Kathay Feng

California Common Cause

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Executive director of California Common Cause and author of Proposition 11, a 2008 measure on redistricting California

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This coming weekend, members of California's Assembly and Senate will be taking off for a five-day vacation at a five-star resort on the Island of Maui.

Lawmakers' Five-Day Vacation to Maui -- All Expenses Paid

This coming weekend, members of California's Assembly and Senate will be taking off for a five-day vacation at a five-star resort on the Island of Maui.

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Elections are supposed to be competitive between political parties, but consider this.

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Every ten years when there's a new federal census, the state legislature redraws boundaries for the Congress and the State Board of Equalization.

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Every ten years when there's a new federal census, the state legislature redraws boundaries for the Congress and the State Board of Equalization.

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