Isn't the district Anthony Gonzalez is retiring from being eliminated due to districting in 2023? If that's the case, that would mean no one would be taking his place.
It needs to be said, but the redistricting benefits Democrats overall. Most of the districts cut are Republican. With Newsom outperforming expectations on surviving recall, this is a warning to Republicans to step up their game or else, Democrats will expand their majority in the House and Senate. Oh and the DNC will cheat too.
Every candidate that has a Democratic running needs to fight like they are forty points behind. We learned with the Newsom recall that pollsters will manipulate polls to galvanize their base and will do so at the latest possible moment to make Republicans complacent. They will do this for governors, local, House, Senate, and president race going forward. Cover every base or the GOP will lose.