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California Congressional District 12

California Congressional District 12 is one of the 52 California districts of the US House of Representatives, using the Proposition 50 map for 2026 as taken from the Census 2026 congressional district layer. Part of California.

Current Representative: Lateefah Simon (Democrat), who is also the unofficial leader in the Nov 3, 2026 election; the margin is 61.2%. The result is unofficial and not yet certified.

Places in this district: Berkeley, Oakland. Shares of a place are by area, not population, and are approximate; matching is not an address lookup (use https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative for a specific address). Places listed are only the cities tracked here.

Towns: top issues and upcoming meetings

Top 5 open issues in each town and its town meetings in the next 2 weeks.

Town2Top 5 issuesUpcoming meetings (2 weeks)
Berkeley
Oakland

Common issues across these towns

Common issues that appear in the Issues of two or more towns in this district.

Common issue1TownsWhereIssues
Affordable Housing2Berkeley, Oakland3