Subject: Keep the Pressure On Sacramento

From: "Kathay Feng, California Common Cause" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 14:29:35 -0700

Dear Common Cause California Activist,

We have good news!  Your phone calls, letters and e-mails to put an end to California's incumbent protection plan are working!  

When we last wrote to you, I asked you to call on the Leadership to take action on two very important bills, SCA 3 (http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sca_3_bill_20041206_introduced.html) and ACAX1 3 (http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M67329697029667512077165), which will bring much needed reform to the way political boundaries are drawn in this state.  Many of you called or even visited your representatives.

Well, they are listening! 

Because of our collective grassroots lobbying effort there will be an informational hearing on redistricting reform this Thursday, April 14, in Sacramento.  The hearing will be held from 12 noon to 2:00 p.m. in Room 126 of the Capitol Building.  This is a big first step toward restoring truly representative democracy to California.

But we need to keep the pressure on.  So today we are asking you to call the following three leaders of the Assembly and the Senate and demand real redistricting reform. 

	Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez (D-Los Angeles): (916)-319-2046
	Senate President Pro-tem Don Perata (D-Oakland): (916)-651-4009
	Chair of the Assembly Elections Committee, Representative Tom Umberg (D-Anaheim): (916)-319-2069

Ask these three leaders to hold hearings on SCA 3 or ACAX1 3 and bring these bills to a vote.  We know many of you have already called.  But now is not the time for us to let up.  So please make these three phone calls today and ask your family, friends, and co-workers to join your efforts to reform California by going to the following link:

www.commoncause.org/PushCaliforniaRedistricting 

For more background on the need for redistricting reform in California, read our report entitled, "Designer Districts: Safe Seats Tailor Made for Incumbents": http://www.commoncause.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=263727&content_id={DC8F8878-DBBE-4336-BF1D-E96FDAC5A2B8}&notoc=1.  We released this report at a press event in Sacramento last week.  You can read an article (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2005/04/07/state/n151347D18.DTL) by The Associated Press which covered the event.

Thank you again for all you do for California Common Cause.  I'll keep you updated as events unfold.  Keep up the great work!

Sincerely,

Kathay Feng
Executive Director
California Common Cause

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