Proposition Summary

ELIMINATES STATE COMMISSION ON REDISTRICTING. CONSOLIDATES AUTHORITY FOR REDISTRICTING WITH ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND STATUTE. • 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 Legislative Analyst’s Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact: • Possible reduction of state redistricting costs of around $1 million over the next year. • Likely reduction of state redistricting costs of a few million dollars once every ten years beginning in 2020.

Proposition Number

27

Year

2010

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Fail

Popular Vote Results

Y:3,736,443;A:40.5;N:5,468,703;B:59.5

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND STATUTE

Code Sections Affected

CA Const Art. II, CA Const. Art.XXI; CA Gov't Cpode 8251 et sec.

For Author

DANIEL H. LOWENSTEIN, Founding Chairman California Fair Political Practices Commission HANK LACAYO, President Congress of California Seniors

Against Author

JANIS R. HIROHAMA, President League of Women Voters of California DAVID PACHECO, California President AARP GARY TOEBBEN, President Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

Rebuttal Author

KATHAY FENG, Executive Director California Common Cause RUBEN GUERRA, President Latin Business Association JOEL FOX, President Small Business Action Committee

Rebuttal Against Author

MARK MURRAY, Executive Director Californians Against Waste DANIEL H. LOWENSTEIN, Founding Chairman California Fair Political Practices Commission

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