SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

California's Democratic leaders are now moving forward with an effort to change Congressional district maps so that they heavily favor Democrats, regardless of what Texas or other Republican states do.

The effort that was promoted by California Democrats as a way to counteract efforts in Texas to send more Republicans to Congress will no longer rely on the action in the Lone Star state or others that allegedly spurred redistricting efforts, according to legislative documents KCRA 3 obtained Thursday.

Democratic state lawmakers in the California Assembly made changes to the legislation known as ACA 8 on Thursday morning, minutes before they began debating and voting on the proposed ballot measure that would present the new maps to voters in a special statewide electi

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