California v. Trump: Trial Over Census Citizenship Question Gets Started

Jan 07 2019, 9:16 PMJan 07 2019, 10:51 PMJanuary 07 2019, 9:16 PMJanuary 07 2019, 10:51 PM

(Bloomberg) -- California’s challenge of a citizenship question the Trump administration is adding to the 2020 census started in San Francisco, following a similar trial in New York.

Lawyers for cities including Los Angeles and San Jose argue that the question -- “Is this person a citizen of the United States?” -- will cause an undercount in the nation’s most populous state, result in lost federal funds for schools, roads and public transportation, and possibly cost the state at least one congressional seat.

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The case is California v. Ross, 18-cv-1865, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Francisco).