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Bill aims to end gerrymandering at the city level

SB 139 aims to end gerrymandering at the county level

The proposed rules are designed to end the real and perceived pay-to-play politics at City Hall.

Restrictions on behested payments will help end pay-to-play politics at City Hall.

SACRAMENTO – In advance of state Senate and Assembly committee votes today, a broad coalition of immigrant and good government groups announced their support for two bills authored by California Common Cause that aim to end gerrymandering at the local and county level.

AB 849, called the Fair Maps Act, requires city councils and other local governments to use standardized, fair redistricting criteria that prioritize communities when drawing district lines. SB 139, the People’s Maps Act, goes one step further and requires counties with 250,000 or more residents to establish independent redistricting commissions to draw district lines using the fair criteria.