Sunroom Desk » We Draw the Lines http://sunroomdesk.com A Glendale, California Outlook Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:25:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Deadline for Redistricting Commission Applications Extended to February 16 http://sunroomdesk.com/2010/02/08/deadline-for-redistricting-commission-applications-extended-to-february-16/ http://sunroomdesk.com/2010/02/08/deadline-for-redistricting-commission-applications-extended-to-february-16/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:26:32 +0000 Editor http://sunroomdesk.com/?p=5126 Minorities and women are underrepresented in the current applicant pool for the first California Citizens’ Redistricting Commission, and the application deadline has now been extended to February 16.

From the LA Times, February 3rd:

With the Feb. 12 application deadline looming, more than 73% of the 13,905 tentatively eligible residents who have asked for one of the commission’s 14 seats are non-Hispanic whites. Nearly 70% are men. Not even 5% are Asian Americans, who make up more than 12% of the state’s population. Latinos are roughly 10% of tentatively eligible applicants, although they are 36% of state residents. Black applicants are on par with their segment of the population.

More information, and application instructions here.

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