California's Constitution mandates that Congressional districts "shall be drawn to encourage geographical compactness such that nearby areas of population are not bypassed for more distant population."
Here are a few of Gavin's most interesting violations:
The Elephant Nose of CD 3
Gavin Newsom's Unconstitutional Maps: 2/7
The jigsaw puzzle of 31 and 35.
Gavin Newsom's Unconstitutional Maps: 3/7
CD 41 an Los Angeles county congressional district has a fishhook into Orange County.
Gavin Newsom's Unconstitutional Maps: 4/7
CD 50: The neighborhood of Imperial Beach apparently has nothing to do with anything else South County and needs to be joined with a district that includes North County.
Gavin Newsom's Unconstitutional Maps: 5/7
CD 1 and CD 2 both cover large areas of rural North California but the map makers skip all the nearby rural population in order to go clear down to the Bay Area to split up these community of interests.
Gavin Newsom's Unconstitutional Maps: 6/7
CD 19 which is a predominately Monterey Bay Congressional District runs down the coast to pull out the rural area of San Luis Obispo County.
Gavin Newsom's Unconstitutional Maps: 7/7
CD 27 has a nice little appendage at the bottom of its district that has interesting political ramifications.
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