Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Lancaster-Palmdale metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Ranks are based on case counts and incidence rates of California counties. Antelope Valley, not a county but a large part of Los Angeles County, is included to demonstrate how high incidence rate can be within LA County. Compared to the 57 other counties in California during 2001–2011, LA County had the third highest average annual number of cases and Antelope Valley had a higher incidence rate than all but six counties.*Counties not part of the Central California Valley are Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, San Diego, Riverside, Ventura, Orange, San Bernardino, Monterey, Santa Clara, and Santa Barbara.Top average annual coccidioidomycosis cases and incidence rates (per 100,000 people) in California, 2001–2011 and 2008–2011.

Plan Description: This plan creates four Latino districts (total population in SD 1, 2, 4, and 5 over 50%) and is reasonably compact for districts 1 and 4. Districts 2, 3, and 5 are contorted in order to accommodate the need to add Latino population. Still this is a starting point for discussion.Plan Objectives:This is a plan with four Latino majority districts (total population above 50%) and CVAP percentages of Latinos over 40%, although in no district do they form a majority CVAP. It is provided for discussion purposes only and I do not endorse this plan, but it could be used as a starting point for commissioners who wish to maximize Latino participation. I continue to support OP 005, my original plan. SD 1 and 4 are compact. SD 5 comprises of the core AV cities, the high Latino Northeast San Fernando Valley and Reseda/Van Nuys area, and densely populated Latino first generation immigrant communities in the central city areas like Pico Union, Highland Park, and Macarthur Park. SD 2 connects South LA, the Eastside (East LA and SELA cities), Burbank, Glendale, and Pasadena. In this plan, the Black community which used to be in SD 2 does end up getting cracked into SD 2 and SD 4. The Asian community is evenly split in all districts except 1 where they are about 25% of the population. The Non Hispanic White population forms a majority in SD 3 as it connects the rich coastal cities, Beverly Hills and Malibu, Santa Clarita, and the outer portions of the Antelope Valley. Ultimately, as demographics continue to trend in the current direction with higher fertility among Latinos, older White population, and Black displacement into the Inland Empire and out of state, it is possible that by 2030 these districts, or a slightly tweaked version, could produce not just four majority Latino total population districts but at least three Latino CVAP majority districts.