10 measures on the 2010 Nov Ballot – including one to expand redistricting commission’s scope to Congress and one to eliminate citizen’s commission. The full link is at the Secretary of State’s website: http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-measures/qualified-ballot-measures.htm. No proposition numbers yet.

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Initiative Constitutional Amendment
1380. (09-0027) - Final Random Sample Update - 05/05/10

Redistricting of Congressional Districts.

Summary Date: 10/23/09 | Qualified: 05/05/10 | Signatures Required: 694,354

Proponent: Charles T. Munger, Jr. votersfirstactforcongress@gmail.com

Removes elected representatives from the process of establishing congressional districts and transfers that authority to the recently-authorized 14-member redistricting commission. Redistricting commission is comprised of five Democrats, five Republicans, and four voters registered with neither party. Requires that any newly-proposed district lines be approved by nine commissioners including three Democrats, three Republicans, and three from neither party. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: Probably no significant change in state redistricting costs. (09-0027.) (Full Text)

Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.
1451. (09-0107) - Final Random Sample Update - 06/24/10

Eliminates State Commission on Redistricting. Consolidates Authority for Redistricting with Elected Representatives.

Summary Date: 02/05/10 | Qualified: 06/24/10 | Signatures Required: 694,354

Proponent: Daniel Lowenstein c/o Fredric D. Woocher (310) 576-1233

Eliminates 14-member redistricting commission selected from applicant pool picked by government auditors. Consolidates authority for establishing state Assembly, Senate, and Board of Equalization district boundaries with elected state representatives responsible for drawing congressional districts. Reduces budget, and imposes limit on amount Legislature may spend, for redistricting. Provides that voters will have the authority to reject district boundary maps approved by the Legislature. Requires populations of all districts for the same office to be exactly the same. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: Likely decrease in state redistricting costs totaling several million dollars every ten years. (09-0107.) (Full Text)

Kathay Feng

Executive Director

California Common Cause

(213) 252-4552

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