When most people think of landmark voting rights cases, places like Alabama or North Carolina, not Santa Monica, usually come to mind.
But last month, a judge in the affluent, left-leaning coastal enclave ruled that Santa Monica’s system of at-large City Council representation “intentionally discriminated” against its growing Latino population.
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