What California lost in the Census, explained in 2 minutes

Posted on AllSides May 1st, 2021
From The Center
ANALYSIS

California’s identity, dating back to the Gold Rush, has been based on an idea: This is a place where people want to be. Prospectors. Dust bowl refugees. Immigrants. The Golden State has always lured people seeking work, play and sunshine.

For most of that history, our population went up and up. And so did our representation in Congress. Now, for the first time in our 171 year history, we’re losing a congressional seat.

What happened?

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https://calmatters.org/multimedia/video/2021/04/california-losing-census-congressional-seat/

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