Updated: California Redistricting Moves Forward

A state redistricting commission approved its preliminary final maps for congressional and state legislative electoral districts Friday, making it likely that they will become California's voting districts until the next redistricting process in 10 years.

The independent California Citizens Redistricting Commission will vote on adopting the final maps on Aug. 15, according to the commission's spokesman Rob Wilcox. 

At that point, the commission will either finalize the maps or reject them—there will be no further revisions before that deadline, Wilcox said.

The maps that have been released will most likely be the next state districts, marking the first time in California history that an independent citizens commission drew district boundaries. 

Here are the new districts for Hermosa Beach:

Congressional District

Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach and the northern part of the district that included Marina del Rey and Venice have been drawn into a largely coastal district that includes Santa Monica, Malibu and Beverly Hills.

The middle portion of the district, including Torrance and Lomita, has now been linked with Inglewood. The southern harbor communities of San Pedro and Wilmington have been included in a new Watts-San Pedro district.

"Ten days ago, I took the oath of office as a new member of Congress proudly serving the citizens of the 36th District," said Congresswoman Janice Hahn in a statement Friday. "Today, that District was taken away from me and split into three very different districts. The Beach Cities and the northern part of the district has been drawn in with Santa Monica, Malibu and Beverly Hills. The middle part of the district—including Torrance and Lomita—has been linked with Inglewood."

She added, "Finally, the Harbor Communities of San Pedro and Wilmington, where I have lived and called home for more than twenty-years, is part of a new Watts-San Pedro district."

State Assembly

Now the 53rd Assembly District, represented by Assemblywoman Betsy Butler, includes Hermosa Beach, El Segundo, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Torrance, Lomita, Marina Del Rey and parts of the City of Los Angeles.

But the new 66th District would include Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Torrance, Lomita, Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills Estates, Rolling Hills and Rancho Palos Verdes.

Senate District

Hermosa Beach, which is part of the 28th Senate District represented by Sen. Ted Lieu, would be part of the new 26th District.

This district would stretch from the Palos Verdes Peninsula to the edge of Topanga State Park north of Santa Monica. The district would include Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Catalina Island and San Clemente Island.

A first draft  was published June 10. To learn more about the redistricting process, check out our 

Coming up on Patch—we will make the newest redistricting maps available to see how Hermosa Beach's voting districts will change.