For cities like San Jose that fear an undercount, the 2020 census has already started.

The three new congressional districts for the San Jose metro area include the first majority Latino district, and another that is the first predominantly Asian district.

Across the state, organizers are banding together to make sure new congressional, legislative and local districts lead to diverse representation. The track record of the Citizens Redistricting Commission is mixed, according to two recent studies.

The White population declined in the last decade in Santa Clara County for first time, mirroring a national trend revealed in the census results released Aug. 12

Applications close at 9am on June 1, and 10 commissioners will be appointed next month.

Days before the 2020 Census was set to come to an early close, a U.S. District Judge in California extended the deadline by a month.

The initiative would empower the IPA, expand the Planning Commission and provide a flexible redistricting timeline if census results are late.

The US Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census. At least for now. 

California and other states with high immigrant populations stand to lose big if the citizenship question is included on the decennial survey.

After budgeting an additional $1 million to ensure a complete count, Santa Clara County has already been gearing up for the 2020 census.

Silicon Valley leaders are speaking out against the federal government’s plans to include a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census.