The first set of Congressional districts presented by the California legislature to Governor Reagan was really biased, slanted, completely gerrymandered.
During the decade 1973-1983, Torrance was divided into three distinct districts!
CD 28: Alphonzo Bell.
Alphonzo Bell's district was pushed to hug the Coastline.
In fact, only one samll part of Torrance, Torrance Beach, was included:
Right there in the blue circle, specifically:
Results:
Then the greater part of Torrance fell into the next 31st Congressional District, represented by:
Charles Wilson,
Yes, he's the one who's named after the Park in Central Torrance.
Here's the map of the district below:
Notice that the section of Torrance South of the 405 Freeway between Crenshaw Blvd. and Western Ave falls into another district.
That would be CD 35, which was represented by:
Glenn Anderson
That would be CD 35, which was represented by:
Glenn Anderson
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