested
in
including
everybody
at
one
point,
I
had
a
couple
of
my
Hispanic
neighbors
over
to
visit
with
word
of
the
city
police
officers,
because
I
felt
that
was
a
good
way
for
these
people,
who
were
very
involved
with
the
Hispanic
neighborhood
to
get
a
feeling
that
the
city
was
really
on
their
side
as
well
as
everybody's.
So
I
just
wanted
to
give
you
kind
of
perspective
regarding
this
particular
neighborhood
as
I.
A
F
F
F
D
B
B
If
you
go
from
24,000
voters
that
you
have
to
reach
out
to
to
5,000
less
than
5,000
all
in
the
same
area,
you
can
run
a
true
grassroots
campaign
without
TV
with
limited
mail,
if
any,
with
phone
banking
community
meetings,
it
should
make
it
much
easier
for
people
to
run
and
one
of
the
things
which
was
mentioned
earlier
and
we
didn't
get
into.
But
we
will
talk
about
in
the
fall,
is
what
are
the
barriers
for
people
both
to
run
due
to
cost,
and
this
should
help
on
that,
but
also
to
serve
you
know.
B
Most
cities
are
size.
A
lot
bigger.
The
council's
are
truly
part-time
jobs
right
and
it's
very
hard
for
someone,
I,
don't
look
at
Christy,
but
to
have
a
full-time
job
and
try
and
be
on
council
and
sleep.
I
tried
to
have
a
half
time.
Keep
my
job
and
moved
it
to
half
time
my
first
year
and
realized.
You
know
that
was
80
hours
a
week,
so
I
just
stopped
and
I
think
any
of
us
on
council
can
attest
to
that.
So
how
do
we
fix
that?
B
I
think
we're
the
mayor
and
I
live
has
been
the
majority
of
council
I
mean
it
was
almost
the
entire
council
at
some
points,
and
that
will
change
with
this
and
it
actually
did
changed
in
the
last
election,
which
was
a
very
good
thing,
but
it's
something
that
we
really
have
to
pay
attention
to,
because
if
we
go
to
district
election,
so
we
don't
fix
those
issues,
we're
not
going
to
end
up
changing
the
council.
So
just
something
I
want
people
to
think
about.
B
You
know
we
need
everyone's
thinking
on
these
things,
because
there
are
lots
of
great
ideas
that
have
come
from
these
meetings
and,
as
Anthony
said
you
know,
our
meeting
Tuesday
night
resulted
in
a
change
in
the
presentation
which
I
believe
is
much
improved
and
thank
you
instead
of
the
demographer
doing
it.
Anthony
did
it
and
it's
much
easier
to
understand
the
language
is
much
better
and
we
only
know
that
if
we're
getting
feedback
so
the
more
feedback,
the
better
and
I,
very
much
appreciate
everyone
coming
and
speaking.
O
Hi
everyone,
my
name,
is
Miguel
Navarro
and
I
live
in
Bristol
neighborhood
I'm
in
an
HOA,
so
that
in
itself
is
very
different.
Has
its
own
challenges,
issues
and
drama
within
itself,
but
first
I
just
want
to
thank
everyone.
Who's
doing
their
part
in
putting
this
together,
because
this
is
about
this
process
is
about
transparency
and
I
feel
that
as
a
city,
we've
dropped
the
ball
in
the
past.
O
Before
on
that,
so
thank
you
for
keeping
us
informed
and
engaged,
because
it's
not
until
you
open
the
opportunity
to
a
lot
of
people
that
you
will
get
that
participation,
and
so
what
I
honestly
feel
with
a
lot
of
the
comments.
I've
been
said
here,
prior
I
kind
of
hear,
a
lot
of
fear
and
a
lot
of
like
the
new
of
change
in
the
city
of
not
knowing
what's
gonna
happen
or
just
feeling
already
negative
about.
What's
not
worked
in
this
city
and
what's
failed
in
this
city.
O
So
I
think
that
this
is
an
exciting
time
and
I'm
really
proud
to
be
upon
Springs
resident
and
be
part
of
this,
because
I
think
that
this
is
gonna
open
the
door
to
a
lot
of
people
to
be
not
only
engaged
but
also
just
be
willing
to
help
someone
within
their
community
or
within
their
district,
to
run
and
open
that
discussion
and
have
that
dialogue.
For
the
first
time,
I
think
we
are
gonna,
see
a
lot
of
that.
O
I
have
a
lot
of
friends
that
are
Latino
that
are
African
American
and
they
are
already
talking
about
possibly
sketching
out
boundaries
to
form
the
district's.
So
this
is
something
that
I'm
extremely
in
favor,
for
especially
the
five
districts
to
be
drawn
out
in
the
city
and
I
just
want
to
thank
everyone.
Who's,
making
an
effort
on
this
and
just
couple
of
suggestions
that
I
think
that
we
should
keep
in
mind.
O
I
think
that
City
Hall
could
be
very
intimidating
for
a
lot
of
people,
just
the
structure
itself
and
the
process
and
government
that
maybe,
if,
when
we
get
to
that
point
of
having
five
districts,
that
I
seen,
those
individuals
have
maybe
either
like
office
hours
or
like
a
satellite
office
within
those
districts.
Just
so
books
within
that
community.
O
In
that
district
feel
like
they're
able
to
go
up
and
talk
to
those
people
on
a
more
casual
friendly
basis
as
well
too,
and
so
I
just
hope
that
we
keep
being
more
engaged
and
I
appreciate
everyone's
comment.
But
let's
really
go
into
with
an
open,
mind
and
I
feel
like
this
is
really
good
for
us
as
a
city,
because
we've
come
a
long
way
and
I
think
we
could
come
even
further
with
having
this
opportunity.
So
thank
you.
D
As
you're
as
you're
drawing
these
maps,
please,
if
you
have
any
technical
needs,
if
you
need
more
demographic
information,
I'm
happy
to
try
to
get
that
for
you.
If
we
have
it
we'll
get
it
to
you
and
also
when
you're
submitting
your
maps.
Please
add
a
description.
It's
really
important
for
the
City
Council
to
know
what
you
intended.
That
map
represent
Anthony.
B
F
The
second
thing
I've
learned
in
sociological
statistics
and
demography,
when
I
saw
the
districting
plan,
I
immediately
made
an
identification
of
Statistics
what
we
call
stratified
random
sampling,
which
is
a
more
direct
way
of
getting
to
people
or
getting
opinions
from
people.
When
you
do
surveys
and
the
districting
plan
I
think
supports
that
concept.
From
a
sociological
and
demographic
point
of
view,
I
hope
that
puts
things
in
perspective.
C
Thank
you
all
for
coming
out.
This
was
really
helpful
for
us
and,
as
always,
Palm
Springs
people
have
incredible
diversity
of
opinion
and
incredible
diversity
of
talent.
It
is
a
pleasure
to
serve
in
this
city.
We're
gonna
do
everything
we
can
to
get
this
right.
Nobody
gets
it
perfect,
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
are
committed
to
doing
is
learning
from
mistakes,
learning
from
the
things
that
we
didn't
get
right,
so
that
we
can
move
forward
and
we're
going
to
be
around
here
for
a
little
while
afterwards.