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The Sun’s coverage of the California Redistricting Commission and the new battle lines for California’s Congressional and state legislative districts.
Frustration mounts as Calif. mapmakers set for Monday Congressional showdown
Following a weekend completely reshaping California's congressional map and making little progress, citizen commissioners have one day to finalize a map.
Calif. mapmakers run into Valley buzzsaw over Assembly lines: not enough Hispanics to go around
The push by Valley-based advocates to juice Latino-majority Assembly districts into supermajorities fell well short on Wednesday as California's Redistricting Commission struggled to find paths forward.
“Completely racist”: Calif. mapmakers hear blowback over Harder, allies’ Valley map gambit
"The dozens of calls from Stanislaus County over the last week needs to be called out for what they are: an attempt by a sitting Congressman to influence the redistricting process," a caller said.
Valley’s progressives fume over Calif. maps. Lack of Valley voice is at center of equation.
Much of the hand-wringing from commentators and progressive advocates in recent days have centered on mismatched Valley communities and Hail Mary efforts to radically reverse the drafts.
Harder choices: Rep’s furious push to redraw Valley’s Congressional map with back-up plan in motion
Rep. Josh Harder (D–Turlock) faces a tall task in the coming weeks, centered around two competing prospects that will determine where he'll represent Californians in Congress.
Calif. mapmakers hear earful from Valley residents over draft Congressional lines
Advocates for the Dolores Huerta Foundation attempted to assuage concerns of packing minority-majority district while south Valley residents sought to distance themselves from the City of Fresno.
With districts in flux, Josh Harder jumps on bandwagon of fundraising off of Devin Nunes
A face-off between two-term Rep. Josh Harder (D–Turlock) and Rep. Devin Nunes (R–Tulare) may make a good fundraising pitch. But what about the district lines?
Commissioner: Valley leads in complaints over draft Calif. congressional map
The Central Valley is far from thrilled with proposed Congressional and legislative lines drawn by California's citizen-led redistricting commission.
Calif. redistricting panel shakes up Valley in draft maps, putting Valley reps on the move
The draft maps, borrowing heavily from weeks of hypothetical visualizations, have largely upended political boundaries familiar to Valley residents. Now comes six weeks of jockeying to improve them.
After all-day session, Calif. Redistricting Commission submits rough draft of Assembly map
Emphasis on the word "rough," California's citizen redistricting commissioners said.
