California's highest court denied a local group's request to place an immediate hold on San Luis Obispo County's redistricting map and overturn a superior court.
The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors formally adopted a controversial district map on Tuesday that makes major changes to the district boundaries in the county. Now, a nonprofit called San Luis Obispo County Citizens for Good Government plans to sue over the map, which they say violates California election law and favors Republican interests.
Just minutes after San Luis Obispo County supervisors officially drew new district lines for the next decade that align with the controversial "Patten map," a.
The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors finalized the Patten map as the final district map for SLO County for the next ten years. The map is supported by the local Republican Party and the conservative supervisors, and splits the North Coast into three pieces, among other changes.