California Under Pressure — Again — as Partisan Redistricting Wars Escalate

California under pressure — again — as partisan redistricting wars escalate

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting the Voting Rights Act has some Democrats asking whether California could go further in redrawing maps to target GOP districts.

Racial Redistricting: How the Supreme Court Ruling Could Affect California’s Prop 50

California’s controversial mid-decade redistricting scheme is on notice: not only did the mapmaker who drew the map publicly state that districts were designed to “bolster” Latino voting strength and to hit specific racial targets, last week’s Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais struck down racial gerrymandering, i.e. drawing congressional districts based on race under the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional. Democrats can no longer r…