Lodi Mayor Cameron Bregman is sounding the alarm over the newly redrawn California congressional maps that would cut his city into three separate congressional districts.

"It's about representation above all," Bregman said. "I can tell you the City of Lodi, when it comes to federal funding, is going to be completely destroyed."

The maps, released Friday , leave one particular Lodi neighborhood with stark dividing lines. The intersection of Church Street and Kettleman Lane would split the newly redrawn Congressional districts of 7, 8, and 9.

"If we're split up into three different districts, there's no congressman that's going to give us the time of day," Bergman said.

Lodi's map is the outlier, according to Democratic lawmakers who, during a Monday press conference to roll out le

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