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Pittsburgh Rep Is New Co-Sponsor Sacramento's Asian Connection aci ic citizen National Publication of the Japanese American Citizens League Newsstand: 25¢ (60e postpaid) Whole No. 2.401 Vol. 103 No. 6ISSN: 0030-8579 941 East 3rd St. #200, Los Angeles, CA 90013 (213) 626-6936 Friday, Aug. 8,1986 the Korean American community Koreans charge dilution of voting power leaders to keep Koreatown with­ in one councilmanic djstrict" as City Council okays redistricting plan As the council prepared to put its fmal stamp of approval on the by J.K Yamamoto Woo and Councilman John Fer­ second Alatorre plan July 30, raro in the new 4th District, forc­ roughly 400 Korean Americans LOS ANGELES-Despite vocal ing the two to run against each protested on the steps of City protests over the division of other next year Woo accepted it Hall and then packed the council Koreatown into three council because he felt he had a better chambers. districts, the City Council gave chance against Ferraro than Young Oak Kirn, a KAC mem­ final approval to a compromise against a Hispanic candidate in redistricting plan July 30 and ber who attended the council the new 13th District meeting, said the protesters were Mayor Tom Bradley signed it At the same time, however, not expressing a preference as into law later the same day. there was concern over the effect to which of the three districts The redrawing of council dis­ of the new Alatorre plan on Asian they wanted Koreatown to be trict boundaries, undertaken in voting strength. Chinatown, now placed in. response to a Justice Dept law­ in the multi-ethnic 9th District, suit ordering greater voting Councilman Robert Farrell, would be moved into the new 13th whose 8th District would contain strength for Latinos, first caused District And Koreatown, already part ofKorea town under the new concern among Asian community divided between two districts, groups because it created a His­ plan, made a motion that the con­ would be split among three. solidation of Koreatown be con­ panic majority in Mike Woo's 13th "We believe this allows the sidered by the Charter & Elec­ District Despite protests that it City Council to escape accounta­ tions Committee at a later date. increased Latino representation bility to the Korean community," at the expense of the council's Also before the council was an declared Korean American C0- amendment submitted by Ferra­ only Asian member the plan, alition (KAC), Korean Federa­ drafted by Councilman Richard ro who claimed that 4W'c of the In a scene from "Karate Kid Part II," Kumiko (Tamlyn Tomita) befriends Dan­ tion of Los Angeles, Koreatown new 4th District was from the old iel (Ralph Macchio) when he visits an Okinawan village. (Review on p. 12.) Alatorre, was passed July 22. Development Assn, Korean Vet­ Bradley immediately vetoed it 4th and 60% wa from the old erans Assn and Korean Chamber 13th, thus giving Woo an unfair A compromise plan, also intro­ of Commerce in a tatement is­ advantage. The amendment in­ duced by Alatorre, was given pre­ sued July 29. 'The council mem­ corporated more of Hancock Pittsburgh rep is new co-sponsor liminary approval July 23. Al­ bers have all but completely ig­ though this plan placed both Park into Ferraro's district in nored the pleas and requests of order to provide "a level playing field" WASHINGTON-Rep. William made to the aide, and Rep. Robert Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky Coyne (D-Pa) became the latest Matsui (D-Calif.), who is also a Hawaii has too many AJA teachers and expressed exasperation with the co-sponsor of HR 442 on Aug. 1, member of the Ways & Means proposed last-minute changes. according to LEe executive di­ Committee, was asked to talk administrators, committee concludes "We could be in per etual redis­ rector Grayce Uyehara with Coyne. At this point, Coyne 39.2% of the population, rep­ tricting, that's what worries me. Now in his third term as rep­ agreed to become a co- ponsor. HONOLULU-The Hawaii Ad­ resentative of the 14th District, 'This encouraging turn of visory Committee to the U.S. resented 17.tpIo of the teachers We could have a redistricting a week" which includes Pittsburgh, Coyne events in getting support from Commission on Civil Rights and 11.4% ofthe administrators. Japanese Americans, who Woo moved that both the Ko­ selVes on the Ways & Means and the western end of Pennsylvania charged the state Dept ofEduca­ make up 29.JOlc of the population, community' concerns and Standards of Official Conduct shows that with coalition build­ tion with failure to respond to rean committees. ing. the redress bill can get sup­ affirmative action policies. held 58.50/1 of the teaching po i­ Ferraro' amendment be consid­ ered b the committee, w-ging The lobbying was carried out port in places where we do not The panel reported at a public tions and 67.1% of the administra­ tive positions in the department the council ''to not send a mes­ through the coalition work of have JACL chapters," said Uye­ meeting July 14 that there are Albert Yo hii, assistant super­ sage that for orne reason it' Philadelphia JACL redress chair hara still too few Filipinos, White , Sumi Kobayashi, George Oye of "Feedback to the Washington Native Hawaiians and Blacks intendent for personnel ervice , more important for u to deal aid the department is following with a change in Hancock Park American Friends Service Com­ office of JACL-LEC is invaluable among teachers and administrat­ OJ in the state's public chool. the 1984 plan but that progress mittee, Pennsylvania ACLU ex­ in evaluating the opportune time ontinued on page 10 i slow becau e federal law per­ ecutive director Barry Steinhardt, to request help from either Con­ Marion Saunders, chairwoman mits no di crimination in hiring. and Howard Ross of the Anti­ gressman Bob Matsui or Norman of the advisory panel's subcom­ Defamation League's Pittsburgh Mineta who have been able to mittee on education, said the The five-year affirmative action office. find supporters while they go public schools remain overload­ plan i de igned to bring hiring Law professor in line with racial percentag Uyehara met with Coyne's ad­ about their business in Congress" ed with employees of Japan e in the community at large, while ministrative assistant two months There are now 138 co-spon­ ancestry despite a revised affIr­ Sato dead at 62 complying with federal anti~is­ ago to request the congressman's sors, 133 of whom have voting mative action plan adopted by support. A follow-up call was privileges. the Board of Education in 1984. crimination law OAKLAND, Calif.-Sho ato, 62, Department ftgure show that Th committe is not planning a professor oflaw at Berkele , while Filipino accounted for any legal action at this time, but di d July 'Xl after a lol,lg illn . 12.40/1 of the state' population, will continu to monitor d prut­ A nati of cramento. he rief only 2.3Oft of the teachers and m nt hiring and t publiciz its wa intemed at Tule Lak dur­ 2.9Oh of th admini trators w re findings. ing WW2 and later left. to attend Filipino. D n r Uni rsity. After gradu­ Mink remains on council; Heftel resigns post White , while accounting for --from reports by Hcmollll" Star-Bulletin ating in 1M4, he entered Hru'Vard HONOLULU-HR 442 lost a co-sponsor as Rep. Cecil Heftel (D­ Law chool, erved 3 ~ yeru in Hawaii) recently resigned from office in order to run for governor. the Army, and again ent red the Although the state attorney general ruled that Heftel did not have law chool, graduating in 1951. to resign in order to comply with Hawaii's "resign-to-run" law, the Sacramento's Asian Connection H eIVed as a deputy attorney Honolulu representative decided he could not effectively represent general for alifomia fi m 1952- his constituency for the remainder of his term while campaigning. 55, then joined th Boalt Hall fa­ The ruling also affected another gubernatorial candidate, City by Maeley L. Tom 2.6 ,' of the Assembly work force. culty. H taught cIa in state Councilwoman Patsy Mink, who decided not to resign from her pos­ Twelve y ars ago, a small group Thanks to the Minorit Outreach and local ta: ation. tat and ition (see July 25 pc). of Asian legislative taf~ rs creat­ R ruitm nt Program intl'Oduced local go rnment, and th law f The law was designed to prevent politicians from making political ed th Asian Legislativ StaffCau­ by Rules ommitte hairman natural re ow H 1 ived a forays from a "safe haven" to which they could return if they lost cus to serve as a liaison betwe n Loui Papan, the p r ntage of Di tingui h d T aching \ ard Mink's term of office ends Jan 2, while Heftel's ends with the 99th the Asian Pacific community and A ian staffer in the A sembly ha in 1960. session of Congress. The term of the new governor begins Dec. 1. the State Legislature. Among it nearly tripled. The late t additions ato" a a men1ber ofth Cali­ Candidates running in the special election to selVe the remainder founders were: Georgette Imura, to th ADLSC include Andr w Sun fornia Law R vi ion of Heftel's term include former Republican state chair Pat Saiki Larry Asera, Mike Woo (now a Los of the Ass mbly Office of Re­ ion {i'Om 1900-00, ving a and Democrats Neil Abercrombie, Steve Cobb and Mufi Hanneman Angeles city councilman), Debbie search and Michael Huyhn, con- chairman for th last two ye The special election has been set for Sept !?D, the same day as the Nakatomi, and myself.
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