California's 25th State Senate district
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California's 25th State Senate District is one of 40 Senate Districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Senator Edward Vincent of Inglewood.
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[edit] District Profile
The 25th District serves much of the South Los Angeles area of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area. The seat, drawn as an African-American Voting Rights Act district, contains one of the largest African-American populations at over 33.3% of the district's residents. The district is comprised mostly of working class suburbs of Los Angeles, though it also contains pockets of wealthy neighborhoods, mostly added in the 2001 Redistricting (see below).
The 25th is a semi-circle running from the Los Angeles neighborhood of Westchester to the Palos Verdes Peninsular. The district is located entirely in Los Angeles County. Four cities in the district that in sum comprise most of the district's population are Inglewood, Compton, the northwestern sections of Long Beach, and some portions of Los Angeles itself. In addition, the district also includes smaller cities like Hawthorne, Gardena, and unincorporated Alondra Park, Westmont, and Willowbrook. Lastly, the district contains the entire Palos Verdes Peninsula.
Within the city of Los Angeles, the 25th includes a section of Westchester near Los Angeles International Airport. It also contains portions of South Los Angeles and a small portion of San Pedro used to connect the Palos Verdes Peninsula ro the remainder of the district.
[edit] Politics
The 25th Senate District is a safe Democratic district. As of 2006, 59% of Registered Voters were registered Democrat and 22% were registered Republican. In 2004, Senator Vincent received 74% of the vote.
[edit] 2001 Redistricting
Population growth in the 25th was not as fast as growth statewide, so the district had to pick up population. Reflecting demographic changes in the African-American community, the cities of Lynwood and Paramount were removed from the district and the northwestern neighborhoods of Long Beach added. While this replacement made sense demographically, it is not quite known why Palos Verdes was added to this district, being neither located near nor having any cultural similarities to the remainder of the district. Indeed, its addition makes what would have been a relatively compact and culturally representative district into one of the most egregious gerrymanders of the 2001 Redistricting.
[edit] External links
Official Profile of Senate District from California State Senate--[1]
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