Spectrum: East LA District Has State's Lowest Census Response Rates

“Actually, my parents were skeptical of doing it also. They thought, 'Oh, they’re gonna ask the immigration question.' But you know what? When it comes down to the pandemic and all that. . . I was telling them, 'OK so you want to get help but you weren’t counted on the census, so how is that gonna pan out?'”
So far not well for the 34th congressional district, which is almost 20 points behind California’s census self-response rates. The representative for the area, Jimmy Gomez, is concerned.
“We are behind. I have a lot of worries about the census,” Gomez said.

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