2 Latino influence wards of more than 45 percent Latino population, which are among 7 total mixed majorityminority community wards. Aldermen failed to vote on a map Wednesday, meaning the issue might go to a contentious referendum where voters would decide. The Peoples Map is a map of all 50 wards created by the people, for the people. The map will take effect with the 2023 municipal elections, though the new wards will be used in the November election to determine where voters needs to go to cast their ballots. Anthony Beale, 9th, speaks following a City Council vote for a new map of the citys 50 wards at City Hall on Monday. Ward boundaries in Chicago from May 2015 onward, corresponding to the dates when a new City Council is sworn in, based on the immediately preceding elections. Editorial: Chicago's ward remap fight yields a - Chicago Tribune Chicago Redistricting Information Harris wouldnt say if she thought the proposed map could stave off a referendum, saying she was confident that we can get in the room and work together and that as a City Council, we worked together in the past to get things done., Harris also said Lightfoot didnt pressure her to hold extra community meetings to allow residents to provide input, but her City Council colleagues were opposed to voting on a map before they were able to take it to the community and socialize it.. A group of Latino council members and their allies say the number of wards represented by a majority of voters who identify as Latino should rise to 15 from 13, enough to match the more than 40,000 additional Latinos living in Chicago compared to 10 years ago. You cant make a map that has 18 majority Black wards that comes at the expense of parity for the Latino community and disenfranchises the Latino community, Ramirez-Rosa said. Northwest Side Ald. The new map wouldn't go into effect until 2023. Independent Commission Unveils Proposed Ward Map, As - WTTW Chicago Rooted in data, the Chicago United Map ensures fair representation for all of Chicagos diverse communities, and todays agreement avoids a costly and lengthy referendum process for city taxpayers, a statement from Chicago United read, in part. A new Chicago ward map will take effect in time for the 2023 municipal elections assuming it is not blocked by a judge. Unlike mayors of the past, Lightfoot doesnt have a rubber-stamp city council. Villegas said he was happy to have an actual map from the Rules Committee to negotiate with, describing Wednesdays meeting as a restart. He said his coalition would hold a call this evening to decide whether to move forward with putting the Latino Caucus map forward for a referendum or continue to negotiate. Villegas said democracy is always an ugly process, and it gets messy sometimes. But he hopes his colleagues will be able to move forward after the process is over and work together. Austin, Avondale, Back of the Yards, Englewood and Logan Square are some of the communities currently carved up that are kept mostly whole in The Peoples Map. If 10 alderpeople agree on an alternative map either the one drawn by the commission or another proposal it would force a referendum that would put the competing maps up to a vote, officials said. The 34 council members and Mayor Lori Lightfoot had a model of a fully transparent process, the one conducted by the Chicago Advisory Redistricting Commission. Were not going to let Kasper tell us what to do.. Throughout the summer and early fall of 2021, the Chicago Advisory Redistricting Commission held open public meetings to listen to everyday Chicagoans talk about their communities and how they should be represented in City Council for the next ten years. The longtime alderwoman said shell likely retire rather than run for a new term under the proposed map, which would move the 34th Ward into parts of The Loop, West Loop and Near West Side. Instead, she flew to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to lobby for more federal dollars to fix the citys infrastructure and combat COVID-19. This communitys voice has been split for so long.. I guess Im one of the few thats not part of the kumbaya club, Beale said. I see it as a matter of fairness.. Mayor Lori Lightfoot and many aldermen in recent days have said the council compromising is a better outcome than the referendum, and they hope the body can move past the months of acrimony. The Latino population has grown for the second decade in a row. The people of Chicago are calling upon their elected officials to support The Peoples Map, as it is the only ward map drawn fully in public, with resident input. Staying current is easy with Crain's news delivered straight to your inbox, free of charge. Gil Villegas (36th), chairman of the Chicago City Council Latino Caucus. Heres what the citys proposed ward map looks like: Heres an interactive version of the map: The citys ward remap process was led by Ald. In terms of the Voting Rights Act, theres no distinction between the two plans, he said. In the middle are the 18 white council members, who expect the number of seats they control to stay the same. Ald. The process of redrawing wards every 10 years, as required by law, historically has been conducted in absolute secrecy by City Council members, who tell residents in hastily planned hearings what their wards will look like, then rush to pass their back-room-created map. The issue at stake here is keeping communities wholenot splintering communities into multiple wards and following the data to accurately represent all of Chicagos minority communities including Latinos and Asians.The Peoples Coalition Map includes the first Asian-majority ward to reflect the Citys Asian-American population.There has never been an Asian City Council member from the Chinatown community, community member Phan Le said. While remaps happen every 10 years, this redrawing of council boundaries has the potential to be one of the most significant in recent memory because it is happening at a critical juncture in Chicagos political history. They had the opportunity to rise above the broken system of Chicago business as usual. For the ordinary person, it is hard to know who to talk to, said Grace Chan McKibben, the executive director of the Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community, known as CBCAC. That will complicate the Black Caucus efforts, since just three wards with a majority of Black residents gained population, according to the census. On May 16, 2022, Chicagos city council voted to approve a ward map drawn behind closed doors, putting a stop to the June referendum that would have allowed residents to vote for their preferred map and have a say in how their communities are represented. The proposed map would also dramatically reconfigure Ald. Relationships have been damaged, he said. The feds have spent years on an apparent systematic takedown of Chicago and Illinois corruption. Jason Ervin (28th Ward), chairman of the Black Caucus, lashed back saying he took great offense to Beales claims. The hearing was particularly timely, because the U.S. is facing intensifying urgency to stop the worsening fentanyl epidemic. Redistricting was run by mayoral allies such as Burke and former Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa and Jason Ervin join Chicago Tonight to discuss the city ward remapping. A father turned this Barrington Hills home into his daughter's dream castle. Its slightly more likely because if it does go to referendum, it means the voters will have decided, rather than the aldermen themselves, said Jim Lewis, a senior research specialist at the University of Illinois Chicagos Great Cities Institute. 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Until after the next municipal elections, aldermen continue to represent the wards they were elected to in 2019, though observers will be watching to see if council members start making decisions to try to curry favor with voters in the new wards who theyll need to impress to win reelection next year. The proposed map also establishes 14 Latino wards, one less than the Latino . Video: Alds. By December 1st in the year after the Census, the Chicago City Councils ward boundaries must be re-drawn through a process called Redistricting to reflect the population demonstrated in the Census. (WTTW News via Google Maps) Compromise on new City Council ward map could take - Chicago Sun-Times Ameya Pawar, who represented the 47th Ward from 2011-19, is the only Asian American to ever be elected to the Chicago City Council. "I'm thrilled my. Hopkins has vowed to fight to keep the site in his ward, arguing hes the right person to steward a billion dollars of public infrastructure projects associated with the development over the finish line. This is a backroom deal map., Ald. We dont have anyone in the room where the maps are being drawn, Pai said. Thanks for subscribing to Block Club Chicago, an independent, 501(c)(3), journalist-run newsroom. Ald. New Chicago ward map presented at City Council meeting but no vote Getting to this point has not been easy. Mayor Lori Lightfoot has stayed out of the war of the wards, urging council members to figure out a solution to avoid a referendum. 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The Peoples Map is the only thing going in Chicago right now and I am proud to stand for the League of Women Voters and for The Peoples Map.By law, all maps that win the support of at least 10 different alderpersons will be presented to Chicago voters in an election next year.The Peoples Map has been endorsed by the following Chicago-based organizations: League of Women Voters Chicago Illinois Muslim Civic Coalition Reform for Illinois Rainbow PUSH Coalition IVI-IPO Peace and Education Coalition One Health Englewood Common Cause Illinois. The Chicago City Council adopted a new map of the city's 50 wards Monday three days before a deadline to avoid having the referendum go to voters on the June primary election ballot. Instead, the 34 council members supporting the Harris map drawn by Mike Madigans lawyer chose to hide behind that closed map room door and bar the people of Chicago from seeing and choosing from all of the maps. The Chicago City Council adopted a new map of the citys 50 wards Monday, forestalling a ballot referendum on competing designs by Black and Latino aldermen and their allies and ending a racially charged confrontation over the boundaries between the two groups. We hope it doesnt come to that, Pai said. Ald. The process underway to craft the boundaries for each of Chicagos 50 wards is much the same as it was in 2011 even after then-candidate Lightfoot vowed to empower an independent commission to craft the maps and put an end to handshake deals between political rivals. Ald. He has pointed to the design of his ward in the new map as a real red flag for anyone looking to file a lawsuit challenging the boundaries. The map from the Latino Caucus would create one ward that includes all of Chinatown, fulfilling a longtime demand of Asian American activists in Chicago. Every dime we make fundsreportingfrom Chicagos neighborhoods. We aim to build a people-powered ward map for Chicago, by Chicagoans. Census figures released in 2020 show the Latino population jumped from 778,862 in 2010 to 819,518, and now comprise a little over 30% of Chicagos 2.7 million residents, which would equal 15 seats. In the wake of this secret backroom map deal, alders that previously stood up publicly for an independent commission must start work today to make it a reality. Latino leaders in Chicago have said the 2011 remap did not accurately reflect Chicagos Latino population and vowed in January not to get played again.. Scores of residents from across Chicago, community organization representatives, former Ald. Always fraught, this years remapping effort is particularly tense not only because the Black Caucus is determined to hang on to 18 wards, but also because of the Latino Caucus continuing anger over the remap after the 2010 census, which Ramirez-Rosa said many caucus members believed was unfair to Latino Chicagoans. We have created the momentum.. Winners and losers in Chicago's new ward map - Axios Chicago Most of the fallout will affect individual council members the most especially those whose wards are moving to new neighborhoods altogether. Michelle Harris, 8th, speaks on Monday at City Hall following a City Council vote for a new map of the citys 50 wards. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th)Ald. That means the 30-year path to a ward with a majority of Asian American voters runs straight through the 11th Ward, the heart of the political empire that elected former Mayors Richard J. Daley and Richard M. Daley and ruled the city for decades. A third group, the independent Chicago Advisory Redistricting Commission, also submitted its version of a map that creates 15 majority-African American wards, 14 majority-Latino wards, as well as two wards with a Latino population over 45%. The Peoples Coalition Map is endorsed by: CHANGE Illinois, The CHANGE Illinois Action Fund and The Peoples MapAld. David Moore (17th Ward) seemed to speak for the majority when he said, this body here is not perfect, but it is good, and it is trying to do the right thing., What we voted on today," said Ald. Get to Know Your Ward: 5th Ward - NBC Chicago State law requires Chicago wards to be nearly equal as practicable while being as contiguous and compact as possible while complying with the Voting Rights Act, which ensures that Black, Latino and Asian Americans can exercise political power in keeping with their population. They completely disregarded any attempt at keeping communities whole and to provide communities their voting rights. As a news piece, this article cites verifiable, third-party sources which have all been thoroughly fact-checked and deemed credible by the Newsroom. This means you may be in an entirely new ward! Vargas, the University of Chicago sociology professor, said lack of a strong central powerbase within the local Democratic Party has prompted a new power struggle. Now that the proposed map is complete, the commission members will turn their attention to turning up the political temperature on alderpeople, who have been drawing their own map behind closed doors since mid-July, with just one public hearing that did not include any indication of what boundaries are under consideration. Michelle Harris. The people of Chicago deserve no less. The wards will take effect following next year's municipal elections. WTTW News Explains: What Happened With Chicagos Parking Meter Deal? The people of Chicago are 31.4% white, 29.9% Latino, 28.7% Black and 6.9% Asian, according to the 2020 U.S. census. Michelle Harris, 8th, a member of the Black Caucus and head of the councils Rules Committee. CHICAGO, IL While not surprised, we are beyond disappointed today to see that a majority of Chicagos elected officials turned their backs on the very people they were elected to represent, their constituents, by refusing to vote to approve a Chicago ward map. Type in your address in the search bar to the left to see which ward you're in now and . Through this process, Chicagos Advisory Redistricting Commission has been a model upholding racial equity and engagement, as well as best practices for independent redistricting nationwide. Felix Cardona Jr., 31st, speaks following a City Council vote for a new map of the citys 50 wards. Michelle Harris. We are united, we are sticking together, were not going to get screwed like we did 10 years ago, she said. Having a new state speaker, having a new mayor, seeing the downfall of some of these old key players like Burke, although theyre not entirely down yet, just shows how the whole structure and organization of the Democratic Party is much more in flux than it has ever been, he said. The proposed map will put an end to crazy, carved up lobster wards, said Michael Strode, a member of the commission created by a coalition of community groups led by Change Illinois. The law is very clear you cannot violate one community to go after another, Ervin said. But we need the other members of the coalition issues to be addressed, as well, to the best of our ability. It would not be a benefit to the city for feuding members to engage in expensive, protracted litigation., Robert Vargas, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Chicago, said a referendum is likely, but court intervention is doubtful., Vargas said courts have typically given local authorities flexibility in redistricting decisions, only intervening in cases with really egregious forms of disenfranchisement.. The Latino Caucus map, first introduced in October and resubmitted Wednesday, has included 15 majority Latino wards, 16 majority Black wards and one Asian American ward. City Council members inaction blocks map the people helped shape. Showdown vote on Chicago ward map called off - Chicago Sun-Times New boundaries for the citys 50 wards are being redrawn based on the 2020 census, leaving the potential for political winners and losers who could change the citys political dynamic. The two entrenched sides have been bickering over their proposals for months, and if they dont reach an agreement by mid May, the issue is scheduled to go to the citys voters in a referendum. If 10 alderpeople agree on an alternative map either the one drawn by the caucus or another group it would force a referendum that would put the competing maps up to a vote, officials said. Ariel Reboyras (30th)Ald. No matter which side she would pick, or what she would do, she would likely create permanent opponents on her other legislation, he said. February 03, 2022 12:02 PM As Black and Latino politicians continue to struggle for power on the Chicago City Council, the likelihood of a citywide referendum followed by an expensive and. Beale demanded an apology, which was not forthcoming from Ervin during the debate. Latino alderpeople blasted the City Council map as a backroom deal worked up by connected attorney Kasper, who served as the longtime election attorney to former House Speaker Michael Madigan, who resigned his seat under the cloud of a corruption investigation of ComEd. According to Block Club Chicago, the Latino Caucus original map had featured 15 majority Latinx wards and 16 Black-majority wards. At the same time, Chicagos Asian American population rose 31%. Susan Sadlowski Garza, 10th; and Ald. Most of the citys Black council members are willing to concede one seat but not two. We have said collectively that as opportunities come up for an alderman, if they fix their boundaries or any issues, then thats good. CHANGE Illinois, along with diverse, partner community groups and advocates, officially launched the Chicago Advisory Redistricting Commission, a resident-led independent commission - without ties to city government or alders. Those supporting the effort to draw a new ward map that includes a majority of Asian voters are also concerned their push will get lost in the struggle to draw a map in a city where Latinos saw their share of Chicagos population rise 5% from 2010 to 2020 and Chicagos Black population dropped 10%, according to the 2020 census. Thats clearly what this map does.. Lincoln Yards would also be moved to Ald. Hes skeptical of the Rules Committee process since Harris failed attempt to defeat opponents of her map by lowering the number of votes needed to pass it, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. George Cardenas (12th Ward) is running for the Cook County Board of Review in 2022, and if successful, would not seek another term on the City Council in 2023, when the new maps could take effect. UICs Lewis isnt convinced the fighting this time around is related to political shifts and pointed to intra-council squabbles during previous remap processes. Michelle Harris, 8th, head of the Chicago City Councils Rules Committee. Mets agree to send 3-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer to Rangers, pending no-trade clause, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. In the case of redistricting, its looking like that will be a referendum.. I would hope not because were elected to do a job there, and the job were supposed to do is making sure that were representing our respective wards and residents of the city of Chicago.. With that history as a guide, a federal judge or an appellate panel could once again make the final decision. Alternative maps: City council has to produce a map by December 1st, but the proposed map will go to the voters in 2022 if they don't meet the deadline. RELATED: Lincoln Yards Could Change Wards In Proposed Remap As Aldermen Battle Over Mega-Development Territory. The blue map shows what the new 1st Ward boundaries will be beginning in May 2023. Boundaries - Wards (2023-) - Map | City of Chicago | Data Portal We are trying to create a new narrative for a better future and better government for all the people. Chicago City Council Votes 43-7 to Approve New Ward Map After Racially Felix Cardona (31st)Ald. If we only look at facts, there is no other way, said C.W. The map that passed has 16 Black-majority wards and 14 Latino-majority wards, one fewer Latino ward than the Latino Caucus wanted in light of Latino population gains citywide. Ingraham created a 0-100 scale to. Part of the reason for this lack of representation is because Chinatown has been sliced and diced, reducing our voice, but now we have a real opportunity to change that.The Peoples Coalition Map will launch a full-scale referendum campaign leading up to the Illinois Primary Election on June 28, when the question about the remap will be presented to voters.Were proud to expand our coalition and bring this fight to the people because, at the end of the day, the people should choose their City Council Alderpeople Alderpeople shouldnt choose their voters, said Ald. Every dime we make fundsreportingfrom Chicagos neighborhoods. Our goal was to create and support a community-led-and-driven ward remap process that will strive to keep neighborhoods whole as much as possible. Creating a Chicago ward with a majority of Asian American voters would fulfill a push that began in 1991 with unfulfilled demands that Chinatown not be divided between two wards. But that would require alderpeople to give up the power to pick their own voters, while punishing their enemies and boosting their allies.
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