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A gerrymandered congressional district, the 11th CD of CA, drawn to favor Republican Richard Pombo.While the Danville area is a traditional Republican stronghold, Morgan Hill is not, and it was added to obtain the proper population numbers for the 11th after Livermore was assigned to the 10th at the behest of the incumbent Democrat, since it contains the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ...
In November 2008, California voters passed Proposition 11, authorizing a state redistricting commission. [1] The California State Auditor (CSA) adopted regulations on 20 October 2009. [22] The Applicant Review Panel was randomly selected on 16 November 2009.
At the state level, state courts may order or impose redistricting plans on jurisdictions where redistricting legislation prohibits gerrymandering. For example, in 2010 Florida adopted two state constitutional amendments that prohibit the Florida Legislature from drawing redistricting plans that favor or disfavor any political party or ...
The old gerrymandering had a very bad stench and is still practiced in many states including Texas, columnist George Skelton writes. Column: Gerrymandering still exists in California. But reforms ...
The commission received the official 2020 U.S. census data on which the maps must be based, by law, on September 21, 2021. Draft maps were released then on November 21, and final maps were submitted to the California Secretary of State on December 27, 2021. [15] The new districts are considered "enacted" as of December 27, 2021.
A political battle over Florida’s redrawn congressional map is bringing new attention to the issue of nationwide gerrymandering and what The post Redrawing of congressional maps like in Florida ...
California's 13th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. Adam Gray , a Democrat , has represented this district since January 2025. In the 2022 redistricting cycle, the district was moved to the San Joaquin Valley , while the old 13th district was renumbered as the 12th.
A lawsuit, filed May 23 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, alleges that state leaders improperly reconfigured four congressional and seven Florida House districts, in a ...