Tag: Latinos

  • Few Latino Residents Are Applying to Take Part in Redistricting

    Few Latino Residents Are Applying to Take Part in Redistricting

    Latinos represent 31 percent of the city’s population but only 13 percent of the 102 applications to serve on San Diego’s redistricting commission. District 8, which is 74 percent Latino, only had four applicants – the lowest number of any City Council district by far.

  • 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…

  • Covered California Releases Spanish-Language Enrollment Form

    By Kenny Goldberg Enrollment in Covered California has skyrocketed the last few months, except among people whose primary language is Spanish. Spanish-speakers make up 29 percent of California’s population. But exchange officials said so far, that group makes up only 5 percent of those who’ve signed up for a plan. Exchange spokeswoman Lizelda Lopez admitted…

  • Covered California Officials Admit They Need to Do More to Attract Latinos

    By Kenny Goldberg In California, people who primarily speak Spanish make up 29 percent of the population. But so far, that group makes up only 5 percent of those who’ve signed up for health insurance through Covered California. Officials say statewide in October and November, fewer than 4,500 primarily Spanish-speakers enrolled in a plan. California…

  • SD Latinos Surveyed About Beliefs, Experiences

    By Megan Burke, Maureen Cavanaugh and Peggy Pico San Diego is already a majority-minority county. That means, not one ethnic or racial group comprises more than 50 percent of the population. That majority-minority status is expected to continue for the next 50 years or so — except for one major change. The percentage of whites…