[goldstategop]

Auditors pick 60 voters from a pool and they pick 8 from those by lottery to the commissioners and those commissioners pick 6 for a total of 14. The commission must have five Democrats, five republicans and four independents. To adopt a redistricting plan. it needs to be approved by three Democrats, three Republicans and three independents. If the commission cannot agree on a redistricting plan, then a California Supreme Court special master will adopt one. The California Legislature will still draw up congressional districts under Prop 11 which applies only to state offices elected by districts.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[nosofar]

How is “independent” defined? Is this someone who is not registered to a political party or some not registered as either Democrat or Republican?

[WOSG]

Is there any objective metric to be used to ensure that a ‘better’ versus ‘less good’ district plan is picked?
You know compactneess, use of natural political borders instead of slicing and dicing towns?

And what about Voting Rights Act rules?

Is there an estimate on how much this would help the GOP given how unbalanced the lege is now?

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Exactly. The “Ribbon of Shame” mentioned in the article is a congressional district, not an assembly or senate district. It’s shown in the post above.