Wait, it’s not that boring! Drawing lines really can be fun. What I can tell you is that the people at the top of both major parties in California have this once-a-decade process at the top of their priority lists and you should too. If you don’t believe me, just check out all the partisan back and forth in the public comments to our new Citizens Redistricting Commission (CRC). Until this year, the parties were drawing the lines for their own benefit behind closed doors and now they’re frantic that an independent commission really will be independent.

The powerful people who run the state from Sacramento are sidelined and YOU are now front and center as we draw district lines for the State Assembly, State Senate, Board of Equalization and U.S. House of Representatives.

Please join us in the Bay Area to learn how to get involved and share information with fellow Californians.

Register at http://www.commoncause.org/Red…

Some of the organizations you lean on for expertise and wisdom when you don’t know where to turn for political information you can trust make up the coalition hosting this conference.

Please consider telling others you know in the Bay Area about this half-day event. People power is YOU.

Members of the Redistricting California Alliance include the  Advancement Project, African American Redistricting Collaborative, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, California Common Cause, California Forward, Center for Governmental Studies, Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy, League of Women Voters of California, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund, Rose Institute for Government Studies, the Greenlining Institute, San Diego Foundation for Change and The Redistricting Group at Berkeley Law.