California Citizens Redistricting Commission

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government agency of California independent redistricting commission

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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Label	Occurrences
California Citizens Redistricting Commission canonical	6

Statements (46)

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 ⓘ surface form: California State Senate districts California U.S. House of Representatives districts ⓘ California, United States ⓘ surface form: State of California
compositionMethod	citizen commissioners selected through an application and screening process ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Sacramento, California
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	Government of California ⓘ surface form: California state government
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of California ⓘ surface form: California Constitution Proposition 11 (2008) ⓘ Proposition 20 (2010) ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	California, United States ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Senate → redistrictedBy → California Citizens Redistricting Commission ⓘ

subject surface form: California State 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 ⓘ