{"source_url": "https://calcoasttimes.com", "url": "https://calcoasttimes.com/2019/12/31/california-may-lose-congressional-seat-due-to-migration/", "title": "California may lose congressional seat due to migration", "top_image": "https://calcoasttimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/California_Locator_Map.png", "meta_img": "https://calcoasttimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/California_Locator_Map.png", "images": ["https://calcoasttimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/California_Locator_Map.png", "https://calcoasttimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/California_Locator_Map-176x200.png", "https://calcoasttimes.com/images/facebook-48x48.png", "https://calcoasttimes.com/images/twitter-48x48.png", "https://calcoasttimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cctimeslettersw369x.jpg", "https://calcoasttimes.com/images/feed-48x48.png"], "movies": [], "text": "By JOSH FRIEDMAN\n\nFueled by residents leaving the state, largely due to the high cost of living, California is currently at risk of losing a congressional seat. [LA Times]\n\nOn Monday, the U.S. Census Bureau released population estimates. California was one of 27 states that lost residents through net domestic migration. California lost about 203,000 residents.\n\nNext year\u2019s census count will determine congressional reapportionment. If California were to lose a congressional seat, it would mark the first time that occurred in California\u2019s history as a state.\n\nCalifornia\u2019s potential loss in reapportionment would decrease the state\u2019s seat total in the House of Representatives from 53 to 52.\n\nWilliam Frey, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said the potential loss of a congressional seat has a lot to do with California residents moving to Arizona, Texas, Colorado and other western states.\n\nTexas, the state to which an estimated 63,000 Californians moved in 2017, stands to potentially gain three congressional seats. Arizona, Colorado and Oregon may gain one seat each.\n\nCalifornia\u2019s Citizens Redistricting Commission will hold public hearings in 2021 to determine how to redraw congressional maps.\n\nPaul Mitchell, a leading analyst of the redistricting process, said two areas that may be at risk of losing a congressional seat are the communities located at the intersection of Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties and the suburbs east of San Francisco.\n\nHowever, other changes to congressional maps, particularly in the Central Valley, are also expected, so it might be difficult to notice the impact of losing a House seat due to population, Mitchell said.\n\nBut, Mitchell also said if California\u2019s Latino and non-citizen populations do not participate in the census as much as state officials would like, California could be at risk of losing more than one seat.", "keywords": [], "meta_keywords": [""], "tags": ["California", "United States Congress"], "authors": [], "publish_date": "Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 2019", "summary": "", "article_html": "", "meta_description": "", "meta_lang": "en", "meta_favicon": "https://calcoasttimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cropped-cctimesnosquarew-32x32.png", "meta_data": {"viewport": "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1", "robots": "max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1", "og": {"locale": "en_US", "type": "article", "title": "California may lose congressional seat due to migration - Cal Coast Times", "description": "Fueled by residents leaving the state, largely due to the high cost of living, California is currently at risk of losing a congressional seat. Read More ...", "url": "https://calcoasttimes.com/2019/12/31/california-may-lose-congressional-seat-due-to-migration/", "site_name": "Cal Coast Times", "updated_time": "2020-01-01T00:21:14+00:00", "image": {"identifier": "https://calcoasttimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/California_Locator_Map.png", "secure_url": "https://calcoasttimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/California_Locator_Map.png", "width": 596, "height": 676}}, "article": {"publisher": "https://www.facebook.com/calcoasttimes/", "tag": "United States Congress", "section": "News Briefs", "published_time": "2020-01-01T00:16:28+00:00", "modified_time": "2020-01-01T00:21:14+00:00"}, "fb": {"app_id": 453069375061069}, "twitter": {"card": "summary", "description": "Fueled by residents leaving the state, largely due to the high cost of living, California is currently at risk of losing a congressional seat. Read More ...", "title": "California may lose congressional seat due to migration - Cal Coast Times", "site": "@calcoasttimes", "image": "https://calcoasttimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/California_Locator_Map.png", "creator": "@calcoasttimes"}, "msapplication-TileImage": "https://calcoasttimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cropped-cctimesnosquarew-270x270.png"}, "canonical_link": "https://calcoasttimes.com/2019/12/31/california-may-lose-congressional-seat-due-to-migration/"}