California Citizens Redistricting Commission

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The California Citizens Redistricting Commission is an independent, citizen-led body responsible for drawing California’s legislative and congressional district boundaries to promote fair and nonpartisan representation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government agency of California ⓘ
independent redistricting commission ⓘ
aimsTo prevent partisan gerrymandering ⓘ
promote fair representation ⓘ
promote nonpartisan redistricting ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction California State Assembly districts ⓘ
California State Board of Equalization districts ⓘ
California State Senate districts ⓘ
California U.S. House of Representatives districts ⓘ
State of California ⓘ
compositionMethod citizen commissioners selected through an application and screening process ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
decisionMakingProcess requires supermajority approval of commissioners for final maps ⓘ
follows California constitutional redistricting criteria ⓘ
Voting Rights Act requirements ⓘ
governs redistricting criteria for California districts ⓘ
hasHeadquartersLocation Sacramento, California ⓘ
linked to: Sacramento
hasMainResponsibility drawing California Board of Equalization district boundaries ⓘ
drawing California congressional district boundaries ⓘ
drawing California legislative district boundaries ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 14 ⓘ
hasPart 4 commissioners not affiliated with either major party ⓘ
5 Democratic commissioners ⓘ
5 Republican commissioners ⓘ
inception 2008 ⓘ
isPartOf California state government ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalBasis California Constitution ⓘ
Proposition 11 (2008) ⓘ
Proposition 20 (2010) ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity California ⓘ
notableRedistrictingYear 2011 ⓘ
2021 ⓘ
operatesAs independent from the California Legislature ⓘ
operatesUnderPrinciple compliance with equal population requirements ⓘ
public participation in map drawing ⓘ
respect for communities of interest ⓘ
transparency in redistricting ⓘ
redistrictingCycle every 10 years ⓘ
replaced legislative-controlled redistricting in California ⓘ
requires public access to draft district maps ⓘ
public hearings on proposed maps ⓘ
selectionOversightBy California State Auditor ⓘ
selectionProcessIncludes random drawing of commissioners from a qualified applicant pool ⓘ
usesData United States decennial census data ⓘ
website https://www.wedrawthelines.ca.gov ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

California State Senate → redistrictedBy → California Citizens Redistricting Commission ⓘ
subject linked to: Senate
California's 13th congressional district → boundaryDeterminedBy → California Citizens Redistricting Commission ⓘ
United States congressional districts in California → redistrictedBy → California Citizens Redistricting Commission ⓘ
United States congressional districts in California → mapsPublishedBy → California Citizens Redistricting Commission ⓘ
California's 22nd congressional district → oversightBy → California Citizens Redistricting Commission ⓘ
California's 18th congressional district → redistrictingAuthority → California Citizens Redistricting Commission ⓘ
Proposition 11 (2008) → transferredPowerTo → California Citizens Redistricting Commission ⓘ
Proposition 11 (2008) → createdBody → California Citizens Redistricting Commission ⓘ
Proposition 11 (2008) → newProcessControlledBy → independent citizens’ redistricting commission ⓘ
linked to: California Citizens Redistricting Commission
Proposition 20 (2010) → modifies → California Citizens Redistricting Commission ⓘ
Proposition 20 (2010) → reassignsResponsibilityTo → California Citizens Redistricting Commission ⓘ
California State Board of Equalization districts → redistrictedBy → California Citizens Redistricting Commission ⓘ
California State Board of Equalization districts → mapPublishedBy → California Citizens Redistricting Commission ⓘ
California legislative districts → redistrictingAuthority → California Citizens Redistricting Commission ⓘ
California legislative districts → mapPublicationAuthority → California Citizens Redistricting Commission ⓘ
California State Senate District 18 → redistrictedBy → California Citizens Redistricting Commission ⓘ
Debra Bowen → notableFor → California election reform ⓘ
linked to: California Citizens Redistricting Commission
CA-15 → redistrictedBy → California Citizens Redistricting Commission ⓘ