San Francisco faces a deadline to finish drawing its new district maps by tomorrow, and the normally rather routine process has blown up in controversy. Even in a city known for its volatile politics, this has been unprecedented, with over-the-top vitriol and public name-calling among elected officials

San Francisco has 11 districts for supervisorial elections, and by tomorrow, the city’s appointed redistricting task force has to finish the new maps, prompted by the 2020 census. The commission had a marathon meeting over the weekend, another one yesterday, and will come back tomorrow for one last session.

However, these public meetings have been torn apart by acrimony, with members walking out in protest, swearing at one another, the public tearing into them for the maps they’ve proposed. In fact, two members of the Board of Supervisors going at it on Twitter, using unusually heated and graphic language. Whatever changes the task force ends up making to San Francisco’s political map, are likely to be challenged in court.

For more, KCBS Radio news anchors Patti Reising and Kris Ankarlo spoke with Doug Sovern, KCBS Radio political reporter and host of this segment.