This page is a list of links to resources concerning the redistricting process in California as it relates to the June and November 2012 elections.
It will be updated as news and events warrant. News stories from July 2011 forward can be found on the archive pages.

February 2013 update: now that Proposition 40 has passed and the only outstanding issue involving California redistricting has been resolved (see below under Court Cases). It is unlikely there will be much news concerning redistricting per se for the next several years.

For the moment, I plan to leave the site up. I am aware there are now some dead links or links to stories that have been moved behind paywalls, I plan to mark them as such.

ProPublica Investigation

This page covers only the ProPublica report from December 21 through December 31, 2011. For other coverage and resources click on the Home button above.

ProPublica 12/21/2011 How Democrats Fooled California’s Redistricting Commission


California Citizens Redistricting Commission 12/23/2011
Statement by California Citizens Redistricting Commission’s Current Rotating Chair Stan Forbes On ProPublica Article On Commission’s Redistricting Process



Orange County Register 12/31/2011 Steven Greenhut: More proof of redistricting manipulation by Democrats



OneNewsNow.com 12/30/2011 Calif. redistricting process rigged?



Contra Costa Times 12/29/2011 Vorderbrueggen: Little evidence redistricting plot worked

OCWeekly 12/29/2011 ProPublica Blew Orange County Redistricting Story Targeting Loretta Sanchez

Sacramento Bee 12/29/2011 Editorial: Shocker! Dirty politics played role in redistricting maps

Chico News & Review 12/29/2011 A shoddy report – ProPublica’s examination of the state redistricting process lacks credibility

Eureka Times-Standard 12/29/2011 Local officials respond to ProPublica investigation; analysis: Democrats manipulated state redistricting effort



Politico 12/28/2011 Redistricting report roils California politics

NBC Bay Area 12/28/2011 Prop Zero: Republicans' Misplaced Masochism

California Progress Report 12/28/2011 ProPublica Redistricting Report: GOP Manipulation They Missed in Orange County

Human Events 12/28/2011 California GOP Leaders Say 'Probe More' Into Democratic Meddling With 'Non-Partisan' Redistricting



Santa Rosa Press-Democrat 12/27/2011 PD Editorial: More smoke than fire in remap report

San Diego Source 12/27/2011 Crybaby GOP won’t face up to its real problems

Marysville Appeal-Democrat 12/27/2011 Thomas Elias: Crybaby GOP can't face its real problems



North County Times 12/26/2011 WALTERS: Dems played political game on redistricting

Santa Rosa Press-Democrat 12/26/2011 WALTERS: California Democrats playing politics to win



Huffington Post 12/25/2011 Why the ProPublica Remap Yarn Is Nonsense

JewishJournal.com 12/25/2011 ProPublica: Sherman may have tried to sway Calif. redistricting panel



Los Angeles Times 12/24/2011 Editorial: The politics of redistricting in California



LA Observed 12/23/2011 Another thumbs down on ProPublica redistricting piece

WNYC 12/23/2011 Opinion: A Redistricting Effort Turned Corrupt

SignOn San Diego 12/23/2011 Chicago-style politics in California

SignOn San Diego 12/23/2011 Political Notebook: San Diegan counters redistricting criticism

Redding Record-Searchlight 12/23/2011 Editorial: Republicans play the victim card on redistricting

Pasadena Star-News 12/23/2011 California Redistricting: Democratic theatre or marionettes?

ProPublica 12/23/2011 Answering Your Questions on Our California Redistricting Story

Sacramento Bee 12/23/2011 Catch up on the ProPublica redistricting debate

San Francisco Bay Guardian 12/23/2011 The redistricting furor

CalBuzz 12/23/2011 Why the ProPublica Remap Yarn is Nonsense

Sacramento Bee 12/23/2011 Dan Walters: California Democrats didn't cheat on redistricting, but they played politics well

Wall Street Journal 12/23/2011 California War Over Districts Heats Up

Powerline 12/23/2011 Why “reform” makes problems worse: a case study

KPCC 12/23/2011 Report on Dems manipulating congressional districts: The fallout begins



Los Angeles Daily News 12/22/2011 Editorial: Crossing the lines -- News report shows faults in citizen redistricting

LA Observed 12/22/2011 What to make of report on redistricting shenanigans

LA Observed 12/22/2011 How Democrats gamed the redistricting process

Orange County Register 12/22/2011 Report: Democrats influenced redistricting

San Jose Mercury News 12/22/2011 Mercury News editorial: Disturbing redistricting report demands scrutiny

SF Gate 12/22/2011 CA redistricting commissioner: Dem manipulation charges “dead wrong”

WNYC 12/22/2011 California’s ‘independent’ redistricting fiasco: a cautionary tale

New York Magazine 12/22/2011 Democrats Used Underhanded Tactics in Redistricting California

Calitics 12/22/2011 ProPublica's Absurd Attack on California Redistricting

KQED News Fix 12/22/2011 The Frenzy Over ProPublica's Redistricting Report

SF Weekly 12/22/2011 Did California Democrats Rig the Redistricting Process?

ProPublica 12/22/2011 California Republicans Call for Official Investigation of Dems’ Redistricting Tactics

KPCC 12/22/2011 Report on Dems manipulating congressional districts: The fallout begins

Watchdog.org 12/22/2011 Political games, manipulation from Democrats in California redistricting process

Fox and Hounds 12/22/2011 More Proof Dems Manipulated Redistricting

Canada Free Press 12/22/2011 Investigation Uncovers Democrats’ Successful Efforts to Subvert Citizens Redistricting Commission

Big Government 12/22/2011 Corruption in a California Congressional Redistricting?

Washington Examiner 12/22/2011 Nonpartisan redistricting not nonpartisan

The Daily Beast 12/22/2011 CA Dems Tampered on Redistricting

San Gabriel Valley Tribune 12/22/2011 Our View: Chu and Democrats put hex on maps

Tucson Citizen 12/22/2011 A MUST READ: How Democrats Fooled California’s Redistricting Commission



Mother Jones 12/21/2011 Redistricting in California

KQED Capital Notes 12/21/2011 The Frenzy Over ProPublica's Redistricting Report

Redding Record-Searchlight 12/21/2011 'How Democrats Fooled California's Redistricting Commission'

San Jose Mercury News 12/21/2011 California Democrats secretly influenced drawing of new political district boundaries  Updated 12/22/2011

Politico 12/21/2011 ProPublica report sparks GOP outrage

SFGate 12/21/2011 CA Dem chair John Burton lambastes story alleging party redistricting manipulation as “complete bull…t”

Contra Costa Times 12/21/2011 Democrats skew redistricting effort to their benefit, investigation finds

San Jose Mercury News 12/21/2011 California Democrats secretly influenced drawing of new political district boundaries

KPCC 12/21/2011 Did Dems manipulate the redistricting commission?

Whittier Daily News 12/21/2011 Probe finds Democrats manipulated independent commission's work to redraw legislative districts

LA Weekly 12/21/2001 Democrats Worked The Refs In Redistricting Battle, ProPublica Investigation Finds

Contra Costa Times 12/21/2011 Report exposes party meddling in redistricting

Long Beach Press Telegram 12/21/2011 Democrats skew redistricting effort to their benefit, investigation finds

ABC7 San Francisco 12/21/2011 Report: Ca. Democrats influenced redistricting committee