PASADENA - The plan to push geographic-based voting districts as a means to elect members to the Pasadena Unified School District board cleared a hurdle Tuesday, but not without opposition from the public.
In a joint meeting between the Pasadena City Council and the PUSD board, both governing bodies unanimously approved the formation of a community task force to draft changes to the city charter that would clear the way for geographic-based voting districts and draw the actual district lines.
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The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights successfully sued the Merced School District for not having a proportionate number of Latinos on the school board, forcing the school system to draw voter districts based on both geography and ethnicity. Under the provisions of California Voters Rights Act, minorities are entitled to voting districts that allow them proportionate representation in elected bodies.
The Lawyers Committee visited Pasadena in 2010 as a guest of the League of United Latin American Citizens and told the group that the PUSD was vulnerable to a lawsuit based on disproportionate Latino representation, said Ramon Miramontes, PUSD board and LULAC member.
While Latinos make up 46 percent of the Pasadena residents, Miramontes is the lone Latino serving on the school board.
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