Observers estimate that legislators will take at least two weeks to draw and then vote to approve new maps of the state’s congressional and state legislative districts.Â
California voters have tried to de-politicize the redistricting process by taking it out of the purview of state legislators and establishing a nonpartisan redistricting commission.
The census results revealed the growth of minority groups that make up almost 40% of the country's population. Today there are 5 million fewer white Caucasians than in 2010.