Make California Red Again launches legislative tracker and new site experience

Make California Red Again has been expanded from a candidate directory into a broader California political information platform with several major new features.

What is new

• A new California legislative tracker powered by OpenStates

• Address-based representative lookup so voters can see which State Senate and State Assembly members represent their location

• Recent bill tracking and bill detail pages with actions, sponsors, and vote summaries

• Contentful-powered news pages with article thumbnails, detail pages, and social sharing metadata

• A refreshed site header, logo integration, and updated author profile page

• Google Analytics and Vercel Analytics instrumentation for traffic visibility

Legislative tracking

The new tracker gives visitors a central place to review current California legislators, recently updated bills, and member activity. This creates a more useful foundation for future scorecards, issue-based analysis, and district intelligence.

Address lookup

Visitors can now search by address to identify the California state lawmakers who represent them. The lookup flow mirrors the approach used in MyGovRadar by combining street suggestions with final district resolution through the Census geocoder.

Bill detail pages

Each tracked bill can now be opened on its own page so users can move from a representative overview into the actual legislative record, including recent actions, sponsors, and vote summaries.

News and publishing

The news section now supports richer Contentful articles with thumbnails, standalone article pages, and metadata for social sharing on platforms such as LinkedIn and Facebook.

What comes next

These upgrades establish the base for deeper California intelligence features, including district-level policy tracking, legislator scorecards, committee coverage, and more detailed voter-facing research tools.