Redistricting Commission Postpones Release of Political District Maps

The California Citizens Redistricting Commission is asking people to comment on maps of proposed political district boundaries, one of which groups Redwood City with the northern county cities and another which groups the city with the South Bay.

In the proposed congresstional district, Redwood City would be the northernmost city in a district that would reach as far south as Santa Cruz. In the assembly district, Redwood City would be the southernmost city in a district that included South San Francisco. 

Redwood City is currently in the 21st district, represented by Assemblymember Rich Gordon, and in the 14th congressional district, represented by Congresswoman Anna Eshoo.

Now that the 2010 U.S. Census has concluded, the commissioners are tasked with redrawing the lines that separate political districts to "preserve communities of interest," while shifting them to account for population growth, according to wedrawthelines.ca.gov.

The release of the second draft of the maps was postponed to July 28, instead of July 14 as was originally announced. Commmissioners will meet with the technical team that creates the maps tomorrow to discuss the feedback they have received on the first drafts of the boundary maps. 

You can find the visualizations of the boundaries here. Equivalency files, shapefiles and Google Earth map layers are also available at wedrawthelines.ca.gov.

Interested parties can send feedback about them via email to votersfirstact@crc.ca.gov or by fax at (916) 651-5711.

The vote to adopt the second draft of the maps is scheduled to take place on August 28.