SACRAMENTO — California is losing a U.S. House seat for the first time, dropping its delegation from 53 to 52 members. That’s according to Census Bureau population data released Monday that determines how the nation’s 435 House seats are allocated. Adding seats in Congress: Texas, with two, and Colorado, Florida,...
California Could Lose Congressional Seat in LA Area
[aggregation-styles] San Francisco Chronicle Subscription While California is likely to lose at least one of its 53 congressional seats when the 2020 census is complete, the Bay Area probably won’t take the hit. “The Bay Area and Riverside County are the two fastest-growing areas in the state,” said Doug Johnson,...
Justices to Weigh Trump Census Plan to Exclude Non-Citizens
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up President Donald Trump's policy, blocked by a lower court, to exclude people living in the U.S. illegally from the census count that will be used to allocate seats in the House of Representatives. Never in U.S. history have immigrants been...
Despite Judge’s Order, Plans Being Made for Census Layoffs
ORLANDO, Fla. — Even though a federal judge ordered the U.S. Census Bureau to halt winding down the 2020 census for the time being, supervisors in at least one California office have been instructed to make plans for laying off census takers, according to an email obtained by The Associated...
Census Takers to Visit Homes That Have Not Responded
ORLANDO, Fla. — Thousands of census takers are about to begin the most labor-intensive part of America’s once-a-decade headcount: visiting the 56 million households that have not yet responded to the 2020 questionnaire. The visits that start Thursday kick off a phase of the census that was supposed to begin...
Bay Area Has Highest Income Inequality in California
It’s official: The gap between the Bay Area’s haves and have-nots is wider than anywhere else in the state. Top income earners in the Bay Area make 12.2 times as much as those at the bottom of the economic ladder, according to new research from the Public Policy Institute of...
With Births Down, U.S. Had Slowest Growth Rate in a Century
ORLANDO, Fla. — The past year’s population growth rate in the United States was the slowest in a century due to declining births, increasing deaths and the slowdown of international migration, according to figures released Monday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The U.S. grew from 2018 to 2019 by almost...
Facebook to Tackle Efforts to Interfere With 2020 US Census
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook plans to clamp down on attempts to use its services to interfere with the 2020 U.S. census, including the posting of misleading information about when and how to participate, who can participate and what happens when people do. Facebook and other social media companies have been...
Padilla on Census, Voter Fraud, and His Future
Secretary of State Alex Padilla is a busy man. Not only is he responsible for running a statewide election in less than 90 days, he is also leading California's census count effort. Padilla, in the middle of his second term as secretary of state, recently visited Fresno, chairing a day-long...
What's Slatic's Legal Strategy? Filings Provide a Clue.
A Fresno Unified trustee says a restraining order filed against him by a Bullard High School student is frivolous and politically motivated. Terry Slatic returns to court Monday afternoon for a hearing on the restraining order sought by the 16-year old cheerleader. The student filed the request shortly after Slatic...