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LA will switch to independent redistricting if voters approve in 2024 election

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a plan Wednesday to establish an independent redistricting commission for the city and place it on the November 2024 ballot. The council's action caps a years-long effort to fix a process that has been widely decried as broken. Under the city's current redistricting system, the City Council has the final say over the maps, which ...
Los Angeles City Council President Paul Krekorian, right, and Council member Nithya Raman talk about a coming vote to send an independent redistricting proposal to the November 2024 ballot during a press conference on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a plan Wednesday to establish an independent redistricting commission for the city and place it on the November 2024 ballot.

The council's action caps a years-long effort to fix a process that has been widely decried as broken.

Under the city's current redistricting system, the City Council has the final say over the maps, which are redrawn every 10 years, and elected officials can appoint members to the

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