Proposed Senate Districts

Here are brief descriptions of the proposed new state Senate districts for the Los Angeles area and the current senator: * 18. Parts of Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. Solvang and part of the city of Ventura would be added to the district. Registration would be 46.7% Democratic and 40% Republican. Sen. Gary K. Hart (D-Santa Barbara).

* 19. Parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties, including Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks and Santa Clarita. District would be 52.7% Republican. Sen. Ed Davis (R-Santa Clarita).

* 20. Much of the San Fernando Valley, including Encino. Democrats would have a 56.3% to 33.8% registration advantage. Sen. Alan Robbins (D-Tarzana).

* 21. Part of Los Angeles County, including parts of Glendale, Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley. Republicans would have a 55.6% to 34.6% registration edge. Sen. Newton R. Russell (R-Glendale).

* 22. Part of Los Angeles County, including Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Studio City, Culver City, Lawndale, Tarzana, and parts of Winnetka. Democrats would have a 58% to 30.7% registration edge. Sen. Herschel Rosenthal (D-Los Angeles).

* 23. Part of Los Angeles County, including Burbank, Griffith Park, West Hollywood, Hollywood, Silver Lake, Hancock Park, Eagle Rock, Altadena and parts of Glendale and Pasadena. District would be 55.5% Democratic. Sen. David A. Roberti (D-Los Angeles).

* 24. Part of Los Angeles County, including Vernon, downtown Los Angeles, Chinatown, East Los Angeles, South Pasadena, El Sereno, Highland Park, Echo Park, Koreatown and Montecito Heights. Maywood, Bell Gardens, Commerce and Eagle Rock would be removed from the district. Democrats would have a 65.7% to 22.4% registration edge. Latinos would make up 45.4% of voters. Sen. Art Torres (D-Los Angeles).

* 25. Parts of western San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties, including part of San Gabriel Valley. Inyo County and part of the San Bernardino County desert would be removed from the district. Republicans would have a 51.2% to 39.1% registration edge. Sen. Bill Leonard (R-Big Bear).

* 26. Part of Los Angeles County, including Pico Rivera, El Monte, Irwindale, La Puente, Azusa, Norwalk, Santa Fe Springs, Artesia, City of Industry and parts of Whittier. Democrats would have a 60.5% to 31.7% registration edge. Latinos would make up 40.5% of voters. Sen. Charles M. Calderon (D-Whittier).

* 27. Part of Los Angeles County, including Carson and Compton and much of South-Central Los Angeles. District would be 81% Democratic. Blacks and Latinos would make up more than 80% of population. Sen. Bill Greene (D-Los Angeles).

* 28. Part of Los Angeles County, including Inglewood, Hawthorne, Torrance, Gardena, and part of Los Angeles. Democrats would make up nearly 74% of voters. Blacks and Latinos would make up 71% of population. Sen. Diane Watson (D-Los Angeles).

* 29. Part of the Los Angeles County coast, including portions of Torrance and Long Beach. Republicans would have a 46.2% to 42.7% registration edge. Sen. Robert G. Beverly (R-Manhattan Beach).

* 30. Part of Los Angeles County, including Paramount, Lynwood, Alhambra, Cudahy, South Gate, Huntington Park, Maywood, Bell, Bell Gardens, Monterey Park, Commerce, and Montebello. Democrats would have 62% of voters. Latinos would make up 41% of voters. Sen. Ralph C. Dills (D-Gardena).

* 31. Parts of Los Angeles and Orange counties, including Brea, Diamond Bar, La Mirada, Hacienda Heights, Buena Park, Cerritos, La Habra, Cypress, Los Alamitos, Downey, and portions of Lakewood, Bellflower and Whittier. Republicans would have a 48.2% to 42.5% registration edge. Sen. Frank Hill (R-Whittier).

* 34. Parts of Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties, including parts of Pomona and Ontario. Democrats would have a 53.7% to 38.2% registration edge. Sen. Ruben S. Ayala (D-Chino).

SOURCE: Associated Press