Districts in California
Districts in California geographically divide the U.S. state into overlapping regions for political and administrative purposes.
History of California political districts
From the founding of the state until 2008, the responsibility of redrawing the state's Congressional, Assembly, Senate, and Board of Equalization districts had been exercised by the California State Legislature.
In November 2008, California voters passed Proposition 11, the Voters FIRST Act, which took political redistricting responsibility away from the state legislature and instead established a 14-member statewide redistricting commission composed of five Republicans, five Democrats, and four not affiliated with either of those two parties but registered with another party or as decline-to-state. The California Citizens Redistricting Commission was initially charged with updating the state assembly, senate, and Board of Equalization district boundaries starting with the 2010 census. Another initiative, Proposition 20, passed in 2010, expanded the Commission responsibilities to also include the state Congressional districts.
Congressional districts
California is divided into 52 Congressional districts.
Each district
California's current districts were drawn in 2021 by a
State legislative districts
State Senate districts
California is divided into 40
Prior to 1968, state senate districts were restricted such that one county could only hold at most one seat. This led to the situation of
State Assembly districts
California is divided into 80 State Assembly districts, each of which elects a member to the State Assembly. Each assembly district contains about 466,000 people. Each Assembly member is limited to three terms by a referendum passed by California voters. In March 2008, Proposition 93 unsuccessfully attempted to change term limits to a maximum of twelve years or six terms instead of three.
The California Assembly Democratic Caucus members are listed at asmdc
California Appellate Court districts
The
First District
The California Court of Appeal for the First District is located in
. It is divided into five non-geographical divisions with four justices each.Second District
The California Court of Appeal for the Second District has its main courthouse in Los Angeles and the secondary courthouse, hosting Division Six, in Ventura. Division Six handles appeals from San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties, while Divisions One through Five, Seven, and Eight handle appeals from Los Angeles County. Each division has four justices.
Third District
The California Court of Appeal for the Third District is located in Sacramento. Its jurisdiction is over the following counties: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, and Yuba. It has 11 justices and is not divided into divisions.
Fourth District
The California Court of Appeal for the Fourth District is unique in that it is divided into three geographical divisions that are administratively separate, which even have different case number systems, and yet remain referred to as a single district.
Division One
The Division One courthouse is located in San Diego. It handles appeals from Imperial and San Diego Counties. It has 10 justices.
Division Two
The Division Two courthouse is located in Riverside. It handles appeals from Inyo, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties. It has seven justices. It is the only California appellate court that issues a tentative opinion before oral argument.
Division Three
The Division Three courthouse is located in Santa Ana. It handles appeals from Orange County. It has eight justices.
Fifth District
The California Court of Appeal for the Fifth District is located in Fresno. Its jurisdiction covers the following counties: Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus, Tulare, and Tuolumne. It has nine justices.
Sixth District
The California Court of Appeal for the Sixth District is located in San Jose. Its jurisdiction covers San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey Counties. It has seven justices.
Board of Equalization districts
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California's
First District
The first Equalization District is made up of the following counties:
Second District
The second Equalization District is made up of the following counties: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Tuolumne, Ventura, Yuba, a portion of Los Angeles, a portion of San Bernardino, and a portion of Santa Barbara.
Third District
The third Equalization District is made up of the following counties: Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, a portion of Los Angeles, and a portion of San Bernardino.
Fourth District
The fourth Equalization District is made up of 73 of the 88 cities in
See also
- Elections in California
- Politics of California
- Government of California
- California ballot proposition
- List of California ballot propositions
- Local government in California
References
- ^ "Final Report on 2011 Redistricting" (PDF). State of California. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2013. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
- ^ State Board of Equalization, 2018-19 Annual Report, Profile, "Governance" p. 8.
- ^ State Board of Equalization, Board Members
External links
- California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions (out of date)
- California Courts of Appeal
- California Board of Equalization
- California State Assembly
- Current Candidates for the State Assembly Archived 2006-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Map of State Assembly Districts
- California Citizens Redistricting Commission website