California Statewide General Election
Tuesday, November 2, 2010, Official Voter Information Guide
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Proposition 27
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PROPOSITION
27
ELIMINATES STATE COMMISSION ON REDISTRICTING. CONSOLIDATES AUTHORITY FOR REDISTRICTING WITH ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND STATUTE.
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Prepared by the Attorney General
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.