SACRAMENTO — Members of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission defended their months of sometimes chaotic work Monday as they handed off the completed maps that, barring successful court challenges, will govern congressional and legislative elections for the next 10 years.
“It was messy. And that’s the beauty of democracy,” said commission Chairwoman Isra Ahmad.
The maps they formally presented to California’s top elections official, Secretary of State Shirley Weber, form new jigsaw puzzles for 52 congressional districts, 40 state Senate districts, 80 Assembly districts and four Board of Equalization districts.
That’s one short of the 53 congressional districts that existed under the previous maps because the population in other states is growing faster, a development with national implications.
See the maps:California finalizes new congressional, state Senate and…
