On July 2, 2020, the first eight members of the 14-member 2020 Citizens Redistricting Commission were randomly selected from a list of applicants delivered by the Legislature on June 26, 2020. Of the eight members, who will be responsible for selecting the next six members of the commission, no Latinos were selected. Sonja Diaz, Founding Executive Director of the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative, issued the following statement in response.
