{"id":8102,"date":"2022-02-02T10:27:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T17:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8102"},"modified":"2022-02-02T10:27:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T17:27:42","slug":"another-california-state-legislator-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8102","title":{"rendered":"Another California State Legislator Resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Written by Nathaniel Mannor<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Autumn Burke (D-Marina del Rey)<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/autumnrburke\/status\/1488318966795694082\"> announced her retirement from the California State Assembly<\/a> on Tuesday. Burke, who represents the 62nd Assembly district, put out a statement saying, \u201cI feel it is of the utmost importance that I have the flexibility and ability to spend more time with my family.\u201d Her initial plan was to retire at the end of her term, but circumstances have changed, citing the pandemic as one factor.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But Burke is not the only legislator calling it quits early. California rid itself of Public Enemy Number 2, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzales (D-San Diego), who left to join the California Labor Federation. Others announced their intention to run for Congress, like Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin), Chad Mayes (I-Rancho Mirage), Sydney Kamlager (D-Los Angeles), and Adam Gray (D-Merced). The rest want to retire from the public sphere. Among them are Connie Leyva and Patrick O\u2019Donnell (D-Long Beach), Andreas Borgeas (R-Fresno), and Jordan Cunningham (R-San Luis Obispo).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">27 California legislators (20 Democrats, 6 Republicans, and one Independent) aren\u2019t running for reelection. Since none of these incumbents are termed out of office, why are they all dropping out?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The most significant factor comes from California\u2019s Independent Redistricting Commission\u2019s new district maps that have gerrymandered some incumbents out of politically friendly neighborhoods. For example, Republican Rep. Tom McClintock chose to run in California\u2019s 5th Congressional district because of its solidly conservative environment, leaving the<a href=\"https:\/\/electkevinkiley.com\/\"> 3rd district for Kevin Kiley to run in<\/a>. Elsewhere, state legislators are pitted against each other, such as the case of Lorena Gonzalez and Akilah Weber, prompting Gonzalez to seek employment at the California Labor Federation.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Because of the new maps, many politicians don\u2019t want to run against members of their own party and have stepped aside to avoid confronting their friends. Thankfully this is only a problem that we have to deal with every ten years, and by 2024, things will hopefully be back to normal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo ajU\">Photo Cred: AP Photo\/Rich Pedroncelli, File<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Nathaniel Mannor Autumn Burke (D-Marina del Rey) announced her retirement from the California State Assembly on Tuesday. Burke, who represents the 62nd Assembly district, put out a statement saying, \u201cI feel it is of the utmost importance that I have the flexibility and ability to spend more time with my family.\u201d Her initial&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Another California State Legislator Resigns - San Diego News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8102\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Another California State Legislator Resigns - San Diego News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Written by Nathaniel Mannor Autumn Burke (D-Marina del Rey) announced her retirement from the California State Assembly on Tuesday. 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