2021-10-14 Redistricting Commission minutes (5th Session)

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the wrong button so it's in there, but it's not correct at all. So, maybe we need a slightly different process here? I'm thinking that because—maybe we should on our different meetings, kind of look at the boundaries between the different districts because what happens in one is going to affect another. Like if you take Kalapana, that might mean that she's going to have to give up some other part of District 4. So, maybe if we kind of take a District at a time and tinker with those boundaries so that we can get the input of the neighboring districts, I think that I know that would help me. HUSTACE: Thank you, Ms. Lui. So, I'll jump to Mr. Lopez first. LOPEZ: I think we have a process. It was explained to us in the very beginning, and I think Ms. Ford actually demonstrated how it's supposed to work. You work on a plan, yeah if you want to listen to other inputs to what you consider, that's perfectly legitimate within your own space. This is what I think we should do, and this is my rationale why I chose. You have to defend your plan and she did that very well. So, I think that's the process and for us to try to do it by teaming up with another neighborhood district is just to me, too foreign of a concept within the confines of trying to come up with an independent plan that's justifiable. You submit it, and then it goes through the vetting process against other plans. First thing, I think the process has been defined. It was explained that way early on, to me as I heard it, and then demonstrated with Ms. Ford's submittal. Thank you. LUL So, I don't disagree with you, Commissioner Lopez, but given our truncated timeframe, are you suggesting that we each submit a plan? And then we're still going to have to work with people across districts, which is why we're all together, to figure out whether those changed census blocks work for the other district. LOPEZ: Well, I can't suggest that each of us submit a plan. That's an independent choice to make. I know that in expressing the due diligence of my appointment to this Commission, I dove in being trained on the product. I dove into meeting the first level of criteria and I have that plan. I have not submitted it because I wanted to hear some more public testimony in a public hearing about some things I may not have considered. And so, as the process moves forward, that's where I'm going. Now I agree with you, we're in an extremely protracted period of time so it's incumbent on us to be that much more knowledgeable up to this point with the tools we have available so that we can ask the questions or can hear testimony and then apply that to our own map. So, whether you want to submit a plan or not as all of you individually, that's up to you. I intend to. Thank you. LUL I just wondered if Chair Kossow, or Vice Chair Hustace, could provide a little leadership here. What are you thinking about our next steps? 23