Leadership Team: Angela Scott, Barbara Inatsugu, Karen Carrey, Ann Williams

Editor: Barbara Inatsugu

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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA

ACTION ALERT

Act now to urge your Assemblymember to

vote YES on AB 764 and AB 1248!

...from Carol Moon Goldberg, LWVC President

Ensure Fair and Just Redistricting Practices

Redistricting, the process of redrawing election district boundaries every ten years to ensure that districts have equal population, is crucial to our democracy. AB 764 (Bryan) and AB 1248 (Bryan & Allen) would help ensure that local jurisdictions adopt electoral maps that result in fair representation for all Californians. Act now to urge your Assemblymember to vote YES on AB 764 and AB 1248!

LWVC is co-sponsoring these bills because we know that every Californian's voice should be heard when determining our communities' futures. How districts are drawn has the power to determine, for the next decade, whether communities and neighborhoods' shared interests will be fairly represented at varying levels of government.

Urge your Assemblymember to vote YES on AB 764 and AB 1248!

AB 764 would strengthen the FAIR MAPS Act (FMA), which prohibits partisan gerrymandering in cities and counties and sets standardized redistricting criteria to ensure neighborhoods and diverse communities are kept intact. Specifically AB 764 would:

• Prohibit incumbency protection in the redistricting process.
• Increase transparency and public engagement.
• Expand provisions of the FMA to include educational and special districts.
• Create a clear legal process for bringing claims alleging violations of the FMA.

AB 1248 would require that the state’s larger cities, counties, and educational districts establish independent redistricting commissions (IRCs). Voters and communities should choose their elected representatives, rather than elected officials choosing their voters. IRCs are one tool to ensure that the redistricting process respects and fairly represents communities, neighborhoods, and shared interests.

LWVC is co-sponsoring these bills because we know that every Californian’s voice should be heard when determining our communities’ futures. How districts are drawn has the power to determine, for the next decade, whether communities and neighborhoods’ shared interests will be fairly represented at varying levels of government.

Tell your Assemblymember NOW to vote yes on AB 746 and AB 1248–ensuring fair representation for all.

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF SANTA MONICA

Kick off SaMo PRIDE Month with the SaMo PRIDE Festival

Saturday, June 3rd: 11am-4pm!! 🌈🌴

Celebrate the LBGTQ+ community as we turn the Downtown district into

a PRIDE zone for ALL AGES. The Festival is FREE.

#SaMoPRIDE is a citywide partnership between @santamonicaplace, @dtsantamonica & @santamonicapier, in collaboration with

@cityofsantamonica & @seesantamonica

For more information and to RSVP, go to smpride.com

Featuring live musical performances with stages at the Santa Monica Pier & Third Street Promenade, local service providers and community groups offering support & resources for the LGBTQ+ community, a dedicated pet space, queer books for kids from @santamonicalibr, “Colors of PRIDE” photobooth installation designed by LGBTQ+ artists, and SO much more!