{"id":13141,"date":"2011-02-15T05:33:33","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T05:33:33","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-02-15T22:16:19","modified_gmt":"2011-02-15T22:16:19","slug":"redistricting-california-part-1-us-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/2011\/02\/15\/redistricting-california-part-1-us-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Redistricting California (Part 1): U.S. House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is my attempt at redistricting California&#8217;s U.S. House seats, following the commission&#8217;s goal of communities of interest as closely as I could. I included each incumbent&#8217;s name in roughly which district they&#8217;d end up in as a result of this redistricting. I was just not sure where Jerry Lewis would go, and many of the other SoCal reps were rough estimates.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the numbers I ended up with when I finished. (Something odd I noticed in DRA was that when I colored in one block, blocks miles away were also colored in with that same color, like you can see in CA-16 with the color for CA-14.)<\/p>\n<p>Safe Dem: 26<br \/>\n<br \/>Likely Dem: 5<br \/>\n<br \/>Lean Dem: 5<br \/>\n<br \/>Toss-Up: 5<br \/>\n<br \/>Lean GOP: 2<br \/>\n<br \/>Likely GOP: 3<br \/>\n<br \/>Safe GOP: 7<\/p>\n<p>White-majority: 24<br \/>\n<br \/>Hispanic-majority: 10<br \/>\n<br \/>Black-majority: 1<br \/>\n<br \/>Majority-minority with no one majority race: 18 (including the 2 districts that are 50% white; I wasn&#8217;t sure if they were 50.1-50.4% or 49.6-49.9%)<\/p>\n<p>Here are the maps and descriptions of each district.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Outer NorCal<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s1141.photobucket.com\/albums\/n592\/calgal2350\/Redistricting%20CA%20US%20House\/?action=view&amp;current=1North.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1141.photobucket.com\/albums\/n592\/calgal2350\/Redistricting%20CA%20US%20House\/1North.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-01:<\/b> North Coast + most of Solano County (Mike Thompson)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 68% White, 17% Hispanic, 5% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 62%, McCain 36% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+9)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-02:<\/b> Northern Mountain south to Nevada County (Wally Herger)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 82% White, 9% Hispanic<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: McCain 53%, Obama 44% <b>(LIKELY GOP: R+7)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-03:<\/b> Sacramento Valley and part of Sacramento County; similar to 1990s configuration (Dan Lungren)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 68% White, 18% Hispanic, 7% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 51%, McCain 47% <b>(TOSS-UP: R+2)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-04:<\/b> Lake Tahoe and Sacramento suburbs in Placer and El Dorado Counties (Tom McClintock)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 82% White, 10% Hispanic<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: McCain 54%, Obama 44% <b>(SAFE GOP: R+8)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-05:<\/b> Sacramento (Doris Matsui)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 50% White, 19% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 12% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 67%, McCain 31% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+14)<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>San Francisco Bay Area<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s1141.photobucket.com\/albums\/n592\/calgal2350\/Redistricting%20CA%20US%20House\/?action=view&amp;current=2SF.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1141.photobucket.com\/albums\/n592\/calgal2350\/Redistricting%20CA%20US%20House\/2SF.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-06:<\/b> Marin and Sonoma Counties (Lynn Woolsey)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 76% White, 15% Hispanic<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 76%, McCain 22% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+23)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-07:<\/b> Southwestern Solano County, western Contra Costa County except Richmond (George Miller)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 58% White, 14% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 10% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 70%, McCain 28% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+17)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-08:<\/b> San Francisco (Nancy Pelosi)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 44% White, 29% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 8% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 85%, McCain 13% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+32)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-09:<\/b> Richmond, Berkeley, Oakland (Barbara Lee)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 33% White, 26% Black, 20% Hispanic, 17% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 89%, McCain 9% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+36)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-10:<\/b> Most of Sacramento County, northern\/eastern San Joaquin County (John Garamendi)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 59% White, 19% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 6% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 51%, McCain 47% <b>(TOSS-UP: R+2)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-11:<\/b> Eastern Contra Costa County, western San Joaquin County (Open)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 52% White, 24% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 7% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 62%, McCain 37% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+9)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-12:<\/b> Northern San Mateo County, southwestern San Francisco (Jackie Speier)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 47% White, 28% Asian, 18% Hispanic<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 74%, McCainn 24% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+21)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-13:<\/b> Western Alameda County; I had to expand to Pleasanton to maintain enough population (Jerry McNerney and Pete Stark)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 38% White, 26% Asian, 22% Hispanic, 8% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 74%, McCainn 24% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+21)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-14:<\/b> Silicon Valley (Southern San Mateo County, western Santa Clara County) (Anna Eshoo)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 57% White, 22% Asian, 15% Hispanic<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 72%, McCain 26% <b>(SAFE DEM; D+19)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-15:<\/b> San Jose (probably Mike Honda)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 55% White, 28% Asian, 21% Hispanic<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 70%, McCain 29% <b>(SAFE DEM; D+17)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-16:<\/b> Eastern Alameda and Santa Clara Counties (probably Zoe Lofgren)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 37% White, 28% Asian, 28% Hispanic<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 65%, McCain 34% <b>(SAFE DEM; D+12)<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Central<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s1141.photobucket.com\/albums\/n592\/calgal2350\/Redistricting%20CA%20US%20House\/?action=view&amp;current=3Central.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1141.photobucket.com\/albums\/n592\/calgal2350\/Redistricting%20CA%20US%20House\/3Central.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-17:<\/b> Northern Central Coast except with a little bit of Santa Clara added and the southern half of Monterey removed (Sam Farr)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 53% White, 36% Hispanic, 5% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 72%, McCain 26% <b>(SAFE DEM; D+19)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-18:<\/b> Stretching from Stockton in San Joaquin all the way to Kings County and part of Tulare County to get enough population (Dennis Cardoza)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 53% Hispanic, 34% White, 5% Black, 5% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 50%, McCain 48% <b>(LEAN GOP; R+3)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-19:<\/b> Parts of Stanislaus, Merced, and Madera Counties, all of Mariposa County (Jeff Denham)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 56% White, 32% Hispanic, 5% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: McCain 50%, Obama 49% <b>(LEAN GOP; R+4)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-20:<\/b> Fresno proper (Jim Costa)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 43% White, 36% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 6% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 51%, McCain 47% <b>(TOSS-UP; R+2)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-21:<\/b> Most of Tulare and Kern Counties (Devin Nunes)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 46% White, 45% Hispanic<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: McCain 59%, Obama 40% <b>(SAFE GOP: R+13)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-22:<\/b> Bakersfield and Lancaster (Kevin McCarthy)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 51% White, 34% Hispanic, 8% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: McCain 55%, Obama 43% <b>(SAFE GOP: R+9)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-23:<\/b> Southern half of Monterey, all of SLO and SB, far southwestern Ventura (Lois Capps)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 63% White, 29% Hispanic<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 57%, McCain 41% <b>(LEAN DEM: D+4)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-24:<\/b> Most of Ventura County (Elton Gallegly)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 54% White, 35% Hispanic, 6% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 56%, McCain 42% <b>(LEAN DEM: D+3)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-25:<\/b> Northern half of L.A. County plus a little bit of San Bernardino County (Buck McKeon)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 53% White, 28% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 54%, McCain 44% <b>(TOSS-UP: D+1)<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Los Angeles\/Orange County\/Inland Empire<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s1141.photobucket.com\/albums\/n592\/calgal2350\/Redistricting%20CA%20US%20House\/?action=view&amp;current=5LAOC.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1141.photobucket.com\/albums\/n592\/calgal2350\/Redistricting%20CA%20US%20House\/5LAOC.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-26:<\/b> West Side L.A. plus Thousand Oaks in Ventura County (Henry Waxman)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 73% White, 13% Hispanic, 7% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 67%, McCain 31% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+14)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-27:<\/b> San Fernando (Howard Berman)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 64% Hispanic, 20% White, 7% Asian, 5% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 73%, McCain 24% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+20)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-28:<\/b> Northern L.A. suburbs including Glendale, Pasadena, and Monrovia (Brad Sherman)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 44% White, 30% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 7% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 65%, McCain 32% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+12)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-29:<\/b> Eastern L.A. County including Pomona, Glendora, Baldwin Park (David Dreier)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 52% Hispanic, 29% White, 11% Asian, 5% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 61%, McCain 37% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+8)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-30:<\/b> Downtown L.A. (probably Xavier Becerra)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 53% Hispanic, 21% White, 14% Asian, 10% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 80%, McCain 18% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+27)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-31:<\/b> Burbank, South Pasadena, part of Downtown (Adam Schiff)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 54% Hispanic, 23% White, 16% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 77%, McCain 21% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+24)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-32:<\/b> Southeast L.A. County including Monterey Park, El Monte, and Diamond Bar (Judy Chu and Gary Miller)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 40% Hispanic, 38% Asian, 17% White<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 61%, McCain 37% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+8)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-33:<\/b> Santa Monica to El Segundo along the coast (Open; vacated by Jane Harman)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 46% White, 29% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 76%, McCain 22% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+23)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-34:<\/b> South Central L.A. (Karen Bass and Maxine Waters)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 51% Black, 42% Hispanic<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 94%, McCain 5% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+41)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-35:<\/b> The Hispanic side of South Central (Lucille Roybal-Allard)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 86% Hispanic, 10% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 86%, McCain 12% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+33)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-36:<\/b> Norwalk, Montebello, Downey (Grace Napolitano)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 63% Hispanic, 22% White, 8% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 64%, McCain 34% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+11)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-37:<\/b> Beach Cities, Carson, Palos Verdes Peninsula (Laura Richardson)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 38% White, 33% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 6% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 59%, McCain 39% <b>(LIKELY DEM: D+6)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-38:<\/b> Long Beach (Linda Sanchez)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 36% Hispanic, 32% White, 16% Asian, 13% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 66%, McCain 32% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+13)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-39:<\/b> Southwestern San Bernardino County including Fontana, Ontario, and Chino (Joe Baca)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 52% Hispanic, 30% White, 8% Black, 7% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 59%, McCain 39% <b>(LIKELY DEM: D+6)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-40:<\/b> Rialto, San Bernardino, Redlands, Calimesa (Jerry Lewis?)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 41% Hispanic, 38% White, 12% Black, 5% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 57%, McCain 41% <b>(LEAN DEM: D+4)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-42:<\/b> Around the city of Riverside; includes Norco and Moreno Valley (Open)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 45% Hispanic, 36% White, 10% Black, 5% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 60%, McCain 39% <b>(LIKELY DEM: D+7)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-43:<\/b> Riverside city and some of southwest Riverside County (Ken Calvert)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 66% White, 22% Hispanic, 5% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: McCain 54%, Obama 45% <b>(SAFE GOP: R+8)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-45:<\/b> Most of coastal Orange County (Dana Rohrabacher)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 72% White, 13% Hispanic, 11% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: McCain 52%, Obama 46% <b>(LIKELY GOP; R+6)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-46:<\/b> North-central Orange County including Anaheim, Buena Park, and Garden Grove (Ed Royce)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 44% Hispanic, 28% White, 22% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 52%, McCain 46% <b>(TOSS-UP; R+1)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-47:<\/b> Central Orange County including Santa Ana, Irvine, and Orange (Loretta Sanchez)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 51% Hispanic, 31% White, 13% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 59%, McCain 39% <b>(LIKELY DEM; D+6)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-48:<\/b> Northeastern and most of Southern Orange County (probably John Campbell)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 67% White, 17% Hispanic, 12% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: McCain 55%, Obama 43% <b>(SAFE GOP; R+9)<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Outer SoCal<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s1141.photobucket.com\/albums\/n592\/calgal2350\/Redistricting%20CA%20US%20House\/?action=view&amp;current=4OuterSoCal.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1141.photobucket.com\/albums\/n592\/calgal2350\/Redistricting%20CA%20US%20House\/4OuterSoCal.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-41:<\/b> All of Inyo County and most of San Bernardino County (Jerry Lewis?)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 63% White, 23% Hispanic, 6% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: McCain 55%, Obama 43% <b>(SAFE GOP: R+9)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-44:<\/b> Most of Riverside County and all of Imperial County (Mary Bono Mack)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 53% Hispanic, 40% White<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 56%, McCain 43% <b>(LEAN DEM; D+3)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-49:<\/b> Far southern Orange County, southwestern Riverside County, northwestern San Diego County including Camp Pendleton (Darrell Issa)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 61% White, 26% Hispanic, 5% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: McCain 53%, Obama 45% <b>(LIKELY GOP; R+7)<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>San Diego<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s1141.photobucket.com\/albums\/n592\/calgal2350\/Redistricting%20CA%20US%20House\/?action=view&amp;current=6SD.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1141.photobucket.com\/albums\/n592\/calgal2350\/Redistricting%20CA%20US%20House\/6SD.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-50:<\/b> Most of coastal San Diego County (Brian Bilbray)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 73% White, 15% Hispanic, 6% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 58%, McCain 40% <b>(LEAN DEM; D+5)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-51:<\/b> Northern San Diego, Lemon Grove (Susan Davis)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 50% White, 18% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 10% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 60%, McCain 39% <b>(LIKELY DEM: D+7)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-52:<\/b> Most of inland San Diego County (Duncan Hunter)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 68% White, 22% Hispanic<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: McCain 58%, Obama 40% <b>(SAFE GOP; R+12)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-53:<\/b> Southern San Diego, Chula Vista, Imperial Beach (Bob Filner)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 48% Hispanic, 29% White, 11% Asian, 8% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 61%, McCain 37% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+8)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Part 2 of my redistricting California series, the State Senate, will come in a few days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is my attempt at redistricting California&#8217;s U.S. House seats, following the commission&#8217;s goal of communities of interest as closely as I could. I included each incumbent&#8217;s name in roughly which district they&#8217;d end up in as a result of this redistricting. I was just not sure where Jerry Lewis would go, and many of the other SoCal reps were rough estimates.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the numbers I ended up with when I finished. (Something odd I noticed in DRA was that when I colored in one block, blocks miles away were also colored in with that same color, like you can see in CA-16 with the color for CA-14.)<\/p>\n<p>Safe Dem: 26<br \/>\n<br \/>Likely Dem: 5<br \/>\n<br \/>Lean Dem: 5<br \/>\n<br \/>Toss-Up: 5<br \/>\n<br \/>Lean GOP: 2<br \/>\n<br \/>Likely GOP: 3<br \/>\n<br \/>Safe GOP: 7<\/p>\n<p>White-majority: 24<br \/>\n<br \/>Hispanic-majority: 10<br \/>\n<br \/>Black-majority: 1<br \/>\n<br \/>Majority-minority with no one majority race: 18 (including the 2 districts that are 50% white; I wasn&#8217;t sure if they were 50.1-50.4% or 49.6-49.9%)<\/p>\n<p>Here are the maps and descriptions of each district.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Outer NorCal<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s1141.photobucket.com\/albums\/n592\/calgal2350\/Redistricting%20CA%20US%20House\/?action=view&amp;current=1North.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1141.photobucket.com\/albums\/n592\/calgal2350\/Redistricting%20CA%20US%20House\/1North.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-01:<\/b> North Coast + most of Solano County (Mike Thompson)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 68% White, 17% Hispanic, 5% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 62%, McCain 36% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+9)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-02:<\/b> Northern Mountain south to Nevada County (Wally Herger)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 82% White, 9% Hispanic<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: McCain 53%, Obama 44% <b>(LIKELY GOP: R+7)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-03:<\/b> Sacramento Valley and part of Sacramento County; similar to 1990s configuration (Dan Lungren)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 68% White, 18% Hispanic, 7% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 51%, McCain 47% <b>(TOSS-UP: R+2)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-04:<\/b> Lake Tahoe and Sacramento suburbs in Placer and El Dorado Counties (Tom McClintock)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 82% White, 10% Hispanic<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: McCain 54%, Obama 44% <b>(SAFE GOP: R+8)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-05:<\/b> Sacramento (Doris Matsui)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 50% White, 19% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 12% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 67%, McCain 31% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+14)<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>San Francisco Bay Area<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s1141.photobucket.com\/albums\/n592\/calgal2350\/Redistricting%20CA%20US%20House\/?action=view&amp;current=2SF.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1141.photobucket.com\/albums\/n592\/calgal2350\/Redistricting%20CA%20US%20House\/2SF.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-06:<\/b> Marin and Sonoma Counties (Lynn Woolsey)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 76% White, 15% Hispanic<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 76%, McCain 22% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+23)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-07:<\/b> Southwestern Solano County, western Contra Costa County except Richmond (George Miller)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 58% White, 14% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 10% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 70%, McCain 28% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+17)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-08:<\/b> San Francisco (Nancy Pelosi)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 44% White, 29% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 8% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 85%, McCain 13% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+32)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-09:<\/b> Richmond, Berkeley, Oakland (Barbara Lee)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 33% White, 26% Black, 20% Hispanic, 17% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 89%, McCain 9% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+36)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-10:<\/b> Most of Sacramento County, northern\/eastern San Joaquin County (John Garamendi)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 59% White, 19% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 6% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 51%, McCain 47% <b>(TOSS-UP: R+2)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-11:<\/b> Eastern Contra Costa County, western San Joaquin County (Open)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 52% White, 24% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 7% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 62%, McCain 37% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+9)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-12:<\/b> Northern San Mateo County, southwestern San Francisco (Jackie Speier)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 47% White, 28% Asian, 18% Hispanic<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 74%, McCainn 24% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+21)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-13:<\/b> Western Alameda County; I had to expand to Pleasanton to maintain enough population (Jerry McNerney and Pete Stark)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 38% White, 26% Asian, 22% Hispanic, 8% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 74%, McCainn 24% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+21)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-14:<\/b> Silicon Valley (Southern San Mateo County, western Santa Clara County) (Anna Eshoo)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 57% White, 22% Asian, 15% Hispanic<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 72%, McCain 26% <b>(SAFE DEM; D+19)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-15:<\/b> San Jose (probably Mike Honda)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 55% White, 28% Asian, 21% Hispanic<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 70%, McCain 29% <b>(SAFE DEM; D+17)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-16:<\/b> Eastern Alameda and Santa Clara Counties (probably Zoe Lofgren)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 37% White, 28% Asian, 28% Hispanic<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 65%, McCain 34% <b>(SAFE DEM; D+12)<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Central<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s1141.photobucket.com\/albums\/n592\/calgal2350\/Redistricting%20CA%20US%20House\/?action=view&amp;current=3Central.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1141.photobucket.com\/albums\/n592\/calgal2350\/Redistricting%20CA%20US%20House\/3Central.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-17:<\/b> Northern Central Coast except with a little bit of Santa Clara added and the southern half of Monterey removed (Sam Farr)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 53% White, 36% Hispanic, 5% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 72%, McCain 26% <b>(SAFE DEM; D+19)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-18:<\/b> Stretching from Stockton in San Joaquin all the way to Kings County and part of Tulare County to get enough population (Dennis Cardoza)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 53% Hispanic, 34% White, 5% Black, 5% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 50%, McCain 48% <b>(LEAN GOP; R+3)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-19:<\/b> Parts of Stanislaus, Merced, and Madera Counties, all of Mariposa County (Jeff Denham)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 56% White, 32% Hispanic, 5% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: McCain 50%, Obama 49% <b>(LEAN GOP; R+4)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-20:<\/b> Fresno proper (Jim Costa)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 43% White, 36% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 6% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 51%, McCain 47% <b>(TOSS-UP; R+2)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-21:<\/b> Most of Tulare and Kern Counties (Devin Nunes)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 46% White, 45% Hispanic<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: McCain 59%, Obama 40% <b>(SAFE GOP: R+13)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-22:<\/b> Bakersfield and Lancaster (Kevin McCarthy)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 51% White, 34% Hispanic, 8% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: McCain 55%, Obama 43% <b>(SAFE GOP: R+9)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-23:<\/b> Southern half of Monterey, all of SLO and SB, far southwestern Ventura (Lois Capps)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 63% White, 29% Hispanic<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 57%, McCain 41% <b>(LEAN DEM: D+4)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-24:<\/b> Most of Ventura County (Elton Gallegly)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 54% White, 35% Hispanic, 6% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 56%, McCain 42% <b>(LEAN DEM: D+3)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-25:<\/b> Northern half of L.A. County plus a little bit of San Bernardino County (Buck McKeon)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 53% White, 28% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 54%, McCain 44% <b>(TOSS-UP: D+1)<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Los Angeles\/Orange County\/Inland Empire<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s1141.photobucket.com\/albums\/n592\/calgal2350\/Redistricting%20CA%20US%20House\/?action=view&amp;current=5LAOC.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1141.photobucket.com\/albums\/n592\/calgal2350\/Redistricting%20CA%20US%20House\/5LAOC.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-26:<\/b> West Side L.A. plus Thousand Oaks in Ventura County (Henry Waxman)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 73% White, 13% Hispanic, 7% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 67%, McCain 31% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+14)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-27:<\/b> San Fernando (Howard Berman)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 64% Hispanic, 20% White, 7% Asian, 5% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 73%, McCain 24% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+20)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-28:<\/b> Northern L.A. suburbs including Glendale, Pasadena, and Monrovia (Brad Sherman)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 44% White, 30% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 7% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 65%, McCain 32% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+12)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-29:<\/b> Eastern L.A. County including Pomona, Glendora, Baldwin Park (David Dreier)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 52% Hispanic, 29% White, 11% Asian, 5% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 61%, McCain 37% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+8)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-30:<\/b> Downtown L.A. (probably Xavier Becerra)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 53% Hispanic, 21% White, 14% Asian, 10% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 80%, McCain 18% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+27)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-31:<\/b> Burbank, South Pasadena, part of Downtown (Adam Schiff)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 54% Hispanic, 23% White, 16% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 77%, McCain 21% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+24)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-32:<\/b> Southeast L.A. County including Monterey Park, El Monte, and Diamond Bar (Judy Chu and Gary Miller)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 40% Hispanic, 38% Asian, 17% White<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 61%, McCain 37% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+8)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-33:<\/b> Santa Monica to El Segundo along the coast (Open; vacated by Jane Harman)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 46% White, 29% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 76%, McCain 22% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+23)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-34:<\/b> South Central L.A. (Karen Bass and Maxine Waters)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 51% Black, 42% Hispanic<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 94%, McCain 5% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+41)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-35:<\/b> The Hispanic side of South Central (Lucille Roybal-Allard)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 86% Hispanic, 10% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 86%, McCain 12% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+33)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-36:<\/b> Norwalk, Montebello, Downey (Grace Napolitano)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 63% Hispanic, 22% White, 8% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 64%, McCain 34% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+11)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-37:<\/b> Beach Cities, Carson, Palos Verdes Peninsula (Laura Richardson)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 38% White, 33% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 6% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 59%, McCain 39% <b>(LIKELY DEM: D+6)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-38:<\/b> Long Beach (Linda Sanchez)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 36% Hispanic, 32% White, 16% Asian, 13% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 66%, McCain 32% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+13)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-39:<\/b> Southwestern San Bernardino County including Fontana, Ontario, and Chino (Joe Baca)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 52% Hispanic, 30% White, 8% Black, 7% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 59%, McCain 39% <b>(LIKELY DEM: D+6)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-40:<\/b> Rialto, San Bernardino, Redlands, Calimesa (Jerry Lewis?)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 41% Hispanic, 38% White, 12% Black, 5% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 57%, McCain 41% <b>(LEAN DEM: D+4)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-42:<\/b> Around the city of Riverside; includes Norco and Moreno Valley (Open)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 45% Hispanic, 36% White, 10% Black, 5% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 60%, McCain 39% <b>(LIKELY DEM: D+7)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-43:<\/b> Riverside city and some of southwest Riverside County (Ken Calvert)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 66% White, 22% Hispanic, 5% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: McCain 54%, Obama 45% <b>(SAFE GOP: R+8)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-45:<\/b> Most of coastal Orange County (Dana Rohrabacher)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 72% White, 13% Hispanic, 11% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: McCain 52%, Obama 46% <b>(LIKELY GOP; R+6)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-46:<\/b> North-central Orange County including Anaheim, Buena Park, and Garden Grove (Ed Royce)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 44% Hispanic, 28% White, 22% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 52%, McCain 46% <b>(TOSS-UP; R+1)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-47:<\/b> Central Orange County including Santa Ana, Irvine, and Orange (Loretta Sanchez)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 51% Hispanic, 31% White, 13% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 59%, McCain 39% <b>(LIKELY DEM; D+6)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-48:<\/b> Northeastern and most of Southern Orange County (probably John Campbell)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 67% White, 17% Hispanic, 12% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: McCain 55%, Obama 43% <b>(SAFE GOP; R+9)<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Outer SoCal<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s1141.photobucket.com\/albums\/n592\/calgal2350\/Redistricting%20CA%20US%20House\/?action=view&amp;current=4OuterSoCal.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1141.photobucket.com\/albums\/n592\/calgal2350\/Redistricting%20CA%20US%20House\/4OuterSoCal.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-41:<\/b> All of Inyo County and most of San Bernardino County (Jerry Lewis?)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 63% White, 23% Hispanic, 6% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: McCain 55%, Obama 43% <b>(SAFE GOP: R+9)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-44:<\/b> Most of Riverside County and all of Imperial County (Mary Bono Mack)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 53% Hispanic, 40% White<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 56%, McCain 43% <b>(LEAN DEM; D+3)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-49:<\/b> Far southern Orange County, southwestern Riverside County, northwestern San Diego County including Camp Pendleton (Darrell Issa)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 61% White, 26% Hispanic, 5% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: McCain 53%, Obama 45% <b>(LIKELY GOP; R+7)<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>San Diego<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s1141.photobucket.com\/albums\/n592\/calgal2350\/Redistricting%20CA%20US%20House\/?action=view&amp;current=6SD.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1141.photobucket.com\/albums\/n592\/calgal2350\/Redistricting%20CA%20US%20House\/6SD.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-50:<\/b> Most of coastal San Diego County (Brian Bilbray)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 73% White, 15% Hispanic, 6% Asian<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 58%, McCain 40% <b>(LEAN DEM; D+5)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-51:<\/b> Northern San Diego, Lemon Grove (Susan Davis)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 50% White, 18% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 10% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 60%, McCain 39% <b>(LIKELY DEM: D+7)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-52:<\/b> Most of inland San Diego County (Duncan Hunter)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 68% White, 22% Hispanic<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: McCain 58%, Obama 40% <b>(SAFE GOP; R+12)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CA-53:<\/b> Southern San Diego, Chula Vista, Imperial Beach (Bob Filner)<\/p>\n<p>Demographics: 48% Hispanic, 29% White, 11% Asian, 8% Black<br \/>\n<br \/>2008 President: Obama 61%, McCain 37% <b>(SAFE DEM: D+8)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Part 2 of my redistricting California series, the State Senate, will come in a few days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[87],"tags":[9631,9630,190],"class_list":["post-13141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-87","tag-9631","tag-9630","tag-190"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Pvhz-3pX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}