By Adrian Florido
If you live within the proposed boundaries of San Diego’s new 9th City Council District, don’t worry. City Attorney Jan Goldsmith has said you won’t have to wait a year to get representation on the City Council.
Last week I wrote about confusion stemming from new City Council district boundaries that the San Diego Redistricting Commission is poised to adopt later this month. The changes include the addition of a new 9th District in mid-city.
But because language in the City Charter says the boundaries go into effect 30 days after they’re adopted, some city officials, including Council President Tony Young, believed that suddenly residents of the new 9th District would be left with no council member until they elect one next year.
Yesterday Goldsmith said that’s not how it will work.
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