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YOUR ONLINE REDISTRICTING/MAPPING RESOURCE

Funded by the James Irvine Foundation

We are a public policy change organization rooted in the civil rights movement. We engineer large-scale systems change to

remedy inequality, expand opportunity, and open paths to upward mobility.

Offices in Los Angeles, Sacramento, Wash. D.C

DIRECT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:

Work ON-THE-GROUND to develop targeted research/policy

strategies and web tools.

COMMUNITY RESEARCH LAB

Engages, trains, and provides tools for community groups to lead and sustain

action-oriented research

ONLINE MAPPING TECHNOLOGYwww.HealthyCity.org

Healthy City is an information + action resource that unites community voices, rigorous research and innovative

technologies to solve the root causes of social inequity.

• Redistricting = “INSIDER’s GAME” but its NOT a game.

• Development of a “Unity”/Multi-racial approach to the process focus on “COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST”

• The wide INFO/TECH GAP

• The time was right Citizens Redistricting Commission and our Census 2010 work

Why Redistricting?

Who is ReDrawCA.org for?ReDrawCA.org was built for the traditional “have

nots” when it came to redistricting:

It is not built for: Elected Officials/Incumbents Political Parties/Partisans The “haves”

It is built for:Community organizationsCommunity leaders/advocatesCoalitions/collaboratives

What can you do on ReDrawCA.org?

1. LearnRedistricting 101What district am I in?Data for your district/neighborhood

2. CommunicateEngage in the public wiki-map discussionHear what others are saying

3. EngageDraw your own districts/COIPrepare/submit testimony and data

4. CollaborateWork with partners on maps/proposals

Learn about Redistricting

Join the Redistricting Conversation

• Will be moderated for offensiveness and abuse by AP/HC staff

• Will post CRC’s draft plans for wiki-commenting– Leave a comment/draw an area– Color-code: Like (green), Dislike (red), Neutral

Comment on CA

FINDING YOUR DISTRICT AND VIEWING KEY DATA

ADD DATA TO YOUR MAPS

REDRAW YOUR BOUNDARIES