California already planned to redistrict before Texas. They already had it drawn up.

California's redistricting process is managed by an independent commission that redraws district boundaries after each decennial census, typically well before any partisan disputes arise. This means California generally has its maps drawn up on a regular schedule, independent of Texas's actions. However, in 2025, California's Governor Gavin Newsom and state legislature have accelerated or emphasized redistricting efforts as a direct response to Texas's Republican-led partisan redistricting plans. Newsom has publicly stated that California is preparing to redraw its congressional maps to counteract Texas's gerrymandering moves, aiming to create additional Democratic seats and offset the impact of Texas's plans. This indicates that while California had baseline plans from the census cycle, the current push to redraw maps is both pre-planned and reactive to Texas's actions.

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Therefore, the claim that California "already planned to redistrict before Texas" is mostly true in the sense that California had baseline maps ready from its commission process, but the intensified redistricting push in 2025 is also a direct reaction to Texas's moves.