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Does Prop. 50 Divide California Communities? Depends How You Measure It
Jeanne Kuang / Oct. 10, 2025, 7:24 a.m. / Sacramento
… the state’s independent, nonpartisan redistricting commission, which for the past two decades has prioritized maps that keep similar communities together and provide more electoral opportunities …
Ballots for the Prop. 50 Special Election Mailed Out Today; Polls Show the Gerrymander Initiative in the Lead
Hank Sims / Oct. 6, 2025, 1:28 p.m. / Elections
… were born. The California gerrymander would undo, temporarily, the lines drawn at the beginning of this decade by the independent Citizens' Redistricting Commission. If it passes, five Republicans …
Newsom or Not? California GOP Split on Centering Him in Redistricting Campaign
Alexei Koseff / Sept. 8, 2025, 7:28 a.m. / Sacramento
… attendees their most effective talking point to defeat Proposition 50 is to simply show voters the new map. Newsom’s plan would toss out congressional districts drawn by an independent citizen commission …
What About Texas? California Republicans Pressed for Answers in Redistricting Fight
Jeanne Kuang and Maya C. Miller / Aug. 21, 2025, 6:44 a.m. / Sacramento
… ” by encouraging redistricting every two years. Instead, he said all states should adopt California’s model, where maps are drawn every 10 years by an independent citizens redistricting commission. “What we have …
Why Many California Democrats Are Feeling Angst Over Newsom’s Redistricting
Jeanne Kuang / Aug. 20, 2025, 8:42 a.m. / Sacramento
… of the state’s independent redistricting commission, at a hearing over the measures Tuesday. Sadhawani helped draw the state’s existing congressional map when she sat on the commission alongside fellow …
California Republicans Sue to Block Newsom’s Gerrymandering, Point to Legislative Gamesmanship
Maya C. Miller / Aug. 19, 2025, 1:20 p.m. / Sacramento
… what is otherwise a wonky game of insider legislative baseball. But with the redistricting push, Republican lawmakers have doubled down on their defense of the state’s citizen redistricting commission …
This Republican Lawmaker Has Served California for Decades. Newsom’s Plan Could End His Dominance.
Deborah Brennan / Aug. 13, 2025, 7:52 a.m. / Sacramento
… citizens’ commission to draw voting lines. California voters approved the redistricting commission for state offices in 2008, empowering the bipartisan body to set boundaries based on geographic areas …
Northern California Republican Heckled at Packed Town Hall Over Trump and Medi-Cal
Maya C. Miller / Aug. 12, 2025, 7:45 a.m. / Sacramento
… an independent redistricting commission nearly 20 years ago. “Maybe the people in Texas, maybe the people in other states will put their own commissions in place in order to have it be independent,” La …
Newsom Wants Voters to Weigh in on New Congressional Districts in November
Alexei Koseff / Aug. 1, 2025, 6:52 a.m. / Sacramento
… states give redistricting authority to their legislatures, California uses a bipartisan citizen commission created by voters through a ballot measure. So to usurp the commission and implement more …
Newsom Ramps Up California Redistricting Threat as Texas Weighs New Republican Maps
Alexei Koseff / July 26, 2025, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… citizen redistricting commission protected by the state Constitution. In 2008, voters narrowly approved an amendment removing California legislators’ power to draw their own seats. Two years later …
Why California Politicians Will Keep Drawing Their Own Election Districts
Sameea Kamal / Oct. 11, 2023, 7:04 a.m. / Sacramento
… , and increasing standards for public engagement. He also signed SB 314, by Sacramento Democratic Sen. Angelique Ashby, that establishes a citizens redistricting commission for the Sacramento County board …
Who Draws the Lines? A Big Push for Independent Local Redistricting
Sameea Kamal / Feb. 16, 2023, 7:15 a.m. / Sacramento
… Who Draws the Lines? A Big Push for Independent Local Redistricting Long Beach residents participate in an independent redistricting commission meeting at City Hall, denouncing …
Voters Push to Take Local Redistricting From Politicians
Sameea Kamal / Sept. 15, 2022, 7:30 a.m. / Sacramento
… citizens redistricting commission. “This failure of a majority of the Board of Supervisors to protect the voting rights of our Latino community illustrates why an independent citizens redistricting …
No Legal Battles for California’s New Election Maps. But What Lessons Can Be Learned?
Sameea Kamal / Feb. 14, 2022, 7:16 a.m. / Sacramento
… people scattered around California collectively exhaled in relief. The 14 are members of the state’s independent citizens redistricting commission who drew 120 new districts for the Legislature, 52 …
The California Legislature Is Back: What to Expect in 2022
Sameea Kamal / Jan. 3, 2022, 7:14 a.m. / Sacramento
… and congressional boundaries are redrawn to account for population changes. On Dec. 27, the state’s independent redistricting commission certified its new maps. The commission drew the lines from scratch without …
Why Is California’s Redistricting Commission Under Increasing Scrutiny?
Sameea Kamal / Dec. 8, 2021, 7:30 a.m. / Sacramento
… Why Is California’s Redistricting Commission Under Increasing Scrutiny? California’s independent redistricting commission is taking a lot of heat for the congressional and legislative maps it …
Redistricting Nears the Finish Line! Your Final Supervisorial, Congressional and Legislative Districts are Almost Certainly Going to Look Like This For the Next Decade
Hank Sims / Nov. 12, 2021, 12:18 p.m. / Local Government
… It was a rocky road at times — see here, and here — but with the publication of draft maps Wednesday it looks as though the California Citizens Redistricting Commission is going to leave the North Coast's …
California Redistricting: Four Key Questions
Sameea Kamal / Nov. 12, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Sacramento
… — as well as a haiku and at least two songs as public comment. But Wednesday night, California’s independent redistricting commission reached a key milestone: Its first official maps are out …
The North Coast Could Have Some Open Seats in Congress and the Legislature if These New Redistricting ‘Visualizations’ Come to Pass
Hank Sims / Nov. 3, 2021, 12:32 p.m. / Sacramento
… With Shasta County at the State and Federal Level, and the State Citizens’ Redistricting Commission Would Like Your Feedback###When last we checked in with the state’s Citizens Redistricting Commission …
How Local Independent Commissions Are Changing California Redistricting
Sameea Kamal / Oct. 26, 2021, 6:10 a.m. / Sacramento
… How Local Independent Commissions Are Changing California Redistricting In summary New independent commissions are drawing election districts in cities and counties …
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Redistricting Ruckus
LoCO Staff / Oct. 16, 2021, 10 a.m. / Environment
… ’ Redistricting Commission Would Like Your Feedback,” Lost Coast Outpost, Oct. 14. …
A WEDDING to REDDING? There Are Ideas to Join Us With Shasta County at the State and Federal Level, and the State Citizens’ Redistricting Commission Would Like Your Feedback
Hank Sims / Oct. 14, 2021, 7:15 a.m. / D.C. , Sacramento
… A WEDDING to REDDING? There Are Ideas to Join Us With Shasta County at the State and Federal Level, and the State Citizens' Redistricting Commission Would Like Your Feedback PREVIOUSLY:Do You …
How Will Diverse Voters Be Represented in California’s New Election Districts?
Sameea Kamal / Oct. 14, 2021, 6:30 a.m. / Sacramento
… congressional, legislative and local districts lead to diverse representation. The track record of the Citizens Redistricting Commission is mixed, according to two recent studies. Redistricting …
Between the Lines: Hidden Partisans Try to Influence California’s Independent Redistricting
Ben Christopher and Sameea Kamal / Sept. 28, 2021, 7:10 a.m. / Sacramento
… the message.” Sara Sadhwani, chairperson of the California Citizens Redistricting Commisssion. Photo courtesy of the commissionSara Sadhwani, the commission’s chairperson, said while more …
CENSUS RESULTS: Eureka’s Population Shifted Pretty Dramatically in the Past Ten Years, and You Can Help Fix the Problems That Caused!
Hank Sims / Sept. 21, 2021, 2:15 p.m. / Local Government
… districts for legislative purposes. The California Citizens Redistricting Commission is charged with doing that for our state and federal offices – Assemblymember, state Senator, Congressmember – and they …
TODAY in SUPES: Board Launches Water Quality Grant Program and Talks Redistricting; Bass Offers a Tearful Homage to Her Late Mom
Ryan Burns / Aug. 17, 2021, 4:16 p.m. / Local Government
… Citizens Redistricting Commission.Wilson spoke briefly about the importance of redistricting — that decennial chore of redrawing local, state and (some) national political boundaries to reflect the latest …
CENSUS RESULTS! Humboldt County Has Grown a Little, and at Least on Paper It’s a Little Less White
Hank Sims / Aug. 13, 2021, 4:50 p.m. / Our Culture
… to the Airbnb boom in that picturesque seaside village.Another key component of the data released yesterday: Race and ethnicity. Redistricting bodies such as the California Citizens Redistricting Commission …
ECONEWS REPORT: How Can Enviro Voters Increase their Power?
The EcoNews Report / July 17, 2021, 10 a.m. / Environment
… , Trinity and Del Norte Counties are in Zone A. The Citizen Redistricting Commission is hosting a special meeting for our zone on August 23 from 1-7 p.m. Go to this link to see the meeting agenda …
Do You Feel More Like Redding or San Rafael? The California Citizens Redistricting Commission Wants to Know
Hank Sims / June 29, 2021, 12:57 p.m. / Sacramento
… the California Citizens Redistricting Commission wants to hear from you! It will be taking testimony from residents of Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Lake, Napa, Sonoma and Trinity counties on Thursday, July 1 …
