Independent redistricting panels aim to draw fairer maps but still invite controversy

Independent redistricting panels aim to draw fairer maps but still invite controversy https://ift.tt/fJo911 As the 14 commissioners of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission drew the state's new congressional districts over the past week, they pored over maps on Zoom sessions that often stretched late into the night, scooping up census tracts as building blocks to create districts of roughly equal size with a keen eye toward keeping communities with shared interests together, while protecting majority-minority districts as required under the law.