Proposition 24 would instead require reapportionment to be done by the California Supreme Court. All but one of the current members of the California Supreme Court were appointed by either Pete Wilson or George Duekmejian. This is the primary reason reason for CSEA's strong opposition to Proposition 24. CSEA also opposes Proposition 24 because of its underhanded provision to cut the pay of our state legislators. This second provision has nothing to do with reapportionment, but was added to the initiative because the proponents of the initiative knew the idea would be popular with voters.
Reapportionment is the process of redrawing legislative and congressional district boundaries.
It occurs every ten years, following the census, and takes into account population growth and shifts. The importance of reapportionment goes far beyond simple map-making. By determining how voters are grouped together into legislative and congressional districts, reapportionment has a direct influence on who gets elected to the state legislature and Congress. The U.S. Bureau of the Census has launched a public awareness campaign to alert U.S. residents to the importance of being counted for Census 2000. If all of California's residents do not get counted, then we lose our fair share of this aid.