By Richard Ivanhoe, HANC Board
Like San Francisco, California has a Redistricting Commission, whose function is to redraw the State’s political map based on the 2020 census. Unlike San Francisco’s Redistricting Commission, the State’s final maps and report were issued in December, 2021. These affect San Francisco.
The boundaries of our Federal Congressional district remain the same, but because California lost one representative in the last census, we are now in Congressional District 11, and no longer in District 12. We remain in California Senate District 11 (not to be confused with Federal Senators—our two Federal Senators represent the entire State).
The biggest change, and the one that most affects the Haight Ashbury is the redrawing of the line between California Assembly District 17 and District 19. The two maps below show 1) the line as it bisects San Francisco, and a close-up that shows what streets the line follows within HANC’s border.
HANC’s boundaries, as set out in our bylaws, run from Divisadero / Castro to Arguello and from Fulton to 17th Street (Carmel west of Clayton). As you can see from the map, most of the Haight-Ashbury is moving from District 17 (formerly represented by David Chiu, and now represented by Matt Haney) to District 19 (represented by Phil Ting).
The new districts are effective with the inauguration of those elected in the November 2022 general election. What this means for those of us who are moving from District 17 to District 19, is that we voted in District 17 in the April runoff election, but will vote in District 19 in the June primary and the November general election. We will continue to be represented by Matt Haney (as soon as he takes office) through the end of the year, and then our representative will be the winner of the District 19 election (Phil Ting is the incumbent, has not reached his term limit, and is considered the front-runner).