Q: Who appoints the State Auditor?
A: The Governor of California
#20 | POSTED BY SITZKRIEG AT 2025-08-04 09:26 PM | FLAG:
So the Californian governor intentionally weakens his political party in the state because.... ?
#21 | POSTED BY SITZKRIEG
Nice try. The Governor has nothing to do the redistricting and does nothing to either strengthen or weaken his own party.
The governor only selects the auditor and the auditor RANDOMLY selects eight from the list of approved applicants and they choose the rest.
California's state legislative and congressional districts are drawn by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission. The commission was established after the passage of California Proposition 11, or the Voters First Act, in 2008 for state legislative districts, and Proposition 20 in 2010 for congressional districts. The commission consists of 14 members: five Democrats, five Republicans, and four independents or voters affiliated with another party.
Members of the commission are selected through a rigorous process. Initial and supplemental applications, due in late 2019, were reviewed by the Applicant Review Panel (ARP). After selecting and conducting interviews with the 120 most qualified candidates by May 2020, the ARP narrowed the pool down to 60, divided evenly across party affiliations.The Legislature had until the end of June to remove up to 24 applicants. The State Auditor then randomly selected the first eight commissioners from the remaining list, and these eight themselves selected the final six.
In addition, in California the People have an input into the process.
The Commission held 34 public meetings in which more than 2,700 people participated, with an additional 20,000 written comments submitted. Following the state Supreme Court's approval of a four-month redistricting delay, a similar public input process is likely in 2021.
The receipts:
gerrymander.princeton.edu
