California Common Cause & LWV present:
“Redistricting Reform: Let’s do it Right!”
Saturday, April 21, 12 noon – 2:00 pm
Mission Valley Library, 2123 Fenton Pkwy,
San Diego, 92108
April 20, 2007 (Press Release) --
Will it go any further? We sure hope so. Echoing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's call to prohibit legislators from drawing their own district lines, Senator Roy Ashburn (R) introduced a proposal on Monday to give that job to an independent commission. Following close on his heels, Speaker Fabian Nunez (D) introduced his bill this Wednesday. To top it all off, the Attorney General issued title and summary for three initiatives on redistricting reform.
All accounts suggest these are not the last of the bills and initiatives that will be introduced to make it to the February 2008 ballot.
How should California’s congressional and legislative seats be drawn? How should we pick the commissioners that will achieve independence, political balance and diversity? Can rules be set up to ensure the lines are drawn fairly? How will the legislature’s efforts to reform term limits impact this discussion? How will the politics of these competing bills and initiatives play out?
Join us for a forum cosponsored by the League of Women Voters and California Common Cause to discuss these questions and more.
Speakers will include:
• Cynthia Bryant, Director of the Governor’s Planning and Research office,
• Kathay Feng, Executive Director of California Common Cause,
• Chris Carson, Government Director of the California LWV, and
• Ralph Pesquiera, chair of the last San Diego Redistricting Commission.
All accounts suggest these are not the last of the bills and initiatives that will be introduced to make it to the February 2008 ballot.
How should California’s congressional and legislative seats be drawn? How should we pick the commissioners that will achieve independence, political balance and diversity? Can rules be set up to ensure the lines are drawn fairly? How will the legislature’s efforts to reform term limits impact this discussion? How will the politics of these competing bills and initiatives play out?
Join us for a forum cosponsored by the League of Women Voters and California Common Cause to discuss these questions and more.
Speakers will include:
• Cynthia Bryant, Director of the Governor’s Planning and Research office,
• Kathay Feng, Executive Director of California Common Cause,
• Chris Carson, Government Director of the California LWV, and
• Ralph Pesquiera, chair of the last San Diego Redistricting Commission.
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