Officials Denounce New Congressional District Boundaries

Officials passed a resolution opposing a new congressional district boundaries map.

The Temecula City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to pass the resolution at a meeting at the Civic Center. For the location,

After California voters approved an initiative that aimed to prevent the State Legislature from gerrymandering the districts, an independent commission redrew the State Senate, State Assembly and congressional district boundaries.

To read more about the new district boundaries, .

The new map cuts Temecula in two parts. Most of the city will be in northern San Diego’s congressional district, while the rest of Temecula will join its northern neighbors in a Riverside County district.

To see a map of the new district boundaries, click on the picture above.

Officials want to keep the city united in one district, wrote Senior Planner Stuart Fisk.

“While the area has been well served by Congressman Darrell Issa, all of Temecula logically and politically should remain a part of Riverside County’s congressional delegation, much like the draft Assembly and Senate maps,” Fisk wrote in a report.