州长签署SB 1414：圣贝纳迪诺县将设14人独立选区重划委员会
圣贝纳迪诺县消息——由州参议员埃洛伊丝·戈麦斯·雷耶斯（Eloise Gómez Reyes）提出的SB 1414法案已获州长签署成为法律，将为圣贝纳迪诺县设立一个由14名居民组成的独立选区重划委员会。据KVCR 10月1日报道，新委员会将取代县政委员会主导县级选区划分的现行做法，在2030年人口普查后负责重划县政委员选区。
报道指出，新法事实上绕过了该县2020年经选民通过的J提案（Measure J）所确立的安排，引发县级官员不满。县政委员会主席道恩·罗（Dawn Rowe）公开批评州政府干预县内事务；另一方面，卡车司机工会1932分会（Teamsters Local 1932）曾在立法过程中呼吁州长否决该案。
支持者则认为，由独立居民委员会划区可以减少党派操纵，让选区更公平。按法案安排，委员会成员遴选程序将在2030年普查前启动，其划定的新选区将用于此后十年的县级选举。
圣贝纳迪诺县是全美面积最大的县，东西跨度超过200英里，县政委员的每个选区都幅员辽阔，选区边界的划分因此对不同社区的代表权影响格外大。加州自2021年周期起，多个县市陆续改用独立委员会负责重划，州法要求委员会成员为登记选民、按党派比例构成，并通过公开会议与公众听证完成划区。支持阵营认为，SB 1414把圣贝纳迪诺县纳入这一改革轨道，可避免重蹈由在任者自划选区的覆辙；反对者则坚持，2020年选民通过的J提案已经规定了本地办法，州政府后手推翻等于否定选民意志。这场「州权与地方自治」的争论预计仍将持续，不排除有团体就新法的效力提起诉讼。
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SB 1414 Signed: San Bernardino County to Get Independent Redistricting Commission
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY — SB 1414, authored by state Senator Eloise Gómez Reyes, has been signed into law, creating an independent redistricting commission of 14 residents for San Bernardino County. According to KVCR (October 1), the commission will take over the drawing of county supervisor districts after the 2030 census, replacing the current process led by the Board of Supervisors.
The new law effectively overrides arrangements established by Measure J, which county voters approved in 2020, and has drawn criticism from county officials. Board Chair Dawn Rowe publicly faulted Sacramento for intervening in county affairs, and Teamsters Local 1932 had urged the governor to veto the bill during the legislative process.
Supporters say an independent citizens' commission will reduce partisan gerrymandering and produce fairer maps. Selection of commissioners is to begin ahead of the 2030 census, and the districts they draw will govern county elections for the following decade.
San Bernardino County is the largest county in the United States by area, stretching more than 200 miles east to west, so each supervisorial district is vast and boundary decisions weigh heavily on which communities get represented. Since the 2021 cycle, a growing list of California counties and cities have shifted to independent redistricting commissions, whose members must be registered voters, reflect party proportions and work through open meetings and public hearings. Backers say SB 1414 puts San Bernardino County on that reform track and ends the practice of incumbents drawing their own districts; opponents maintain that Measure J, approved by voters in 2020, already set a local method and that the state's override nullifies the voters' will. The state-versus-local argument is expected to continue, and litigation over the law remains possible.
Photo: San Bernardino County Court House, vintage postcard, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, Tichnor Brothers
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