| Subject: Re: [EL] California redistricting commission |
| From: Douglas Johnson |
| Date: 11/8/2010, 2:58 PM |
| To: 'Larry Levine' <larrylevine@earthlink.net>, 'James Fischer' <jfischer@swlaw.edu>, 'James Lacy' <wewerlacy@aol.com>, "jon.roland@constitution.org" <jon.roland@constitution.org> |
| CC: "JBoppjr@aol.com" <JBoppjr@aol.com>, "election-law@mailman.lls.edu" <election-law@mailman.lls.edu> |
One can
"suppose" all one wants without doing any research, but the scenario
described would only happen if the Supreme Court Justices are incapable of
reading the California Constitution:
(g) By September 15 in 2011, and in each year ending in the
number one thereafter, the commission shall approve three final maps that
separately set forth the district boundary lines for the Senate, Assembly, and
State Board of Equalization districts. Upon approval, the commission shall
certify the three final maps to the Secretary of State. . . .
(j) If the commission does not approve a final map by at least
the requisite votes or if voters disapprove a certified final map in a
referendum, the Secretary of State shall immediately petition the Supreme Court
for an order directing the appointment of special masters to adjust the
boundary lines of that map in accordance with the redistricting criteria and
requirements set forth in subdivisions(d), (e), and (f). Upon its approval of
the masters' map, the court shall certify the resulting map to the Secretary of
State, which map shall constitute the certified final map for the subject type
of district.
Prop. 20
changed the deadline from Sept. 15 to Aug. 15. Somehow I'm pretty confident the
Justices are capable of following the constitution.
And, in
response to an earlier message from Mr. Levine about what's likely to happen,
there's no need to guess without any basis in research. There's both a case
study of the 1990s districts (http://rose.research.claremontmckenna.edu/publications/pdf/rose_ca_case_study.pdf)
and studies from the
Rose Institute and from Bruce and Karin's group
at Berkeley looking at what is likely to happen following the criteria now
adopted by California voters.
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Doug
Douglas
Johnson
Fellow
Rose
Institute of State and Local Government
Claremont
McKenna College
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909-621-8159
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310-200-2058
douglas.johnson@cmc.edu
www.RoseReport.org
From:
Larry Levine [mailto:larrylevine@earthlink.net]
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010
2:39 PM
To: Douglas Johnson; 'James
Fischer'; 'James Lacy'; jon.roland@constitution.org
Cc: JBoppjr@aol.com;
election-law@mailman.lls.edu
Subject: Re: [EL] California
redistricting commission
I suppose the courts could say "we'll
review the plan after you sent one to us." With a deadlocked
commission, that would be a real hoot.
Larry