I didn’t see anything too cartographically obscene in the Bay Area / Central Coast / Northwest California areas.
My areas of concern:
The old State Senate District 15 (currently Sam Blakeslee, formerly Abel Maldonado) still stretches from southern Santa Clara County and goes down to Santa Maria.
Santa Rosa in the state senate and corresponding assembly district is being thrown into the north/east bay instead of being in the north coast, where another chunk of area (such as Lake County and American Canyon) could have gone instead.
But overall for the areas I viewed seems to be an improvement over the last redrawing.
I’m looking for more feedback to see if there are other areas of concern.
And keep in mind there will be public hearings on these first draft. MALDEF and other special interests very much attend these meetings, so do try to attend your local hearing.
Full Meetings/Hearings Schedule (June-July)
June 16, 2011: Culver City
June 17, 2011: Whittier
June 18, 2011: Fullerton
June 19, 2011: San Bernardino
June 20, 2011: San Diego
June 22, 2011: Oxnard
June 23, 2011: Fresno
June 24, 2011: Stockton
June 25, 2011: San Jose
June 27, 2011: San Francisco
June 28, 2011: Sacramento
June 29, 2011: Sacramento
June 30, 2011: Sacramento
July 1, 2011: Sacramento
July 5, 2011: Sacramento
July 6, 2011: Sacramento
July 7, 2011: Sacramento
July 22, 2011: Sacramento
July 23, 2011: Sacramento
July 27, 2011: Sacramento
Go to website for details (location, time, agenda, etc.)