Democrats in Congress may threaten California redistricting

The new dynamic in Washington, with Californian Nancy Pelosi as House speaker, threatens to thwart an effort by state political leaders to overhaul the way voting districts are drawn. Fresh from their victories in the November election, Democrats in Congress don't want to risk their fragile majority. Many Republicans don't want their relatively safe seats threatened either.

Their opposition promises to crimp an effort by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, state Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez (D-Los Angeles) and others to change how California draws political boundaries every 10 years to accommodate population shifts. Nuñez said he thinks he will have to exempt Congress from legislation he is crafting to have California's political boundaries drawn by a nonpartisan panel, rather than by politically driven state lawmakers. Then only state legislative districts would be drawn independently.

Otherwise, Nuñez said, opposition from the powerful Pelosi (D-San Francisco) and others would be enough to derail his efforts.

"The best way to secure its passage is to not have a $10-million campaign against it," Nuñez said. "And Congress will wage a $10-million campaign against it."


http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-redraw25feb25,1,676049.story?coll=la-headlines-california

I'd love it if California were non-partisan redistricted. Course, I'd love it if every state were non-partisan redistricted.

I can't believe she would say something like that. I'm sick of lawmakers(either from Congress or the legislatures) draw up there states congressional districts to benefit them and them only, the only to have fair districts is to have non partisan commission draw up the districts.

Terrible thing for Pelosi would do something like this.

http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/02/redistricting_r_3.html
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-op-quinn17dec17,0,7035728.story?coll=la-sunday-commentary

It seems that redistricting would hurt dems.

zalinda

And not to mention I don't trust the politicans to redraw the lines cause there in it for the power so of course there going to draw the lines to favor said party(dem or rep) and not both parties.