{"id":11097,"date":"2010-02-12T20:36:58","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T20:36:58","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-02-12T20:36:58","modified_gmt":"2010-02-12T20:36:58","slug":"california-redistricting-commission-needs-more-women-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/2010\/02\/12\/california-redistricting-commission-needs-more-women-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"California Redistricting Commission Needs More Women, Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>URGENT ALERT! California&#8217;s election districts may be drawn by a group<br \/>\n<br \/>that is 73% white and 69% male! How will the interests of California&#8217;s<br \/>\n<br \/>diverse population be fairly represented?<\/p>\n<p>This possibility could become fact, unless we encourage a diverse<br \/>\n<br \/>group of people to apply for the Citizens Redistricting Commission<br \/>\n<br \/>before the February 16th deadline. Click here or visit<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wedrawthelines.ca.gov\">http:\/\/www.wedrawthelines.ca.gov<\/a> to apply today.<\/p>\n<p>Every ten years, the state&#8217;s electoral districts are redrawn following<br \/>\n<br \/>the census. Drawing these district boundaries determines the make-up<br \/>\n<br \/>of the legislature and influences every policy issue our state faces.<br \/>\n<br \/>For the first time ever, this will be done by a group of citizens just<br \/>\n<br \/>like you.<\/p>\n<p>We need you to help ensure that this Redistricting Commission is<br \/>\n<br \/>sensitive to the nuances of California&#8217;s diverse communities. We need<br \/>\n<br \/>you to stand-up for women, children, elderly, disabled, veterans,<br \/>\n<br \/>people of color, and the LGBT community. We need you to help steer<br \/>\n<br \/>California&#8217;s legislative and policy agenda by taking part in the<br \/>\n<br \/>redistricting process. We need you and your like-minded friends and<br \/>\n<br \/>family members to apply to become a Citizens Redistricting<br \/>\n<br \/>Commissioner!<\/p>\n<p>Click here or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wedrawthelines.ca.gov\">http:\/\/www.wedrawthelines.ca.gov<\/a> to apply today.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline to apply for the Citizens Redistricting Commission is<br \/>\n<br \/>Tuesday, February 16th. Even if you are unable to serve on the<br \/>\n<br \/>Citizens Redistricting Commission, you can help by forwarding this<br \/>\n<br \/>email to your like-minded friends and family members and asking them<br \/>\n<br \/>to apply.<\/p>\n<p>Help steer California&#8217;s legislative and policy agenda by ensuring we<br \/>\n<br \/>draw districts that represent California&#8217;s interests, not the<br \/>\n<br \/>interests of a select few.<\/p>\n<p>Click here or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wedrawthelines.ca.gov\">http:\/\/www.wedrawthelines.ca.gov<\/a> to apply today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>URGENT ALERT! California&#8217;s election districts may be drawn by a group<br \/>\n<br \/>that is 73% white and 69% male! How will the interests of California&#8217;s<br \/>\n<br \/>diverse population be fairly represented?<\/p>\n<p>This possibility could become fact, unless we encourage a diverse<br \/>\n<br \/>group of people to apply for the Citizens Redistricting Commission<br \/>\n<br \/>before the February 16th deadline. Click here or visit<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wedrawthelines.ca.gov\">http:\/\/www.wedrawthelines.ca.gov<\/a> to apply today.<\/p>\n<p>Every ten years, the state&#8217;s electoral districts are redrawn following<br \/>\n<br \/>the census. Drawing these district boundaries determines the make-up<br \/>\n<br \/>of the legislature and influences every policy issue our state faces.<br \/>\n<br \/>For the first time ever, this will be done by a group of citizens just<br \/>\n<br \/>like you.<\/p>\n<p>We need you to help ensure that this Redistricting Commission is<br \/>\n<br \/>sensitive to the nuances of California&#8217;s diverse communities. We need<br \/>\n<br \/>you to stand-up for women, children, elderly, disabled, veterans,<br \/>\n<br \/>people of color, and the LGBT community. We need you to help steer<br \/>\n<br \/>California&#8217;s legislative and policy agenda by taking part in the<br \/>\n<br \/>redistricting process. We need you and your like-minded friends and<br \/>\n<br \/>family members to apply to become a Citizens Redistricting<br \/>\n<br \/>Commissioner!<\/p>\n<p>Click here or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wedrawthelines.ca.gov\">http:\/\/www.wedrawthelines.ca.gov<\/a> to apply today.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline to apply for the Citizens Redistricting Commission is<br \/>\n<br \/>Tuesday, February 16th. Even if you are unable to serve on the<br \/>\n<br \/>Citizens Redistricting Commission, you can help by forwarding this<br \/>\n<br \/>email to your like-minded friends and family members and asking them<br \/>\n<br \/>to apply.<\/p>\n<p>Help steer California&#8217;s legislative and policy agenda by ensuring we<br \/>\n<br \/>draw districts that represent California&#8217;s interests, not the<br \/>\n<br \/>interests of a select few.<\/p>\n<p>Click here or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wedrawthelines.ca.gov\">http:\/\/www.wedrawthelines.ca.gov<\/a> to apply today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4550,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[87],"tags":[741,1974,190,380],"class_list":["post-11097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-87","tag-741","tag-1974","tag-190","tag-380"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Pvhz-2SZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4550"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}