By THE TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD California’s Citizens Redistricting Commission has one task, and one only: to take census data gathered every decade and draw new boundaries for state, legislative and congressional districts through a public and transparent process that’s free from political manipulation. Simple, right? But have the 14 commissioners doing the latest round of […]

By Daniel Gligich Is the California Redistricting Commission – the independent organization tasked with drawing the new Congressional and legislative boundaries – breaking the law? Charles Munger Jr. – the son of Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman Charles Munger, physicist, and a political activist in his own right – certainly thinks so. Munger Jr. wrote a […]

By Seema Mehta California voters created an independent redistricting commission to stop lawmakers and powerful interests from drawing gerrymandered congressional and legislative districts that consolidated their power at the expense of fair representation. That commission is now accused of routinely flouting the law by holding closed-door meetings and other acts that threaten to undermine its […]

Common Cause Statement by Jonathan Mehta Stein, Executive Director of California Common Cause “As COVID-19 reshapes how we live and work, alters education for millions of children and disrupts our economy, it has become even more clear that we need accountable state and local governments that make transparent decisions.” “Today we are releasing a statement […]

THE SUN By JON COUPAL Times are strange indeed when the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association finds itself fighting on the same side as left-leaning organizations such as Voices for Progress, Common Cause and the ACLU. The saying that politics makes for strange bedfellows is never more true than in times of crisis and confusion. When the […]