Welcome to the November edition of the California Citizen Redistricting Commission newsletter. I’m proud to announce that we have draft maps! I’d like to start by thanking my fellow commissioners and all those Californians who participated in our visualizations process, which shaped our draft maps. These sessions encompassed hours of deliberations and negotiations to encourage fair representation.
We are in the final stretch of our work. As we continue to refine draft maps/visualizations, we encourage you to continue providing feedback on our direction. You can do so in the following ways:
- Draft Map Feedback Form: https://airtable.com/shrQDD2ta2emnSzzO
- On Our Website: WeDrawTheLinesCA.org/contact
- By Mail: California Citizens Redistricting Commission, 721 Capitol Mall, Suite 260, Sacramento, CA 95814
Now that we’ve released draft maps, the Commission will dedicate the next two weeks to collecting public input on the maps from November 17 – 23, 2021.
This week, the Commission released draft maps for the state’s Congressional, Senate, Assembly and Board of Equalization districts ahead of the CA Supreme Court mandated November 15, 2021 deadline. Using the multitude of communities of interest testimony the Commission received throughout the summer, they assessed how that testimony could potentially inform district boundaries considering the tradeoffs that needed to be made in eventual maps. The Commission produced three sets of visualizations (October 27-29, November 2-4, November 7-9) that incorporated additional public input to evolve into draft maps.
Just a friendly reminder that final maps are do no later than December 27, 2021. Please make sure your voice is heard in this process that only happens once every ten years.
We have updated the draft map page to include detailed PDFs for Congressional, State Senate and Assembly districts. The BOE PDF will be added as soon as we have it.
Draft Maps PDFs can be found here: https://www.wedrawthelinesca.org/draft_maps
Interactive Map Viewer: https://www.wedrawthelinesca.org/draft_maps.
We encourage the public to provide feedback using this form: https://airtable.com/shrQDD2ta2emnSzzO.
Public comment shall be taken for at least 14 days from the date of public display of the first preliminary statewide (draft) maps of the Congressional, State Senatorial, Assembly, and State Board of Equalization districts. Since the Commission cannot display any other map for public comment during the 14-day period, we are using this time to hear directly from you.
Draft Map Public Input Meeting Schedule
November 17, 2021—Congressional District Feedback
November 18, 2021—Assembly District Feedback
November 19, 2021—Senate District Feedback
November 20, 2021—Board of Equalization & Any District Feedback
November 22, 2021—Any District feedback
November 23, 2021—Any District feedback
Skip the line and submit your comment online: https://airtable.com/shrQDD2ta2emnSzzO.
Public input meeting appointments can be made here: https://www.wedrawthelinesca.org/draft_maps_public_input
We have received over 15k public input entries! Thank you Californians for your time and effort in making this possible.
Let’s continue to contribute to this important process, leave your feedback, comments, or input by visiting our contact page. Complete the form along with any attachments. Your information will automatically be populated on the CRC website and visible in the ‘data’ tab.
Please do not include personal information in your attachments (i.e.: email address, mailing address, or phone number) as this will become public record and accessible to all visitors to our website.
www.wedrawthelinesca.org/contact
You can now draw your own districts using our online tool, Draw My CA Districts.
Draw My CA Districts is a free-to-use online tool for creating district maps
Through Draw My CA Districts, users can create district maps throughout the state of California and submit those maps directly to the Commission. (https://drawmycadistricts.org/)
The online district mapping tool (Draw My CA Districts) includes checks to comply with population deviation, contiguity and assignment check.
- % Deviation check – tells user if any of their districts are above or below 5% deviation from the ideal population of the distinct type they are working on
- Contiguity check – lets the user know if their districts are contiguous or not
- Assignment check – lets the user know if they have unassigned areas in their redistricting plan
For a complete list of meetings, please visit: https://www.wedrawthelinesca.org/meetings. Past meeting are now located on their tab on the website.
November 13, 2021 Meeting (Cancelled)
2020 Citizens Redistricting Commission Meeting – 9:30 A.M. – 4:30 P.M.
November 15, 2021 Meeting
2020 Citizens Redistricting Commission Meeting – 9:30 A.M. – 4:30 P.M. daily or upon conclusion of business
November 17, 2021 Meeting
(Congress–Public Input of District Maps Meeting in Sacramento)
2020 Citizens Redistricting Commission Meeting – 3:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. daily or upon conclusion of business
November 18, 2021 Meeting
(Assembly–Public Input of District Maps Meeting in Sacramento)
2020 Citizens Redistricting Commission Meeting – 3:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. daily or upon conclusion of business
November 19, 2021 Meeting
(State Senate–Public Input of District Maps Meeting in Sacramento)
2020 Citizens Redistricting Commission Meeting – 3:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. daily or upon conclusion of business
November 20, 2021 Meeting
(BOE/Any District–Public Input of District Maps Meeting in Sacramento)
2020 Citizens Redistricting Commission Meeting – 10:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M. daily or upon conclusion of business
November 22, 2021 Meeting
(Any District–Public Input of District Maps Meeting in Sacramento)
2020 Citizens Redistricting Commission Meeting – 9:30 A.M. – 2:30 P.M. daily or upon conclusion of business
November 23, 2021 Meeting
(Any District–Public Input of District Maps Meeting in Sacramento)
2020 Citizens Redistricting Commission Meeting – 9:30 A.M. – 2:30 P.M. daily or upon conclusion of business
November 29, 2021 CRC Business Meeting
2020 Citizens Redistricting Commission Meeting – 1:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. daily or upon conclusion of business
November 30, 2021 Meeting
(Review of Public Input/Line Drawing Meeting in Sacramento)
2020 Citizens Redistricting Commission Meeting – 11:00 A.M. – 6:00 P.M. daily or upon conclusion of business
This month we introduce you to Sara Sadhwani, a Democratic member from La Cañada Flintridge, California. Commissioner Sadhwani is an assistant professor of politics at Pomona College specializing in American politics, racial and ethnic politics, and public policy. Her research has been published in the peer reviewed journals such as the Journal of Politics, Political Behavior, California Journal of Politics and Policy, and Politics, Groups, and Identities. Prior to academia, Prof. Sadhwani worked for nearly a decade advocating for the rights of immigrants at social justice organizations such as the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), Asian Americans Advancing Justice-LA, and the California Immigrant Policy Center. Learn more about Commissioner Sadhwani here.
Watch Commissioner Sadhwani’s video here.
California Citizens Redistricting Commission
http://www.wedrawthelinesca.org/