Click here to see the letter that will be presented to the Citizens Redistricting Commission on January 18, 2012 regarding recommended changes to the redistricting process. This letter was signed by Kathay Feng, Executive Director of California Common Cause; Eugene Lee, Voting Rights Project Director of Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Member of Asian American… [Continue Reading]
A message from Commissioner Connie Galambos Malloy: Greetings, I thought you might be interested in this small selection of articles about redistricting I’ve included from the latest issue of Urban Habitat’s national journal Race, Poverty & the Environment. (You can also read them online at http://urbanhabitat.org/18-2/redistricting-voting.) In my piece http://urbanhabitat.org/18-2/galambos-malloy , “A Commissioner’s Perspective on… [Continue Reading]
Californians of the Year: Redistricting Commissioners http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2011/12/californians-of-the-year-redis tricting-commissioners/> By John Wildermuth http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/author/JohnWildermuth/ Journalist and Political Commentator Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 With partisan gridlock bogging down both Sacramento and Washington, it’s easy to wonder whether Democrats and Republicans can ever get together, look beyond what’s best for their parties and make the tough decisions they were… [Continue Reading]
“State Justices Asked to Block Redistricting Maps” Cheryl Miller for The Recorder Petition filed by Republican-funded Fairness and Accountability in Redistricting (FAIR) in state Supreme Court, the first legal challenge to the CRC maps. FAIR argued that 11 Senate districts violate “compactness” rules, 7 split counties unfairly, and Latino voters in Monterey and Santa Clara… [Continue Reading]
“Congressional redistricting referendum cleared for signature-gathering” Jean Merl for PolitiCal (LA Times blog) Another group of Republicans may begin petition drive (504,760 signatures in 90 days) to overturn congressional redistricting maps by a citizens commission in addition to the group that began a similar referendum drive to overturn the California Citizens Redistricting Commission’s state Senate… [Continue Reading]
