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Perspective

Jun. 23, 2011

Re-Shaping California’s Political Landscape One Line at a Time

California's independent redistricting commission is poised to map state and federal legislative districts. By Jessica A. Levinson of Loyola Law School


The political blood sport, commonly known as redistricting, hit a fever pitch on June 10, when California's newly-minted independent redistricting commission presented draft maps to the public.


Simply put, every 10 years we count how many people live here, and then we draw legislative lines according to that demographic information. While this may not sound particularly spicy, determining who draws district lines and how those lines are drawn evokes a legal ...

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