Looking at South Pasadena in Final Redistricting Maps

A state redistricting commission approved its final maps for congressional and state legislative electoral districts 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 August 15, according to the commission's 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. 

Assembly District

appear to be addressed in latest incarnation of the Assembly draft maps. South Pasadena's current district groups the city with Pasadena, La Canada Flintridge, Arcadia, and Monrovia as well as Highland Park, Eagle Rock and Temple City.

In the new district, South Pasadena would be joining Altadena, Pasadena, Monrovia and Sierra Madre, as well as a grouping 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.

South Pasadena's current representative, Anthony Portantino, would no longer be a resident in the new district, but Portantino is termed out and has said .

Congressional District

In the case of the congressional district, South Pasadena would be part of a district that pushes south through down to the 60 Freeway, grouping it with Altadena, San Marino, Rosemead, Monterey Park, and San Gabriel. The district also includes some foothill cities to the east, such as Glendora.

State Senate District

South Pasadena would be joining Altadena, Pasadena, Sierra Madre and the eastern cities, but also La Canada Flintridge, La Crescenta, Burbank, and Glendale. 

That would preserve a good portion of the current district which includes Pasadena, South Pasadena, La Canada, Burbank, and Glendale, as well as a parts of the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles.