A recent letter-to-the-editor in The Appeal-Democrat suggested we just draw district lines according to latitude across the state to create the areas our legislators represent. Many people say such things, not unreasonably, because they are ignorant of the fact that such districts would inevitably be unconstitutional. A more complicated suggestion that in some ways amounts… Continue Reading
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Frost on Redistricting 2011: “The Ultimate Political Contest”
An op-ed by former Democratic Congressman Martin Frost on the FOX News website says: Every so often an important political issue flies “under the radar screen.” In other words, it’s not considered important enough for the national press to spend any time covering it. A perfect example is the next round of redistricting scheduled for… Continue Reading
Interview with the New Chairman Of the Rose Board
The following article is from our Fall, 2007 newsletter: Darryl Wold served as a commissioner of the Federal Election Commission (1998-2002), including terms as chairman (2000) and vice chairman (1999). Mr. Wold has served as counsel to Reed & Davidson since 1988. He has been an assistant to the speaker of the California State Assembly,… Continue Reading
Maviglio v. Diaz on Redistricting
In his Sunday column John Diaz of the San Francisco Chronicle remarked that “against all odds, the Bay Area is looking at the possibility of two extremely competitive primaries against incumbents next June,” referring to former state Sen. Jackie Speier taking on Rep. Tom Lantos and Assemblyman Mark Leno (and possibly former Assemblymember Joe Nation)… Continue Reading
Weintraub on Term Limits, Redistricting, and Poizner
Dan Weintraub’s column in the Sacramento Bee lays out the case for redistricting reform and its logical relation to term limits reform: Bottom line: Term limits reform is a good idea, but without reform of the way district lines are drawn, it could make a bad system even worse. Continue Reading
Myers on the CommonCensus Project and Redistricting
Thanks to KQED’s John Myers of the Capitol Notes blog for the link; check out his comments on the post below: Whether this research turns out to be valid remains unknown… but just a quick glance at the California map suggests that like-minded people aren’t bound by traditional borders. And that’s one of the challenges… Continue Reading
Rose Report in Sacramento Bee's Capitol Alert
A belated thanks to Shane Goldmacher from the Sacramento Bee’s Capitol Alert. Last week Goldmacher recommended The Rose Report as a “top blog covering the California political scene.” The Rose Report is now a link on the Capitol Alert website. Continue Reading
The Boundaries You Feel: the CommonCensus Map Project
Found via the Marcus P. Zillman blog: The CommonCensus Map Project is redrawing the map of the United States based on your input, to reveal the boundaries people themselves feel, as opposed to the state and county boundaries drawn by politicians. View the maps to see how the country is divided into ‘spheres of influence’… Continue Reading
Walters on Prop. 93 & Redistricting
Dan Walters’ Sac Bee column today on Prop. 93, the now controversial term limits initiative, says in part: …once the term limit ballot measure was launched, they reneged on redistricting reform, without so much as an explanation. What that means, in effect, is that they are asking voters not only to give them longer careers… Continue Reading
Happy Thanksgiving
We will return on Monday. Continue Reading