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Redrawing district maps for supervisors kicks off (SFGate.com)

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Jenny Lam, director of community initiatives for Chinese for Affirmative Action, will serve as vice chair of the Redistricting Task Force.By Rachel Gordon
Aug. 17, 2011
San Francisco’s decennial redistricting exercise officially got under way when the nine-member panel which will redraw the lines for the 11 supervisors’ districts got briefed on the momentous assignment.
”You’ll find yourselves [...]

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First Asian American Appointed to SF Redistricting Task Force (New America Media)

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Jenny Lam, director of community initiatives for Chinese for Affirmative Action, is appointed to the nine-member Task Force.Photo credit: World Journal
 
By Vivian Po, New America Media
June 30, 2011
The group responsible for redrawing political districts in a city that is one-third Asian until this week did not have a single Asian American member.
But on Tuesday, the [...]

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SF redistricting task force gets 3 more nominees (SF Chronicle)

“Lam, director of community initiatives for the civil rights group Chinese for Affirmative Action, has a long resume of civic and work activities that have focused on women’s rights, children and the Asian American community.”By Rachel Gordon, Chronicle Staff Writer
June 24, 2011
A nine-member panel now being formed to redraw the boundaries for San Francisco’s 11 [...]

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