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Last night, the 2020 California Citizens Redistricting Commission (Commission) unanimously voted (14-0) to petition the California Supreme Court to make January 14, 2022 the deadline to submit final maps to the Secretary of State. The motion read: Motion to seek an order from the CA State Supreme Court confirming that the calculation of the “additional federal delay” as used in the Padilla decision is to be based upon the date that the Statewide Database is able to reformat the legacy datas...

The 2020 census will trigger redrawing of the states congressional and legislative districts but data delays will squeeze deadlines for the redistricting process, columnist Dan Walters says.

Feb 17, 2021 When the Census Bureau announced that the data states use for redistricting would be delayed, many states plans were thrown for a loop. Between complications caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, new technology to protect privacy and security and the Trump administration’s shifting deadlines, the release of the redistricting data will delayed until Sept. 30. That data includes the details on race, ethnicity, voting age, housing occupancy status at the census block level – all of whi...

The California Constitution commands that by Aug. 15, the state’s independent redistricting commission “shall approve four final maps that separately set forth the district boundary lines for the congressional, senatorial, assembly, and State Board of Equalization districts.” It’s not going to happe

The census triggers redrawing of congressional and legislative districts but data delays threaten the redistricting process.

The panel tasked with redrawing the political boundaries for Californias legislative Assembly and Senate districts, as well as the states 53 congressional House seats, based on the 2020 census is revving up its work as it strives to send the final maps to the secretary of state in time for next years elections. It is expected the Golden State will lose at least one congressional district when the census bureau releases the results from the decennial tally of the countrys population this summer....