"... drawing and approval of the state's 53 districts this year is in the hands of 14 people. They are mostly amateurs, not political pros and they're not supposed to have any regard for incumbents, which means they could do just about anything.
If you're a member of Congress from California, that's a very scary proposition.
'When you go from a system that allows incumbents to draw districts that favor themselves to one that disallows considering incumbents at all, you're bound to have some incumbents paired together and some open districts,' said Tom Bonier of the National Committee for an Effective Congress, which advises Democrats on the redistricting process.
Added GOP consultant Dave Gilliard: 'There's a good chance that the vast majority of the congressional districts in California are not going to resemble what we have right now.'"
The political perils of California's redistricting process
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