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2020 Citizens Redistricting Commission

The first eight commissioners were randomly selected on July 2, 2020. Those commissioners will be selecting the final six members of the 2020 Commission by no later than August 15, 2020. For more information about that process or to sign-up to receive notifications, visit shapecaliforniasfuture.auditor.ca.gov. When the 2020 Commission is fully formed, they will receive required training, hire their staff, select their vendors, establish their protocols for conducting their business and carrying out their responsibilities. This website will be updated as soon as the 2020 Commission is able to.

The 2010 Commission

As members of the inaugural California Citizens Redistricting Commission, they were invited to share their experiences at conferences and town halls with a wide variety of audiences seeking to implement independent redistricting and eliminate partisan gerrymandering in their states. These include good government groups and community-based organizations, fair-minded legislators, business and civic leaders, academics, engaged citizens, and the media.

All Commissioners who participate in travel to other states volunteer their time. The 2010 Commissioners were recipients of an Innovations in American Government Award from the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, which supported travel for the 2010 Commissioner Speaker Corps at no expense to California taxpayers. Host organizations also provided funding and local transportation.

Gov. Schwarzenegger at Ash award ceremony

Past Travel for 2010 CRC

Reflecting its own structure, the 2010 Commission endeavors to send a multi-partisan team to each state whenever possible, subject to Commissioner availability, unless the local organizer(s) request(s) a single speaker.

Dates	Event(s)	State or National	Locations	Local Hosts	Commissioner Team	Media
5/14/20	Online town hall	MI	Virtual	CitizenDetroit & MI Secretary of State	Dai, Parvenu	EngageD: Michigan's Independent Redistricting Commission Q&Aopens in a new window
5/14/20	Online town hall	OR	Virtual	People Not Politicians; Thirsters	Aguirre,Malloy, Ontai, Raya	Redistricting in California and Oregonopens in a new window
2/10/20-2/12/20	Town halls; meetings w/Chambers of Commerce, philanthropic and community organizations, and Secretary of State	MI	Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit	Voters Not Politicians	Dai, Forbes, Ontai, Parvenu	What Michigan Can Learn From California’s Independent Redistricting Commission Modelopens in a new window MI Looks To California's Citizen Redistricting Experienceopens in a new window 8 lessons for Michigan from California's redistricting commissionopens in a new window Can a map help Michiganders find common ground?opens in a new window
2/7/20-2/8/20	Meetings w/legislators and Fair Maps Colorado advocates	CO	Denver	Colorado Common Cause	Aguirre, Yao
12/12/19	NCSL Capitol Forum Post-Conference on Critical Redistricting Decisionsopens in a new window	National	Phoenix	National Conference of State Legislatures	Dai
11/18/19	Policy forum; meetings with philanthropists	MI	Ann Arbor	U. of MI Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy and the Ford School of Public Policy	Malloy	What Are “Communities of Interest” and How Will They Affect Redistricting in Michigan?opens in a new window
11/17/19	Virginia Redistricting Forum	VA	Fairfax	League of Women Voters of Northern Virgina; OneVirginia2021	Parvenu	LWV Redistricting Forumopens in a new window
11/16/19	Reclaiming Our Democracy: The Pennsylvania Conference to End Gerrymandering	PA	Harrisburg	Fair Districts PA	Ontai, Parvenu, Raya	Reclaiming Our Democracy: The Pennsylvania Conference to End Gerrymanderingopens in a new window Gerrymandering: the larger story.opens in a new window Getting it right: Weighing the options for reformopens in a new window YES citizens can draw the mapopens in a new window
11/13/19-11/14/19	Town halls; meetings with legislators, business and civic leaders	NJ	Trenton, Newark, Madison, Princeton, Burlington County	Fair Districts NJ; League of Women Voters NJ	Ontai, Parvenu, Raya	Reform Advocates Push for Fairer Redrawing of NJ Legislative Districtsopens in a new window U. professor holds town hall on gerrymandering with California's Citizen Redistricting Commissionopens in a new window Fair Districts NJ Facebook Liveopens in a new window Fair Districts New Jersey Coalition: Open Letter to State Party Chairs re: Redistrictingopens in a new window
11/13/19-11/14/19	Town halls; meetings with legislators	UT	Salt Lake City	Better Boundaries	Forbes, Yao	"Envision the Commission: Understanding Redistricting" at U. of UT Hinckley Institute of Politicsopens in a new window The latest on Proposition 4opens in a new window
9/16/19-9/18/19	Town halls; State House Government Committee hearing	PA	King of Prussia, Philadelphia, Harrisburg	Fair Districts PA; Common Cause PA	Dai, Forbes, Yao	PA House State Government Committee testimonyopens in a new window Third Time's a Charmopens in a new window In first hearing in 3 years, activists agree Pa. redistricting needs a fix. They disagree on how to get thereopens in a new window Redistricting Reform Key To Regaining Trust, Lawmakers Told, But Some Question Need For Sweeping Changesopens in a new window Five tips for redistricting in Pennsylvania from the most ungovernable state in the nationopens in a new window
7/11/19	Netroots Nation Conference Panel: The End of Gerrymandering and Fighting Gerrymanders in Courtopens in a new window	National	Philadelphia	Netroots Nation	Blanco	Sunday Civics episode on Redistrictingopens in a new window
5/10/19	Town hall	VA	Norfolk	OneVirginia2021	Dai, Forbes, Yao
5/7/19-5/8/19	Gubernatorial, Legislative and business leader briefings, People's Lobby Day, town halls	NC	Raleigh, Greensboro, Charlotte	Common Cause NC	Dai, Forbes, Yao	Can NC tackle gerrymandering? A quiet revolution is trying to foment polite political dissent over the status quo.opens in a new window California Redistricting Model Could Work In NC, Mapmakers Sayopens in a new window ‘Reform is the answer:’ Voters gather at legislature to lobby for an end to gerrymanderingopens in a new window Redistricting bills stagnant as Supreme Court mulls political gerrymandersopens in a new window
4/2/19-4/3/19	Meetings with legislators, advocates and funders	IL	Chicago	Common Cause IL, CHANGE IL	Ontai, Raya	Take it from California — we can do more to make every vote count in Illinoisopens in a new window Lawmakers aren’t the only ones who can draw districts, California showsopens in a new window Editorial: Take back Illinois elections; demand fair mapsopens in a new window Our View: Time to move Fair Maps proposals forwardopens in a new window EDITORIAL: The fight in Illinois begins again to protect your voteopens in a new window
3/29/19-3/31/19	Unrig the System Summit 2019opens in a new window	National	Nashville, TN	Unrig the System	Aguirre, Dai, DiGuilio, Filkins Webber, Forbes, Raya
3/4/19-3/5/19	Implementation briefings for Secretary of State and Legislators; meetings w/academics and voting rights advocates	MI	Lansing, Detroit	Voters Not Politicians	Dai, Ontai	Supreme Court again considers partisan gerrymandering, but voters are not waitingopens in a new window opens in a new window Michigan's redistricting commission looks to California for guidance before process beginsopens in a new window
2/28/19	Senate Committee hearing, meeting w/Gov. Hogan, town hall	MD	Baltimore	Common Cause MD	Forbes, Raya, Yao
1/25/19-1/26/19	Reason, Reform & Redistricting Conferenceopens in a new window	National	Duke University (Durham, NC)	Common Cause, Duke University's Center for Political Leadership, Innovation, and Service (POLIS)	Barabba (by video)	Shaping the 2020 Censusopens in a new window
1/10/19	Fair Maps Incubatoropens in a new window	National	USC (Los Angeles)	USC Schwarzenegger Institute	Raya	The Challenges of Implementing the Voters' Vision: Creating Citizens Redistricting Commissions & Standards for Reducing Gerrymanderingopens in a new window
10/6/18	Conference on Redistrictingopens in a new window	National	University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)	University of Arizona	DiGuilio	The National Outlook for 2020 Redistricting - Arizona and Beyondopens in a new window
9/27/18-9/29/18	Legislative panel, Tribune Fest, town halls, meetings with business leaders, advocates	TX	Dallas, Irving, Houston, Austin, Fort Worth, San Antonio	Fair Maps Texas, Common Cause TX	Aguirre, Filkins Webber, Malloy	What Texas Can Learn From California About Gerrymandering, How To Draw District Linesopens in a new window Election interest rises; gerrymandering hurts itopens in a new window
9/4/18-9/6/18	Town halls and meetings with legislators	NC	Raleigh, Durham, Fayetteville, Asheville	Common Cause NC, Blueprint NC, Friends of the Earth, League of Women Voters NC, Democracy NC	Dai, Malloy, Ontai	California offers NC a model for elections without gerrymanderingopens in a new window Tim White: Will we ever see life after gerrymandering?opens in a new window
7/31/18	NCSL Legislative Summitopens in a new window: Should Commissions or Legislatures Draw the Lines? A Mock Trial	National	Los Angeles	National Conference of State Legislatures	Filkins Webber
7/26/18-7/27/18	Unrig the Districts reform advocate training	National	Chicago	RepresentUs	Ontai, Raya
6/21/18-6/24/18	Town halls	GA	Atlanta, Savannah, Macon, Athens	Common Cause GA, Georgia Redistricting Alliance	Aguirre, Filkins Webber, Forbes	Common Cause Georgia’s gerrymandering tour comes to Athensopens in a new window Californians bring anti-gerrymandering message to Georgiaopens in a new window Viewpoints: Georgia must address the gerrymandering issueopens in a new window Georgia Gerrymandering Touropens in a new window
5/21/18-5/24/18	Democracy Works Summit 2018opens in a new window, town halls, meetings with legislators, advocates	PA	Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Altoona, Pittsburgh	Common Cause PA, Fair Districts PA	Dai, Forbes, Yao	Lawmakers push new plan to draw congressional & legislative Districtsopens in a new window PA lawmakers may vote to create redistricting committee to redraw map without biasopens in a new window Pennsylvania lawmakers, including one from Berks, learn about redistricting reformopens in a new window California’s citizen-led redistricting process offers lessons for Pennsylvaniaopens in a new window
4/24/18	Legislative testimony	PA	Harrisburg	PA State Senate Government Committee	Barabba (by video)	Public Hearing on Redistricting Legislationopens in a new window
3/26/18-3/28/18	Legislative hearing/roundtables. town halls, meetings with advocates	PA	Harrisburg, State College, Blue Bell, Philadelphia	Fair Districts PA	Forbes, Raya, Yao	Redistricting Town Halls with California Commissionersopens in a new window Redistricting Town Hall with California Commissionersopens in a new window
3/16/18-3/18/18	Geometry of Redistricting Workshopopens in a new window	Regional	San Francisco	Tufts University Metric Geometry and Gerrymandering Group	Ancheta, Barabba, Dai, DiGuilio
2/25/18-2/26/18	Town halls, meetings with advocates and legislators	VA	Fairfax, Richmond, Dulles	OneVirginia2021, League of Women Voters VA	Aguirre, Forbes, Ontai	Editorial: Small-fry redistricting reform is not good enoughopens in a new window
2/2/18-2/4/18	Unrig the System Summit 2018opens in a new window	National	New Orleans	Unrig the System	Dai, DiGuilio, Filkins Webber	California Solved Partisan Gerrymanderingopens in a new window
1/23/18-1/26/18	Town halls, meetings wth advocates and legislative staffers	MI	Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Troy	Voters Not Politicians	Malloy, Raya, Yao	Republican member of California’s redistricting commission says it’s a “clear success”opens in a new window Grand Rapids Redistricting Reform Town Hallopens in a new window