SACRAMENTO — New political maps have upended the California Legislature this year by prodding more than two-dozen state lawmakers into early retirement or career changes, while others are forced ...

Since 1849, more than 200 efforts have imagined a political do-over to the idea of California as a single, sprawling American state. Every attempt has failed. “All major social and political ...

The 14-member California Citizens Redistricting Commission approved final draft versions of district maps ... political parties, communities and minority groups because they will be used in state ...

The commission must formally submit its maps to the Secretary of State ... on defense in California,” said redistricting expert David Wasserman, senior editor of The Cook Political Report.

The Bay Area is the Promised Land for California Democrats ... urban Democratic blue states have colored California's political map. "You don't have to look very far east to find examples of ...

Gerrymandering is when district boundaries are manipulated for a particular political ... throughout the state. It’s also the first California redistricting under the Fair MAPS Act, which ...

California has not been a swing state ... Turns out money and activism togethere pushed this state to the top of the political activity list in a new study from the WalletHub website, which ...

The exception to this was California, where political engagement and availability of ballots and ballot boxes was high, but turnout overall was nevertheless only about two-thirds, pretty much the same ...