On Wednesday, June 29, 2022, a News Conference will be held at 5:00 PM in front of the Justice of the Peace 5, Position 1 Office located at 6000 Chimney Rock, Houston, Texas 77081, where LULAC will announce its lawsuit against the City of Houston for all single member districts.

Afterwards from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M., the LULAC Redistricting Task Force will hold its second town hall meeting about the City of Houston Charter Amendment and will feature District “J”.

The Town Hall Meeting at the Harris County Justice of the Peace JP 5-1 Courtroom will feature District “J” as a Hispanic opportunity district, which is an area of Houston that encompasses the Gulfton and Sharpstown areas. These areas were kept together in the creation of District “J” known as a "Hispanic opportunity district for electing a Latino from its 63.1% Hispanic residents. The City Council District “J” was formed as a result from the 2011 redistricting when Hispanic leaders asked Mayor Annise Parker to revise her proposed redistricting plan of city council areas to create a new city council district for a mostly Hispanics area into a single-member district. City Council District “J” is made up of 63.1% Hispanic residents who can claim the opportunity for another Hispanic district.

This is a WAKE-UP CALL for Latinos to reflect upon the need to readily elect more of their own representation who know and understand the needs of their community. Moreover, Hispanic people must know that they are 45% of Houston's population with only one (1) Latino Councilmember out of 16 council seats.

Houston LULAC Redistricting Task Force is focused on ascertaining an amendment to the City Charter for 16 single-member districts “ONLY”. The panel of guest speakers are LULAC National President Domingo Garcia, District “J” Resident & Community Organizer, Ivan Sanchez, Diane Olmos-Guzman, former HCC Board Trustee, as well as, political science Rice University Professor Mark P. Jones, Ph.D., and U of H Political Science Professor Jeronimo Cortina, Ph.D.

“We young Latinos agree that our government must be a reflection of us that is responsive and proportionate to the Latino population, said Ivan Sanchez LULAC Task Force Member for District “J.”