Proposition Summary

REAPPORTIONMENT BY DISTRICTING COMMISSION OR SUPREME COURT. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Repeals Legislature's power over reapportionment. Establishes Districting Commission. Commission given exclusive authority to specify State Senate, Assembly, Equalization Board, and congressional district boundaries. Specifies criteria for establishing districts. Provides method of choosing commissioners having designated qualifications selected by appellate court justice panel and political party representatives. Requires districting plans be adopted for 1984 elections and following each decennial census thereafter. Specifies commission's duties and responsibilities. Provides for open meetings, procedures, public hearings, and judicial review. Retains referendum power. Requires Supreme Court action if districting plans not adopted within specified times. Summary of Legislative Analyst's estimate of net state and local government fiscal impact: On assumptions stated in the Analyst's estimate, increased state costs of $126,000 for salaries of commission in 1983 and a comparable amount (in today's dollars) once every 10 years beginning in 1991.

Proposition Number

14

Year

1982

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Fail

Popular Vote Results

Y: 3065072; A: 45.5; N: 3672301; B: 54.5

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Initiative constitutional

For Author

Gerald Ford, Former President of the United States; Donald Wright, Former Chief Justice, California Supreme Court; Susan Rouder, Chair, California Common Cause

Against Author

Jesse Unruh, State Treasurer Former Speaker, State Assembly; David A. Roberti, State Senator, 23rd District President pro Tempore, State Senate; Willie Lewis Brown, Jr., Member of the Assembly, 17th District Speaker of the State Assembly

Rebuttal Author

Jesse M. Unruh, State Treasurer Former Speaker, State Assembly; David Roberti, State Senator, 23rd District President pro Tempore, State Senate; Willie Lewis Brown, Jr., Member of the Assembly, 17th District Speaker of the State Assembly

Rebuttal Against Author

Gerald Ford, Former President of the United States; Donald Wright, Former Chief Justice, California Supreme Court; Susan Rouder, Chair, California Common Cause

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