General Discussion

The latest redistricting in 2020 took a strip from Yorba Linda all the way down through Mission Viejo. Splitting cities like Tustin and Irvine.

The proposed redesign puts the cities back together. This was almost the exact alignment that Katie Porter represented.

For those outside of the area, Orange County is basically split in two, North OC and South OC and the current alignment has a long strip across the top of the County, and I believe includes some of western Riverside County, then fully down the eastern edge of The OC.

I can’t remember the last time I spent a dime in Yorba Linda, yet spend weekly in Irvine, Mission Viejo, Lake Forest. So the 2010 and proposed alignment is much more logical. A strip from the Southern OC border along The I-5 then continuing along the I-405? to John Wayne airport.

Represented on a map it is basically square other than the coastline to the west and Cleveland National Forest/mountain ranges to the east and north.

Again, it represents where most residents live, work, and spend. All cities are similar in age and demographics. Another way to look at it, if your kid was in HS sports, every game/match would be be in the same CD in the regular season.

Katie Porter had a single office, in Irvine, I drove by it daily on my way to work. It was a 20 minute drive or less for well over 80 percent (likely 90) of the constituents, 30 minutes tops for everyone else.

Current Congesswoman Kim has two offices, one in North OC and one in South OC due to the overall length of the CD.

Point being, the proposed CD is LESS gerrymandered than the current CD.