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Attorneys for the Republican-led Fairness and Accountability in Redistricting, or FAIR, wanted the justices to suspend the commissions map and to instead direct the state to modify existing districts crafted a decade ago or to draw new lines for this years races.
In a decision with broad implications for the balance of power in the 40-member Senate, the court ordered the state to use the Senate plan approved last summer by the Citizens Redistricting Commission, regardless of whether a referendum measure to overturn the map qualifies for the November ballot.
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Political consultant David Gilliard of the FAIR group compared the decision to the bitter fight 30 years ago in which the Supreme Court narrowly upheld Democrat-crafted boundaries. That court was led by the late Chief Justice Rose Bird, who, along with two other justices, was ousted by voters in 1986 after a Republican-led effort to block their reconfirmation.
Created and shaped by ballot measures in 2008 and 2010, the redistricting commission, instead of politicians, redrew Assembly, Senate, congressional and Board of Equalization lines to reflect population changes in the 2010 census.
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It is regrettable that these challenges, based on partisan self-interest, have cost precious taxpayer dollars to defend the work of the peoples commission, Yao said.
But one of the ballot measures governing the commission said the court could freeze the commissions work product if opponents were likely to qualify a referendum to overturn the redistricting plan at a future election.
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I have always been running under the assumption that the 31st would be my district, Miller said in an email, adding that the district fits me well.
Fairness and Accountability in Redistricting turned in 710,000 signatures in November. Election officials, however, concluded that the measure did not qualify through a random sample of the signatures. Election officials wont finish the signature count until almost the end of February.
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california coastline map SUPREME COURT: Keep commissions Senate lines for 2012,SACRAMENTO Republican prospects for future relevance in the state Senate dimmed Friday when the California Supreme Court rejected a GOP-led effort to derail an independent panels redrawn Senate map for this years elections.
Democrats and Republicans generally accepted the panels work on three of the four maps. But Republican leaders in the Senate and others blasted the Senate plan as unir.
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Corona Assemblyman Jeff Miller, the Republican contender in the 31st, had no complaints with Fridays decision even though Gilliard is Millers longtime campaign consultant.
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A lawsuit challenging the plans treatment of Latino voters was unsuccessful. The California Republican Party and other groups, meanwhile, began gathering voter signatures to qualify a referendum on the plan. Qualifying a referendum would suspend the map from taking effect until voters decided the issue.
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Peter Yao, of Claremont, the redistricting panels chairman, praised the courts decision as a great victory for the people of California.
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Republican critics of the commissions Senate plan lashed out at Fridays decision. State Sen. Mimi Walters, R-Laguna Niguel, called the decision short-sighted and disrespectful of voters who had signed petitions to overturn the Senate maps.
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In its ruling Friday, the court said there was sufficient probability that the referendum will qualify but avoided setting a specific likely to qualify benchmark. Justices instead focused on what maps should be in effect for 2012.
After reviewing the pros and cons of each of these proposed alternatives in light of the constitutional scheme and criteria, we conclude that the Commissions certified map is clearly the most appropriate map to be used in the 2012 state Senate elections even if the proposed referendum qualifies for the ballot, the unanimous court ruling read.
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Democrats hold a slight registration edge in the 31st. Democrats Richard Roth, a Riverside attorney and retired general, and Steve Clute, a former lawmaker, also have filed for the seat.
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Democrats are widely expected to pick up the redrawn 17th along the Central Coast. Besides the 31st, two other districts are viewed as potential Democratic gains this year: the 5th, centered on San Joaquin County, and the 27th, in Ventura and Los Angeles counties.
Democrats are within two seats of achieving a two-thirds Senate majority that would let them bypass Republicans on every issue, including legislation to increase taxes. A handful of competitive seats in the commission-drawn map, including Riverside Countys 31st Senate District, will determine if Democrats reach that threshold for the 2013-14 session. Democrats currently have a 52-28 majority in the Assembly, but its considered unlikely that theyll reach a 54-seat two-thirds majority this ll.
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Sadly, the Chief Justice applied a flawed, politically-based precedent established by former Chief Justice Rose Bird, who was removed from office by the voters for repeatedly ignoring the constitution and the will of the voters, Gilliard said in a statement, referring to Tani Cantil-Sakauye, the current chief justice.california coastline map
Cantil-Sakauye and five other justices on the seven-member court were appointed by Republican governors.
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The court had put the Senate plan on a legal st-track and heard arguments Jan. 10. The candidate-filing period opens Feb. 13, and some candidates already have started to collect signatures to get on the ballot without having to pay filing fees.