{"id":470,"date":"2018-08-18T00:02:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-18T00:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/california\/work\/long-beach-fair-redistricting\/"},"modified":"2024-07-30T09:56:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T16:56:42","slug":"long-beach-fair-redistricting","status":"publish","type":"work","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/california\/work\/long-beach-fair-redistricting\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Fair Redistricting"},"template":"","class_list":["post-470","work","type-work","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"California Common Cause is bringing an honest and open redistricting process to California, one city at a time.\r\n\r\n","featured_image":"","work_type":false,"related_issues":[77,429],"location":3},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<p class=\"x_ydpda24949eyiv7283118848msonormal\">California Common Cause supported fair redistricting with Measure DDD on Long Beach's November 2018 ballot.\u00a0 Voters in Long Beach voted to pass Measure DDD, giving residents a meaningful voice in choosing their representatives and ending the gerrymandering of City Council districts once and for all.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"x_ydpda24949eyiv7283118848msonormal\">Redistricting is required after every census to ensure that districts have equal population, but it\u2019s like letting the foxes guard the henhouse when politicians control the process. The temptation to put personal political interests ahead of citizens\u2019 right to fair representation is simply too strong. The current system turns democracy on its head by letting politicians pick their voters, when it should be voters selecting their politicians.<\/p>\r\nCalifornia Common Cause worked with Equity for Cambodians to develop the charter amendment. We supported fair representation in the Long Beach City Council for the following reasons:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li class=\"x_ydpda24949eyiv7283118848msonormal\">The charter amendment ends the conflict of interest in which City Council members draw their own districts by stripping them of that power and creating an independent citizen redistricting commission.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"x_ydpda24949eyiv7283118848msonormal\">Political insiders need not apply for the commission because recent elected officials, candidates, lobbyists, donors, and their close relatives will be barred from serving on the commission.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"x_ydpda24949eyiv7283118848msonormal\">This reform will also bring redistricting out of the shadows by mandating public hearings across the city and prohibiting private communication about redistricting with commissioners and staff.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"x_ydpda24949eyiv7283118848msonormal\">Strict rules for drawing City Council districts will focus on keeping neighborhoods together and ban the drawing of districts to advantage any politician or political party.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nWith the passage of Measure DDD, Long Beach will give citizens a true voice in our democracy by implementing one of the strongest redistricting reforms in the country. The charter amendment will create a citizen-led redistricting process that will empower a broad cross-section of residents without ties to the City Council to draw districts that put the needs of our communities first."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<a class=\"button1\" role=\"button\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/california\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/09\/Long-Beach-Redistricting-Charter-Amendment-DDD-FINAL.pdf\">Charter Amendment<\/a> <a class=\"button1\" role=\"button\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/california\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/09\/Long-Beach-one-pager-8.28.18.pdf\">Fact Sheet<\/a> "}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_take_action","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_take_action":{"heading":"Take Action","button_text":"","manually_curate":false,"action":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_banner","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_banner":{"use_donate_banner":true,"title":"Title [highlight]with highlighting[\/highlight] and additional text.","button":null,"image":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_related_articles","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_related_articles":{"heading":"Updates","button_text":"See all Related Articles","manually_curate":false,"articles":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_resources","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_resources":{"heading":"Related Resources","button_text":"See all Related Resources","manually_curate":false,"resource":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_press","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_press":{"heading":"Press","button_text":"","manually_curate":false,"press":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_events","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_events":{"heading":"Events"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_our_experts","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_our_experts":{"heading":"","manually_curate":false,"people":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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