As driving deaths have skyrocketed across the state, the governor, legislators, the courts and the DMV have failed to act.

At a California State Senate committee hearing this year, the director of CalTrans, Tony Tavares, showed a simple chart that might have caused the assembled lawmakers some alarm.

Voters adopted a state constitutional amendment overriding California’s independent redistricting commission and replacing the congressional map with new lines aimed at helping Democrats gain 5 seats ...