U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles), who represents the district in Congress, watched the numbers come in and got worried.
"The count was not good, at all," Gomez said. "Worst of any congressional district in the state."
At that point, COVID-19 forced most census messaging onto social media, instead of face-to-face, as most local non-profits had planned for years prior. But with the self-response numbers looking so low, Gomez pushed advocates to go door-to-door, and even joined them.
