Pacific Palisades Voting Districts Are Changing: What this Means to Palisadians?

WHAT:

After two years of work, the 14-member California Redistricting Commission released draft plans for new congressional and state districts for the entire state on Friday.

The plans show new boundaries for California's 53 congressional districts, 40 state senate districts and 80 state assembly districts, as well as districts for the state Board of Equalization, which handles taxation issues.

"These [new] maps have three advantages over existing districts," according to a statement released by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.

• Districts are drawn without regard to political incumbents and partisan considerations.
• Districts reflect geographic and common sense boundaries.
• The districts balance the needs of different communities of interest across California.

The boundaries are in the draft state now and there will be a public input process.  The final districts will be released in August.

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU:

It means you could find yourself part of a new congressional or state district. And it means you could find yourself suddenly part of the majority (or minority) politically.

For example, the current 30th congressional district, which Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) represents, includes Calabasas, Agoura Hills, Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, among others. The new congressional district would still include, Pacific Palisades, West Hollywood and others. However, Santa Monica, Malibu, Agoura Hills and others would be excluded.

You can read more about the redistricting process, the commission, and the criteria used for the new districts in our article here.  Maps of the new and old districts for Pacific Palisades are attached to the article.  More information about the old Board of Equalization districts can be found here.