The WSJ has an editorial in support for Arnold's plan to change the system of congressional redistricting. It's about what you'd expect - Arnold's plan good, gerrymandering bad, preserving incumbency bad, etc... But, they have a picture of their representative shocking gerrymandered district:
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Um, in most of the country that would indeed be a very silly congressional district. But, in California it's actually a pretty reasonable one. Lumping a strip of coast together makes perfect sense.