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Redistricting Resources Re-Drawing Lines: A Public Interest Analysis of California's 2006 Redistricting Reform Proposals A follow-up redistricting report published by CGS and Demos in August, 2006. Transparency and Redistricting; A supplemental report to Competition and Redistricting in California: Lessons for Reform. Published by the Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley The Impact of Redistricting in your Community: A Guide to Redistricting Published by the Asian American Justice Center, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund,and NAACP Legal Defense Fund Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Redistricting Published by the American Civil Liberties Union Drawing Lines: A Public Interest Guide to Real Redistricting Reform Published by the Center for Governmental Studies and Demos; Updated June, 2005. Designer Districts: Safe Seats Tailor Made for Incumbents Research by California Common Cause IGS Redistricting Study A recent study by the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley found that there are major tradeoffs among the criteria considered when drawing district lines. The potential for competitiveness, preserving city and county boundaries, drawing compact districts, and complying with the Voting Rights Act all influence each other and trade-offs between these criteria must be made. The Shape of Representative Democracy November 2005 report by The Campaign Legal Center and The Council for Excellence in Government that outlines a set of consensus principles for reforming congressional and legislative redistricting. The principles were endorsed by the League of Women Voters as one way of moving ahead to achieve real redistricting reform. Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act |
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