1;100%”] A new voice will likely be stepping into the Palm Springs City Council District 1 seat. Latina candidate Grace Garner is leading the polls and said the new districting rules were a key contributor to her success. “It made it much easier to connect […]

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A new voice will likely be stepping into the Palm Springs City Council District 1 seat. Latina candidate Grace Garner is leading the polls and said the new districting rules were a key contributor to her success.

“It made it much easier to connect with as many residents as we could,” Garner said. “We were out in the neighborhoods door knocking, we were making phone calls, we could actually reach out personally to everyone.”

The districting system divided the city into five districts allowing voters in each one to select a council member from their area. It was implemented in response to a letter threatening litigation saying Palm Springs was in violation of the California Voting Rights Act and was blocking a chance for diversity.

Grace Garner to be ‘A Voice for the Unheard’ on Palm Springs City Council, If Elected