Where is a map of CA 2022 Congressional districts w/cities/roads

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I've just spent the last half hour trying to find out which congressional district includes Lake Forest CA. Maybe I'm just not asking google the right questions, but I'm getting very frustrated with what should be a pretty simple task. Most of the maps don't have the cities or roads showing. Some are very interactive and show all kinds of details like demographics, partisan breakdowns, who is running. All well and good, but I think it should be key info to any citizen to find out what district they are located in. sheesh. Any help would probably make me feel pretty inept but greatly appreciated none-the-less.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. LMGTFY

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+congresional+district+is+lake+forest+ca+in

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2. I think that is the current district for 2020 election

I'm looking for the redistrict map for 2022.

[CrispyQ]

3. Does this help?

https://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/maps-final-draft-congressional-districts/

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5. Already checked it out...resolution is too low

to make out the cities etc. when I enlarge it in a new window.

[NameAlreadyTaken]

4. It's CA-45, and the current Rep is Katie Porter (D)

Though traditionally Orange County has been a deep Republican stronghold, even home to the John Birch Society, that has changed. That particular district has voted for the Democratic Presidential candidate in the last 8 Presidential elections.

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6. That is what I'm trying to find out

Will Katie Porter still be the rep. for Lake Forest?

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7. And also to a larger extent and in general

This discussion was started because this shouldn't be this hard.
I went to Katie Porters website to find out and I didn't see a map, just a general description of distict...maybe I missed it.

[NameAlreadyTaken]

9. Because of redistricting, Lake Forest is changing

from being in CA-45 to being in CA-47. The incumbent is changing from Democrat Alan Lowenthal to fellow Democrat Katie Porter. In fact the change might have already happened. Katie Porter, who had represented the 45th district since 2019, was re-elected with 53.5% of the vote in the 2020 election. Lowenthal is retiring at the end of this term, so he is out of the picture anyway. For the upcoming November election, CA-47 has 2 candidates that I know of: Katie Porter (D) and Scott Baugh (R). So if she wins, she will be the Congressperson representing CA-47. You might want to verify this with her office. I agree with you that this information is far too difficult to find. And that's probably by design. It should be transparent and easy to find.

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11. Thank you for speaking to the larger issue

"this information is far too difficult to find. And that's probably by design. It should be transparent and easy to find."

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13. And it's complicated by the recent redistricting

if I google "which district is [my city] in" the top hits are the results for the last election, before redistricting. The county registrar has a fairly detailed map showing the new breakdown for the county as a whole, but it neglects to mention that my district spills over into two adjacent counties as well.

If you still have your voters' guide from the June primary that should tell you what district you're in. But I agree - it seems like it would be a simple search, but since CA is one of the states that lost a representative and had to rejuggle its districts it's not - and I don't think search engines such as google are keeping up. Kinda ironic, considering Google headquarters is in the redrawn and renumbered district.

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16. I'm actually trying to find out for my son

I live in Sacramento, and my rep is Matsui and I don't think that district has changed much. I've worked for Ami Bera which is a nearby district, and also tried to defeat McClintock, and went door to door in Fernly Nevada to help Obama in 08 and 2012. My son is not much into politics though, and I thought it would be easy to a find a map for his district. I guess I'll have to call Katie Porter's office and see if they know...LOL.

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18. Try calmatters.org

I typed in calmatters redistricting and got a site that lets you find the new district for any address.

I didn't find this by looking for redistricting information. I stumble across it on my representative's campaign website - it was buried in there. I don't know why all the reluctance to make the new districts public and easy to find - it's not like they're state secrets!

[hedda_foil]

8. Call Porter's local office tomorrow. They'll know for sure.

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10. TY

I will do that. Solves my particular issue...but to the larger issue?

[MagickMuffin]

14. Have you tried going to your counties election website?

Tarrant county on their website they break everything down to precincts on the maps.

I'd check there if you haven't already. Plus you can confirm you are still registered to vote.


Good Luck

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15. Thank you, I'll check it out.

[MagickMuffin]

22. Here's a link

https://ocvote.gov/registration

It also has a phone number to call.

[FakeNoose]

17. This website for CA 45 has an interactive map

(link) https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/CA/45

Did you try this map? You need to click the "+" sign at least 4 or 5 times before you start to see the street names. However they do appear after several clicks. These interactive map only shows a tiny portion at one time, so you need to move around. Use your mouse or finger to recenter the map onto your neighborhood. You should be able to find your street on there.

If your neighborhood is no longer in CA-45 then go to one of the adjoining Districts' websites. They should all have this interactive map.

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19. "Don't use this map for the 2022 election"

it says on the site you linked to. Yeah, you can try to look at adjoining districts (maybe: I went from district 18 to 16: 16 used to be out in the Central Valley, between Turlock and Fresno. I'm in Silicon Valley, a couple of hundred miles away and hardly adjacent), but I'm seeing the OP's frustration - finding out what district one is in shouldn't be this hard. California's not the only state having this problem - I'm having a hard time finding out which districts my relatives in New York are in after the botch that state made of its redistricting. Hmmm - two states with Democratic-leaning delegations that both lost seats: coincidence?

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20. seems to be a theme developing here

I thought it would be easy to find this stuff out at first. It seems that most of the folks reading my OP feel it is a simple task to just google it, until they try.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

24. I'm one of them. My bad.

This issue is getting curiouser and curiouser.

The truth is out there.

Maybe.

And good morning.

[FakeNoose]

21. I live in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

... so I know that our county and state Board of Election websites give this info in which you type in your residential address, and they tell you what US Congressional District you live in, plus where your polling place is. For those who requested a mailed ballot, they tell you that too.

Not sure how they do it in other states. Maybe the League of Women Voters has a website for your area? If they do, I'm sure it's loaded with great information.

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23. Thanks, I lived in Pittsburgh

for a year in 1989. Probably would've stayed if circumstances were different. Kind of a "small town" big city. Still have property north of there, around Meadville. Go PA Dems!