[rivercat]

Really? somehow I missed that, and I’ve read the actual proposition! What’s the point of only doing State offices? Ugh... We can always expect our idiot politicians to mess things up.
Pombo’s seat was put at risk when they redrew his district out into the Livermore Valley. When they didn’t knock him off the first time, then they went after him on a national scale.

[calcowgirl]

There is a group pushing redistricting that didn't like it when the California Congressmen (R) came out against it last year. They saw it for what it was--a move to snuff out conservatives. The proposition doesn't say that it doesn't include national offices, they are just absent from the description. Sneaky, huh?

Changes authority for establishing Assembly, Senate, and Board of Equalization district boundaries from elected representatives to 14 member commission.