The City of Escondido has been put on notice: Change the way City Council members are elected, or get sued.
Civil rights attorneys say the city may be in violation of California election law, because Latinos are not being adequately represented on the council.
Escondido's mayor disagrees, and has been quoted saying the threat is an effort to overturn the voters will.
“They elected me as mayor,” Abed said. “I am a minority, so what’s the problem? The problem is very simple: It’s political. They disagree with our policy on the checkpoints. We are not going to change that. We are supporting the traffic safety checkpoints because of public safety."