Arcadia's Place in the Latest State Redistricting Maps

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

The final meeting of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission will be on August 15, according to the commission's spokesman Rob Wilcox.  At that point, the commission will either vote to finalize the maps, or reject them- there will be no further revisions before that deadline, Wilcox said (for more on the commission and its process ).

That means that the maps that have been released (which can be viewed at right or on an interactive map here) will most likely be the next state districts. 

Assembly District

In the current map climate, Arcadia is shared between the 44th and 59th Assembly Districts, which are represented through Democrat Anthony Portantino and Republican Tim Donnelly, respectively.

But in the final map, Arcadia falls into a single district with Temple City and 49th District cities San Marino, Alhambra, San Gabriel, Rosemead and Monterey Park. The assembly map also appears to have lines drawn through El Monte and South El Monte. Assemblyman Mike Eng, D-Monterey Park, represents the current 49th District cities.

Many Arcadia residents and city officials have asked to stay logistically linked to neighboring foothill communities such as Monrovia and Sierra Madre.

State Senate District

The final state senate district maps also group Arcadia with the above cities mentioned with the Assembly district, but also with several cities farther east, such as Baldwin Park, West Covina, Covina, La Puente and Azusa.

Congressional District

Arcadia would now be part of a congressional district that pushes south through Pasadena down to the 60 Freeway, joining Altadena, San Marino, South Pasadena, Rosemead, Monterey Park, and San Gabriel. It also would have some foothill cities to the east, including Glendora.