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August 28, 2025
California Citizens Redistricting Commission statement regarding mid-decade redistricting
The Commission has absolutely no involvement in the Governor’s efforts to replace the state’s Congressional maps. The Governor’s proposed Congressional maps were drawn by the Legislature, not the Commission. In addition, the Commission has no affiliation with any organization lobbying for or against this proposition. Any communication from the Commission will come through our official channels via social media or in an email from the VotersFIRSTAct@crc.ca.gov. The Commission’s official web site is: https://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/. Information from any other source is not from the Commission (for example, from a .org address).
At this time, the Commission has no official position regarding the Governor’s proposed Congressional redistricting.
Individual commissioners are free to exercise their First Amendment right to free speech and may express their personal views on the current redistricting proposal. Such comments are solely those of individual commissioners and do not represent the official position of the Commission.
The California Citizens Redistricting Commission was created when the voters of California passed the Voters FIRST Act in 2008. The Act took the responsibility for redistricting away from the Legislature and authorized the Commission to create district maps for statewide offices. In 2010, the Congressional Voters FIRST Act added the responsibility for creating Congressional district maps to the Commission.
The 14-member Commission is composed of five Republicans, five Democrats, and 4 members not affiliated with either of those two parties. The Commission must draw district lines in conformity with strict, nonpartisan rules designed to create districts of relatively equal population that will provide fair representation for all Californians.
In December of 2021, after a 16.5-month process, the Commission unanimously approved and released California’s current State and Congressional district maps. During the process, the Commission received over 35,000 pieces of public input including comments, maps, and information about Communities of Interest – all of which were taken into consideration when drafting the final district maps. The fact that the Commission’s maps have been in place for two election cycles with no legal challenges attests to the care and consideration that the commissioners gave to the input from the people of California and to the nonpartisan rules that guided the process.
The Commission is proud of the work that it has done to serve the people of California, and we stand behind our maps as a fair representation of the wishes of the people of California.
For more information about the Commission, please visit: https://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/