Members of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission are quietly mapping the state's political future.
But as Fredy Ceja, the commission spokesman, put it, “It’s not as easy as just erasing one district and saying our job is done.”
The commission consists of five Democrats, five Republicans and four members with no party affiliation. They were chosen in an exhaustive process — long and detailed questionnaires, multiple essays, face-to-face interviews — overseen by the nonpartisan state auditor. The meetings, which typically last about eight hours, are catnip for political junkies and cartographers — “It looks like there’s a little section of Garden Grove near where the 5 intersects the 405” — but require an almost superhuman attention span for more typical viewers.
People in the San Fernando Valley don’t want their political lines slopping over into Ventura County. Residents of Long Beach, which is part of Los Angeles County, don’t want to be lumped in with neighboring Orange County. And is it possible to add Stanton to that district that includes Garden Grove?, some obvious if thinly veiled political lobbying.
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