California Online Voter Guide

November 2010 Statewide General Election

20th edition

Proposition 27 - Eliminates State Commission on Redistricting. Consolidates Authority for Redistricting with Elected Representatives. Failed

Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute

• Official Summary

• What a Yes or No Vote Means

• Official Voter Guide page
• Campaign Web Sites and Contact Information
• Who Signed the Ballot Arguments
• News Stories

• Follow the Money/Top 5 Donors

 

Official Summary:

• 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.

What a Yes or No Vote Means

A YES vote on this measure means: The responsibility to determine the boundaries of State Legislature and Board of Equalization districts would be returned to the Legislature. The Citizens Redistricting Commission, established by Proposition 11 in 2008 to perform this function, would be eliminated. (Proposition 20 on this ballot also concerns redistricting issues. If both Proposition 27 and Proposition 20 are approved by voters, the proposition receiving the greater number of "yes" votes would be the only one to go into effect.)

A NO vote on this measure means: The responsibility to determine the boundaries of Legislature and Board of Equalization districts would remain with the Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Official Voter Guide page

This page features the Legislative Analyst's analysis, pro-con arguments, legislative votes and the full proposition text.

Campaign Web Sites and Contact Information

• Yes on Proposition 27

  Yes on 27
  10940 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2000, Los Angeles, CA 90024
  Phone: (310) 576-1233
  Web site: www.yesprop27.org

• No on Proposition 27

  Yes on 20, No on 27—Hold Politicians
  Accountable, a coalition of taxpayers, seniors,
  good government groups, small business
  and community organizations
  925 University Ave., Sacramento, CA 95825
  Phone: (866) 395-6121
  Email: email@yes20no27.org
  Web site: www.noprop27.org

Who Signed the Ballot Arguments

• Yes on Proposition 27

  Daniel H. Lowenstein, Founding Chairman, California Fair Political Practices Commission
  Hank Lacayo, President, Congress Of California Seniors

• No on Proposition 27

  Janis R. Hirohama, President, League of Women Voters of California
  David Pacheco, California President, AARP
  Gary Toebben, President, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

News Stories

This page provides excerpts from and links to news coverage of the propositions on the ballot.

Follow the Money

Proposition 27 - Top Five Donors (as of 10/17/10)
Position	S U P P O R T			O P P O S E **
Total Raised * (as of 10/17)	$5,002,937			$12,598,200
Top Donors (as of 10/17)	Donor information	Amount		Donor Information	Amount
	Haim Saban, Chairman/CEO, Saban Capital Group, Los Angeles, CA	$2,000,000		Charles T. Munger, Physicist, Self-Employed, Palo Alto, CA	$11,202,603
	American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Washington, DC	$1,250,000		Charlotte A. Lowell, Attorney, Self-Employed, Palo Alto, CA	$956,001
	American Federation of Teachers, Washington, DC	$1,000,000		Diane B. Wilsey, President, A. Wilsey Properties Company, San Francisco, CA	$100,000
	Judy Chu for Congress 2010, Los Angeles, CA	$510,000		California Business PAC, Sponsored by the California Chamber of Commerce (AKA CALBUSPAC), Sacramento, CA	$85,000
	Working for Working Americans, Washington, DC	$500,000		Rebecca Q. Morgan, Retired, Los Altos Hills, CA Susan L. Groff, Contractor, Northwest Excavating, Los Angeles, CA	$50,000

 

• Total amount raised includes all contributions received in 2009 and through September 30, 2010, plus contributions of $5,000 or more received between October 1-17, 2010.

Detailed information about all contributors for and against Proposition 27 is available from campaign finance reports at Cal-Access, the Secretary of State's campaign disclosure web site.

To view the most recent contributions, select a committee and click "Late and $5000+ Contributions Received".

** The committee opposing Prop. 27 is also supporting Prop. 20.

 

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This page was first published on September 6, 2010 | Last updated on January 27, 2011
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