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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