Shad Balch Beth Miller Secretary Jones Clears Two Initiatives for Circulation Legislators' and State Officers' Compensation. Initiative Constitutional Amendment Reapportionment. Requires the Judicial Council, each year following year of the national census, to appoint a 3-member panel of Special Masters to hold public hearings and prepare pans for the reapportionment of legislative, congressional, and Board of Equalization districts, in accordance with specified criteria. Requires California Supreme Court to review the reapportionment plans prepared by the Special Masters and determine whether the plans comply with the California Constitution, and permits any elector to petition the Supreme Court to challenge reapportionment plans and propose an alternative plan.
Adopted plans are subject to voter approval.
The 150-day deadline to circulate petitions is July 14, 2000.