League of Women Voters ^®
of Greater Los Angeles

NALEO Educational Fund: 2022 Primary Election Profile Study

The primary election is rapidly approaching and The Easy Voter Guide for the June 7, 2022 Primary is available now online. The guide is available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean and has vital information on ways to vote in California—including how to register and vote all the way up through Election Day—and the choices for turning in the ballot you receive in the mail.

With almost no media coverage, major decisions about the future of Los Angeles are being made. Like every other level of government that has district elections, the LA City Council’s 15 districts are being re-drawn literally as we speak.

For many decades, this process of City Council Redistricting was done directly by the City Council itself. The opportunity for manipulation of the process was evident. Gerrymandering to protect incumbents or eliminate rivals was the standard operating procedure.

To reduce the political manipulation of the state’s District drawing process, California voters passed an initiative in 2008 requiring the state of California to have a truly independent commission, to draw the lines for the state legislature and congressional districts.