CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : SAN FRANCISCO : Court Extends Delay on Census Revision

A federal appeals court extended until Aug. 30 a temporary stay delaying a lower court ruling that would force the U.S. government to release adjusted census figures boosting the count of California’s population by more than 1 million. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said it would hear arguments in the case before making its decision. The outcome of the lawsuit, filed by the state Senate, would affect the way the Legislature draws new boundaries for congressional, legislative and State Board of Equalization districts. The official 1990 census counted about 29.7 million people in California. But a post-census survey by the census bureau estimated that the state’s population might be 30.8 million.