California’s independent commission on redistricting is releasing its first official draft maps of the state’s new political districts today, after weeks of hearings and controversy. The bipartisan commission is likely to adjust the new lines it has drawn, after taking two weeks of public comment.

This has been a sometimes contentious process, with the commission chair herself declaring the map of San Diego districts “a hot mess” the other day and in some cases, going back to the drawing board. This commission is charged with deciding who is in what district, and therefore who represents you in the state legislature and Congress, with new maps drawn every ten years after the census is complete.

For more, KCBS Radio news anchors Patti Reising and Jeff Bell, as well as KCBS Radio political reporter and host of this segment Doug Sovern, spoke with Sara Sadhwani, PhD, Chair of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, an assistant professor of politics at Pomona College, and a faculty fellow at the USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy.