More than 39,000 San Antonio residents are now in a new city council district after the 10 present members of the city council unanimously adopted a new council district map Thursday.
an advisory committee composed of 23 council appointees
Data from the 2020 U.S. Census showed a decade of lopsided growth had created a nearly 50,000-person gap between the city’s largest and smallest districts. That amounted to 34.6% total deviation between the two when it was supposed to be less than 10%.The new map changes all of the council districts except 2 and 3, and it narrows the deviation down to 8.8%. In general, districts on the city’s North Side had to shrink, while those downtown and on the West Side had to grow.
The map-drawing process had been handed off to the advisory committee in an effort to make it more transparent and independent, said Mayor Ron Nirenberg. However, some council members had pointed remarks about the makeup of the committee. “We did successfully remove that direct political influence in the map-making process. But, you know, obviously, there’s going to be assessment and recommendations for improvement, and we’ll do that,” said Nirenberg.
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