Is California redistricting next?

[ShimokitaJer]

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/7017910.htm

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SACRAMENTO - Emboldened by the success of his recall initiative, anti-tax crusader Ted Costa said Tuesday he plans to go back to the voters with a ballot measure to break incumbents' grip on California's Legislature and congressional delegation.

Proponents of redrawing the state's political map have tried before to overhaul the redistricting process, which is controlled by the Legislature and in 2001 protected its Democratic majority and incumbent Republicans.

But Costa, a Republican, is hoping for a boost from Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger, who campaigned to remove reapportionment from the whim of the Legislature and put it into the hands of a panel of retired judges.
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Personally, I think both parties deserve blame for embracing the practice of gerrymandering in the first place. How does it help democracy to protect the seats of incumbents? But it is definitely the Repubs who are using it as a political tool.

[Composed Thinker]

1. Will he have the resources to make this well known?

Or more importantly, will voters care?

[villager]

2. actually, since Dems here took a powder..

...on wringing more districts out of California (unlike their Texas GOP counterparts, they were too timid to "risk" a lawsuit by pursuing a more Dem-friendly plan), I wonder if a "neutral" map might actually benefit the Dem party more, given Cali's demographics?