11 (4)Public Comment
From: Maritza Bermudez <
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2022 4:00 PM
To: Public Comment
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Redistricting comment
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Dear Mayor Sidhu and Council members,
My name is Maritza Bermudez, I am a community organizer with OCCCO and I participate at Saint Boniface
Church. I am also a lifelong City of Anaheim resident of 42 years and I currently live in district 3.
I would like to share with you all who and where my community of interest is located. The area that I live in is
composed of the Vine, Bush, and Rose neighborhood. My community of interest are renters who live in high density
populated apartments and are mostly low income working class. Currently we are at the border of district 3 and 5
with East St. being the dividing street. One of the suggestions that I have made since the beginning of this process
is to include and incorporate Sycamore JHS into district 3. The reason for this suggestion was because many of the
students that attend Sycamore JHS come from district 3 and it would only make sense that these communities of
interest be in the same district and be represented by the same district council person. This would help in
addressing the needs and issues of these communities of interest and help have more equitable representation.
I am in support of proposed draft map 114.
I support draft map 114 because it advocates for the original People's Map from 2016 and for 3 Latinx CVAP
districts that would also support low-income, working-class communities that have shared the need for affordable
housing and language access.
However, I want to advocate for a few changes to the 114 map in order for it to fully represent my community. The
changes that I am proposing are as following:
• District 3 takes in Sycamore Junior High from District 5
• District 5 takes from District 4 - area between E South St, E Santa Ana St and S East St, S State College
Blvd.
• District 4 takes from District 3 - area between S Euclid, S Gilbuck Dr and W Broadway, and W Crone Ave.
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We must keep our community of interest together because it would allow us to feel empowered and to express
ourselves as a united voice. I ask you to please consider the proposed map 114 with the adjustments that we are
suggesting.
Thank you for your time and consideration,
Maritza Bermudez
Community Organizer
Orange County Congregation Community Organization
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