Which Way, L.A.?
Race and Political Representation in Anaheim
In Anaheim, community outrage is focused an electoral system Latinos say is stacked against them. Are at-large elections keeping half the population off the City Council?
By Warren Olney • • 24m ListenLast year, police killings of two Latino men in Anaheim sparked days of rock-throwing met by non-lethal projectiles near City Hall. This year, community outrage is focused on politics and an electoral system Latinos say is stacked against them. Is a system of at-large elections keeping 53% of the population off the City Council? We hear what the all-white Council proposes and about a legal challenge with a hearing tomorrow. Also, 34 Chinese 10th grade students on the plane that crashed Saturday in San Francisco — including the two who were killed — were headed for a Christian school in the West Valley. We hear what a US education can mean for middle-class Chinese kids.
On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, with total control in North Carolina, Republicans are enacting an ultra-conservative agenda, sparking the largest and most sustained protest movement seen in the South in years. Is the GOP fighting a losing battle or is the South as solid as ever?
