J. Ray Kennedy | Other Voices I write in response to Terry McAteer’s April 27 guest column, “California faces election nightmare.“ This response is my own and not an official response from the full California Citizens Redistricting Commission. Thanks to the Legislature and a number of civic groups, California isn’t in quite the bind that people might imagine, and certainly in much better shape than the many other states that are still seeking a solution to the delay in the release of redistricting data. The California Supreme Court ruled on July 17, 2020, in Legislature v. Padilla that the Aug. 15 deadline in the state Constitution should be extended to ensure that the California Citizens Redistricting Commission has the time necessary to draw the new maps.