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San Francisco, CA - The Asian Law Caucus (ALC), a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, and the East Bay Asian Voter Education Consortium (EBAVEC) congratulates the 14 commissioners who were recently selected for California's new citizens redistricting commission. After a year-long selection process, the commissioners will now tackle the very serious work of drawing the electoral district lines for the state legislature, Board of Equalization, and California's congressional seats. In drawing the lines, the commission will decide whether the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities are kept together or unfairly split apart. AAPI communities must get involved in the process in order to ensure that the commission understands their needs and interests.
The new commission will begin its work this month and must adopt the new lines by mid-August. Of the 14 commissioners, five are AAPI. A list of the commissioners is attached. Photos and brief biographies of some of the commissioners can be found at www.wedrawthelines.ca.gov/bios.html.
ALC and EBAVEC is working with CAPAFR (Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans for Fair Redistricting) to ensure that the AAPI community in San Francisco, Alameda and San Mateo County provides input to the commission. ALC and EBAVEC is urging anyone interested in keeping the voice of the AAPI community together to attend the next CAPAFR community meeting where community members will consider possible ways to draw electoral district boundaries.
The community meeting is scheduled for:
San Francisco & San Mateo Community Meeting #3
Hosted by the Asian Law Caucus
Thursday, February 24th, 2011
Time: 5:30pm-8:00pm
Asian Law Caucus
55 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94111
Light Food and Refreshment Provided
RSVP to Carlo De La Cruz at
CAPAFR2011@gmail.com
Alameda Community Meeting #3
Hosted by the East Bay Asian Voter Education Consortium
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
5:30pm-8:00pm
Oakland Asian Cultural Center
388 Ninth Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Light Food and Refreshments Provided
RSVP to Jennifer Pae at
EBAVEC2011@gmail.com
Questions about the commission and CAPAFR's redistricting work in San Francisco and San Mateo County should be directed to Carlo De La Cruz, Special Projects Coordinator at the Asian Law Caucus, who can be reached at 415-848-7721 or CAPAFR2011@gmail.com. For Alameda county please contact Jennifer Pae at EBAVEC2011@gmail.com. For general information about CAPAFR or the schedule of CAPAFR meetings in other counties within California, go to www.capafr.org.
The 14 commissioners are:
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NAME
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COUNTY
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RACE
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PARTY
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Gabino Aguirre
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Ventura
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Latino
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Democrat
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Maria Blanco
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Los Angeles
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Latino
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Democrat
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Vincent Barabba
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Santa Cruz
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White
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Republican
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Cynthia Dai
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San Francisco
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Asian
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Democrat
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Michelle DiGuilio-Matz
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San Joaquin
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White
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Decline to State
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Jodie Filkins Webber
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Riverside
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Asian
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Republican
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Stanley Forbes
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Yolo
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White
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Decline to State
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Connie Galambos Malloy
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Alameda
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African American
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Decline to State
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Elaine Kuo
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Santa Clara
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Asian
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Democrat
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Lilbert (Gil) Ontai
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San Diego
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Pacific Islander
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Republican
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M. Andre Parvenu
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Los Angeles
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African American
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Decline to State
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Jeanne Raya
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Los Angeles
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Latino
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Democrat
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Michael Ward
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Orange
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American Indian
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Republican
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Peter Yao
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Los Angeles
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Asian
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Republican
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Additional information about each commissioner can be found at http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/demographics_commission.pdf.
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The mission of the Asian Law Caucus is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of the Asian and Pacific Islander communities. Recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist in the United States, the Asian Law Caucus is committed to the pursuit of equality and justice for all sectors of our society with a specific focus directed toward addressing the needs of low-income, immigrant, and underserved Asian and Pacific Islanders. Visit: asianlawcaucus.org
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