i am here to speak in support of cynthia dye's application for this role. i've had the pleasure and privilege to have known cynthia now for over 30 years. she's been tremendous friend and colleague. i have not only known her personally but also have worked with her on various consu-e and i think the qualities that cynthia brings that are going to be very important for this sunshine ordinance task force. one she's very clever tive. she's someone that you want to work beside is willing to hear all reasonable ideas contribute her own. i think her ability to collaborate is is critical. secondly she brings a wealth of information and she just described some of her ideas around how to make the process and the thing more efficient, more effective so that it stays true to its mission and its and its opportunities. and i also find her to be incredibly fair. her work on the california citizens redistricting commission very difficult role, very difficult commission to serve on serving many different interests. her diplomacy skills and ability to weigh and balance multi

i'm cynthia dye. i live in bernal heights. i've had a management consulting practice for the past 30 years and teach on the side. i'm chinese-american and a proud member of the lgbtq plus community as a state and local commissioner. for the past 15 years i've worked to increase civic engagement, promote independent citizen oversight and ensure open during my ten years on the first california citizens redistricting commission i chaired meetings where we shone a light on the formerly secretive process of drawing electoral districts collaborating instead with communities to ensure fair representation. our open meeting rules challenged us but our ultra transparent process built the public's trust and helped us win unanimous california supreme court decisions upholding the maps after we drew 177 districts in public and on time we won an innovation award for public engagement in from harvard's ash center for democratic governance and innovation. this allowed us to share california's model of independent redistricting with engaged ci