As Texas hurtles toward a flashpoint on a GOP effort to redraw congressional districts, California Democrats are about to answer with a plan of their own.

The mid-decade redistricting effort in Texas has been yet another pressure point for the GOP. It has split the party, with more states looking to follow in the Lone Star State’s footsteps. Many Republicans have backed this aggressive redistricting effort,

As Texas Republicans appear poised to thwart Democrats’ brief quorum break and pass a brutal new gerrymander, California Democrats’ plans to retaliate with their own aggressive map are coming into view.