This year’s effort, aimed at helping Latino, Asian American and Black candidates, resulted in oddly shaped districts.
Gerrymandering was supposed to be cured by redistricting reform. No chance. It’s still alive and well in California.
The goal of this year’s gerrymandering was to help Latino, Asian American and Black candidates win seats. And it resulted in some very oddly shaped districts.“Minority communities need to be taken into account so they have voting power and an equal opportunity to elect a representative of their choice,” I was told by Fredy Ceja, spokesman for the independent Citizens Redistricting Commission.
The downside is that some cities and towns got rooked. They were carved into two or more districts, robbing them of their own, dedicated representative in Congress. They’ll have House members representing several interests. That occurred in several areas of the state. Fresno was fractured in thirds. Long Beach was split in two. San Bernardino and Riverside were divided. All to bring Latino voters into certain districts.
He doesn’t think it was required under the Voting Rights Act because California’s electorate is very diverse and has been electing lots of Latino politicians and other candidates of color. He adds that at least “it was not partisan politics — politicians screwing politicians. The process was clean.”
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