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Dear Robert,
Join California Common Cause for a discussion on the current redistricting
process and what options exist to create a fair and balanced process for
drawing district lines.
This summer the Legislature failed to act on a proposal that would have
reformed the way district lines are drawn in California. In 2001, the
California Legislature redrew legislative and congressional districts, leaving
communities throughout California divided. Senate Constitutional Amendment 3 (
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=sca_3&sess=CUR&house=B
) would have removed conflict of interest concerns by creating an independent
citizen's commission to draw district lines.
A unique panel of experts will discuss how the 2001 redistricting process
impacted Silicon Valley communities, as well as the options for redistricting
reform (http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=1416067) now
that SCA 3 is dead. There will also be ample opportunity for public
discussion.
Featured Speakers:
Joe Simitian, State Senator (D-Palo Alto) (http://www.sen.ca.gov/simitian)
Fred Keeley, Co-Chair Voices of Reform, Commonwealth Club (
http://www.voicesofreform.org/
)
Phil Trounstine, Survey and Policy Research Institute at SJSU (
http://www.sjsu.edu/spri/
)
Aldyth Parle, former Santa Clara City Councilmember (http://www.ci.santa-
clara.ca.us/city_gov/city_gov_council.html)
Bill Hughes, Berryessa Citizens Advisory Council (http://bcaconline.org/)
Jackie Maruhashi, Asian Law Alliance (http://www.asianlawalliance.org/)
The town hall will be moderated by Phil Yost, of the San Jose Mercury News (
http://www.mercurynews.com/
).
Event Details:
When: Thursday September 21, 2006
7:00 pm - Meet and Greet
7:30 pm - Panel Discussion
Where: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
Room 225, Suite B
150 E. San Fernando Street
San Jose, CA 95112
Free Parking (after 6 pm) is located in the Fourth Street Garage, across the
street from the library on E. San Fernando Street.
For driving directions visit:
http://www.sjlibrary.org/about/locations/king/directions.htm
Let us know you are coming! RSVP to ca-info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:
ca-info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) or call us at (916) 443-1792.
Sincerely,
Kathay Feng, Executive Director
California Common Cause
http://www.commoncause.org/ca
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