Tag: Latino Empowerment District

  • Could All-Latino Slate Motivate Higher Voter Turnout in City Heights?

    By Claire Trageser For years, one wealthy and mostly white San Diego neighborhood has effectively decided who represents an entire City Council district — a district that’s 50 percent Latino. The Kensington neighborhood wields the power in District 9 because the residents there vote. In the last general election, Kensington’s turnout was 30 percentage points…