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2008
Why Schwarzenegger's Redistricting Plan
Won't Work
California Majority Report.com
May 13, 2008
Tony Quinn: Redistricting Reform OK, But
It's Only A Start
Sacramento Bee
May 11, 2008
Governor May Face Donor Fatigue
Contra Costa Times
May 11, 2008
Dan Walters: Competing Proposals For Remap
Sacramento Bee
May 7, 2008
Initiative On Redistricting Closer To
Ballot
San Francisco Chronicle
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Nunez Pushes Ethics Plan As Rival Petitions
Are Filed
Sacramento Bee
May 7, 2008
To Get Leadership Reform, We First Need
Redistricting
Los Angeles Daily News
May 1, 2008
Good Intentions Could Harm Redistricting
Ballot Measure
Los Angeles Times
April 28, 2008
Redistricting On Track To Qualify,
Consultant Says
New America Foundation.com
April 23, 2008
Why Are GOP Contributors Putting Big Money
Into Redistricting Reform?
California Progress Report.com
April 19, 2008
Gov's
Giving To Remap Measure Tops $1 million
Sacramento Bee Capital Alert
April 21, 2008
‘Due
Process’ Democrats Have Their Heads Buried in the California Sand
California Progress Report.com
April 20, 2008
Opinion: Seeing The Light
Los Angeles Daily News
April 19, 2008
California
Voters FIRST Presents A Balanced And Bipartisan Effort For Redistricting
Reform
California Progress Report.com
April 17, 2008
Schwarzenegger's
Redistricting Plan Comes Under Fire
Contra Costa Times
April 17, 2008
Group Says Plan Will Put A Stop To
Gerrymandering
The Simi Valley Acron
April 4, 2008
The Need For Redistricting Reform From
This California Democrat’s Perspective
California Progress Report.com
April 4, 2008
Labor Says No To
Schwarzenegger/Republican/Common Cause Redistricting Measure
The California Majority Report.com
April 02, 2008
Revenge In Attack On Legislative
Redistricting?
California Progress Report.com
March 31, 2008
Weintraub: Governor Gets Another Shot At
Redistricting Reform
Sacramento Bee
March 30, 2008
Editorial: Can't Legislature Do Better Than
Bills On Dogs, Donkeys?
The Fresno Bee
March 30, 2008
Walters: Voters Irate At Budget Posturing
Sacramento Bee
March 28, 2008
New Foundation To Campaign For More Efficient
California Government
Sacramento Bee
March 27, 2008
Editorial: California Voters Should Support
Redistricting Ballot Measure
Fresno Bee
March 24, 2008
Editorial: Redraw the Map
Los Angeles Daily News
March 22, 2008
Walters: Court Ruling Offers Hope to
Dysfunctional California Politics
Sacramento Bee
March 19, 2008
Supreme Court to Hear Major Redistricting
Case
The Thicket at State Legislatures (ncsl.com)
March 18, 2008
Editorial: Let Citizens Redraw the Map
The Torrance Daily Breeze
March 17, 2008
Walters: Redistrict Reformers Miss Mark
Sacramento Bee
March 10, 2008
Let Citizens
Redraw Map
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
March 9, 2008
Governor Proposes Redistricting Ballot
Measure
North County Times
March 8, 2008
Redistricting Initiative Has Strong
Republican Backing
San Jose Mercury News
March 6, 2008
Governor Gathers Signatures to Qualify
Redistricting Measure
San Jose Mercury News
March 4, 2008
Manipulative Lawmakers Playing To The Crowd
Fresno Bee
February 14, 2008
State Voters Need To Do What Lawmakers
Won't
Los Angeles Daily News
February 14, 2008
Editorial: What We Need In Sacramento,
Redistricting, Not Retaliation
San Jose Mercury News
February 14, 2008
Redistricting Reform, Not Longer Terms, Is
The Answer
California Republic.org
February 12, 2008
The Buzz: A Hardball Tactic Could Ricochet
Sacramento Bee
February 11, 2008
Wake Up, Sacramento Media! Wake Up! Wake
Up! Wake Up!
San Diego Union Tribune
February 8, 2008
Editorial: Passive Aggressive Lawmakers
Just Play to the Crowd
Fresno Bee
February 8, 2008
Nunez Takes Blame For Prop. 93 Loss
Los Angeles Daily News
February 7, 2008
Weingand: Voters Got A Whiff and Said 'No'
Sacramento Bee
February 7, 2008
Lawmakers Believe In Term Limits But
Oppose The Measure
North County Times
February 4, 2008
Good For Us
Los Angeles Times
February 4, 2008
Commentary: A Conversation with Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger
Sacramento Bee
January 20, 2008
Walters: Two Party Structure Under Fire
Sacramento Bee
January 18, 2008
Walters: Governor's Brownian Flip-Flops
Sacramento Bee
January 16, 2008
Editorial: Corruption of a Good Idea
San Francisco Chronicle
January 15, 2008
Governor Supports Term Limit Measure
Sacramento Bee
January 15, 2008
A Deceptive Prop. 93
San Francisco Chronicle
January 10, 2008
Use Prop. 93 To Say 'No"
dailybreeze.com
January 3, 2008
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Nuñez Takes Blame for Prop. 93 Loss
By Samantha Young ,The Associated Press
LA Daily News
February 7, 2008
SACRAMENTO - Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez on Thursday said he was
responsible for the failure of the term-limits initiative this week,
saying it was a mistake not to pair it with redistricting reform.
The defeat of Proposition 93 set off a leadership shuffle in both
houses of the Legislature at a time when lawmakers are faced with a
$14.5 billion budget hole and outstanding work on health care and
water reform.
Democrats in the state Senate selected Darrell Steinberg of
Sacramento as their eventual replacement for President Pro Tem Don
Perata, who will be termed out of office later this year. Democrats
plan to make their choice permanent in a caucus vote Aug. 21, and
Steinberg would take over in December.
Assembly Democrats plan to vote March 11 for a new speaker,
although they voted unanimously that Nu ez would stay until the end
of the legislative session in August.
"In hindsight, I can tell you I would have done a lot of
things differently," an unusually subdued Nuñez told reporters
during a rare news conference on the Assembly floor.
He said he planned to take a hiatus from politics once he leaves
office at the end of November.
"I take full responsibility for Proposition 93 going
down," said Nuñez of Los Angeles. "I thought we were
going to be able to work out a redistricting deal with my Republican
colleagues."
The Legislature, where Democrats hold majorities in both houses,
draws the boundaries for the state's legislative districts. Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and others have called that a conflict of
interest because the boundaries can be manipulated in such a way
that they protect one party, therefore eliminating true competition
for seats.
The governor, Nuñez and Perata had said they were committed to
redistricting reform. Last year, both parties proposed competing
redistricting measures in the Legislature but ultimately failed to
agree on who would draw the boundaries.
Nuñez's comments come a day after Schwarzenegger - a late
supporter of the term-limits measure - blamed lawmakers for
Proposition 93's defeat. He said the Legislature hadn't delivered.
Unlike Nuñez, Perata has had a rocky relationship with
Schwarzenegger. His mood Thursday was a stark contrast to Nu ez's
more conciliatory tone and he took aim at the governor.
"This has always been a one-politician state as far as he's
concerned," Perata told a gathering of reporters. "He
seems to find lots of criticism for the Legislature."
Proposition 93 would have shaved two years off the maximum amount
of time most lawmakers could serve, from 14 years to 12, but it also
would have given dozens of lawmakers a chance to extend their stays
in Sacramento.
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