The Legislature is getting close to a redistricting amendment. Capitol Weekly: (good article, check it out) 

Legislative leaders, political reform groups and key elements of organized labor believe they are getting tantalizingly close to overhauling the way California politicians draw their own legislative and Congressional districts.

Sen Lowenthal has been working very diligently on this for several years now.  You have to give him credit.  And of courese, this gained a lot of traction from the special election.  Unlike Prop. 77, this redistricting proposal has support from BOTH parties.  It really is quite a heartening development.

Now, the distressing part of this deal.  Some legislators are attempting to include a softening of the term limits into this deal.  Now, I know redistricting makes the possibility of getting a softening of the term limits more likely.  However, that is no excuse to tie the two together.  I think we need  to address both issues, but separately.

More details on the flip…

The bill is a little bit complicated. A group of retired judges will pick a list of people from whom the commisioners can be selected…or something like that. However, this is all subject to change:

Currently, the commission would have five members. Four of those would be chosen from a list of 25 selected by retired appellate judges; the fifth member of the commission, the chairman, would be selected by the other four.

Keep an eye out for more news on redistricting soon.  Perhaps give your senator a call and suggest they get on board. (Minus the term limits IMHO)