Proposed Sierra Madre Voting District Would Exclude Dreier

A state redistricting commission approved its final maps for congressional and state legislative electoral districts on Friday, making it likely that they will become the voting districts until the next redistricting process in 10 years.

The final meeting of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission will be on Aug. 15, according to commission spokesman Rob Wilcox. 

At that point, the commission will either vote to finalize the maps, or reject them - there will be no further revisions before that deadline, Wilcox said (for more on the commission and its process ).

That means that the maps that have been released (which can be viewed at right or on an interactive map here) will most likely be the next state districts. 

In Sierra Madre's case, the maps released Friday also differ from the that were released on June 10. They also will be a clear change from the current existing electoral boundaries.

Congressional District

In the case of the congressional district, Sierra Madre would be part of a district that pushes southward through Pasadena down to the 60 Freeway.

The new district would include Altadena, South Pasadena, San Marino, Rosemead, Monterey Park and San Gabriel.  It also would have some foothill cities to the east, including San Marino and Glendora.

Sierra Madre's current representative David Dreier would thus reside in different districts, making it likely that they would not represent Sierra Madre after the 2012 election.

Assembly District

Sierra Madre's state districts would also see significant changes.

The most striking difference between the current district boundaries and the newly proposed district is that the large swath of San Bernardino County that is currently part of the 59th Assembly District has been separated from the new district.

Thus, the district would no longer include the large piece of San Bernardino County, including, among other cities, 59th district Assemblyman Tim Donnelly's home of Twin Peaks, CA.

In the new district, Sierra Madre would instead be grouped with Altadena, Pasadena, South Pasadena and Monrovia, as well as a group of cities in eastern Los Angeles County that are geographically linked to the western cities only through the Angeles National Forest.

Those cities include San Dimas, parts of Claremont and La Verne and Upland.

State Senate District

In the new state senate district, Sierra Madre would be grouped with Pasadena, South Pasadena, La Canada Flintridge, La Crescenta, Burbank and Glendale. 

Bob Huff currently represents Sierra Madre in the State Senate, but as he would no longer live in the newly proposed district, he would not be eliable to run for reelection.

Carol Liu, who currently does not represent Sierra Madre and lives in La Canada Flintridge, would in fact be eligible to run in Sierra Madre's new district.