SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The hateful, racist conversation secretly recorded among Los Angeles City Council members illustrates a reality: Self-interest redistricting brings out the worst in politicians.
The infamous discussion between three council members and a labor leader focused, after all, on how best to gerrymander the politicians' districts to benefit them and their Latino allies and hurt their rival colleagues.
The city of L.A., including its politicians, would be much better off if it dumped the corrupt system of drawing lines for council districts. It should adopt a clean method similar to what the county already has created and California voters forced on the state more than a decade ago.
