description of redistricting task force process. ms. lam? >> i just wanted to be able to add that the task force had received more than 1,000 written and oral testimony? >> where? >> i'm sorry, second paragraph. page 4. >> sorry, i have the task force of over 1,000 written in oral testimony or public comment. >> i'm sorry, and 300 what? >> [inaudible] >> can you include that in? ok. madam clerk state what you just said. >> to add in over 300 public comments submitted at meetings and member lam with 1,000 emails via the email public comment. >> so do we want to just change it from 1,000 1,300? >> yes. >> good. >> i want you to know that you've been working hard. >> thank you. >> just for clarification, the 00 hours of meeting time that member leigh had raised? >> my suggestion was at the end of the first sentence in the third paragraph, beginning to accomplish -- >> sorry, where? >> the third paragraph that begins "to accomplish" the end of that sentence after the word "each" just add a comma. >> i'm totally slow today. tubs third paragraph "

we have allowed the political parties to dominate the elections and redistricting and in the redistricting way that we do things in congress. let me end with this. the point of my book is not to go moan. i have never wanted to spend my life are moaning about how things are. i laid out exactly what are the systems that have allowed us to go up that are having an affect on our system that we were incivility and punish compromise and cooperation. in the spirit of what he said, i am saying that we need to try to turn the system upside down. but i think it will happen, i think it is starting to happen. you know, maybe you are right that things will move from west to east. i think the american people have had it with a the kind ofst

redistricting, gerrymandering. there's a provision provision in the constitution that says that every single representative and senator must be an inhabitant of the state from which they are elected. the idea is very simple. if you are my constituents, i'm supposed to know you, know your interest, know your concerns so i can articulate them. you're supposed to know me and my reputation in the community. what happens in the parties control with the district lines looks like an draw the lines for party advantage. all you view an example and this is very embarrassing for me to admit. i am a complete city did good to me, groceries come from the grocery store. whoever heard of a farm. i've represented oklahoma city, a big city. i was the first republican elected in the district since 1928 and drove the other party crazy. their teacher from oklahoma to the kansas line halfway across arkansas, a big upside down al qaeda way. democrats did that to make republicans to justice while. but here's what happened. i said look wha

okay, redistricting. thirteen states now, california did it, washington did it, they said to heck with this. we will not let party leaders draw congressional districts to suit them. what we are going to do is create redistricting commissions. thirteen states have argued on that now. guess what happens? in california, when the power to draw district lines is taken away from the parties, and you had to run in a district that encompasses people from both parties -- in this election, this time, 12 members of the california delegation, one fourth of the california delegation retired. rather than run in a fair and open election that everybody had a shot in. you need to re-change the district and, you need to re-change the primary system and let me just leave over and tell you that the internal workings of congress -- in this book, i have a chapter called rearranging the furniture. imagine, for a moment that you and your beloved other rocketing along. you are having fights. things are tough. and so you went to a

so with that, we will call to order the final meeting of the redistricting task meeting. role call please. >> chair macdonnell? >> present for the last time. >> viss chair lam? >> present. >> alonso? >> present. >> me lawyerlara. >> present and not sure it's for the last time. >> mondejar? >> present. >> pilpel? >> present. >> member schreiber. >> present. >> member tidwell. >> there's your core mr. chairman. >> to welcome public comments on the minutes before we approve them. without objection with the usual gruff dra matt cal, minutes so approved. moving to item number three, reprufle of the remaining task force minutes. as you all know we have been meeting fever issuely, there are a number of minutes from a number of meetings that our clerk has not had a report to for approval. and so i entertain a motion to that end that we would delegate again final review and approval authority to the chair for the april 4, april 5, april 9, april 11 and april 14th meetings entertain the motion. >> so moved. >> is there a second? >> second. >> public comment on this item? hearing no

those were included in the last redistricting task force report. anything along those lines would be helpful, to the extent possible, to include and summarize the analysis from what we have done. at mr. mcdonnell: okay. any other questions? and that is doable? >> no problem at all. we do have one question. we will create some maps that show the old and new boundaries, and we're also going to make some and brutalized -- some individualized district maps, and we want to know what you would like to see on those maps. this goes directly to what kinds of data you would like to present or you think is useful. for example, total population deviation, maybe a couple of other things on there. if you like to give feedback on what you like to see in the bos 6xoxes, basically. mr. mcdonnell: when you say this? >> voting age population, race and ethnicity, the other data that we could draw from. we have not done that so far, so i'm assuming you probably do not want that at this point. it could make it crowd, but we just want to ask. mr. pilpel: if i may? for my

there's a separate document that is entitled, sf redistrict and task force, neighborhoods intact 4/11/2012 draft and a third document which says lessons learned and recommendations from individual task force members. >> one second. the task force draft i have. the second document you referenced -- >> that was sent to us -- >> in my stack. >> too many papers. overloaded. it's here somewhere, i'm sure. >> there are copies, i believe, on the table as well. so some some respect it was not entirely clear to me how to incorporate some of the content. so if we can talk through that as needed. it seems like we have just one additional section of content that member tidwell submitted that we don't have in our hard copy. so if we can take that up as well. so just to begin with the mane report document itself, again, i want to thank everyone, all of my colleagues but especially member melara for taking the first leg of the editing responsibility and she incorporated as much as she could by, i believe, thursday late in in the day on thursday and i made subsequent changes that are reflected in thi

redistricting created tremendous opportunities for us in california and illinois. the highest concentration of our battleground states are in what the republicans call the orphan states. the president is doing well in florida. we want a lot of opportunities. we feel like we have terrific odds. john boehner himself said that he thinks they have 1/3 likelihood that they will lose the house. i think it is better than that. they can say all they want. it is false. >> let's talk about the oregon state better not presidential battlegrounds or they're not spending tens of millions of dollars on television advertising. the republicans have started through the rnc, investing in these orphans state. the dnc is not. they're all about the presidential contest. how much of a factor is that that >> the president has been an outstanding help to all of our candidates. they have been a tremendous asset. we have been working for months now to build a sophisticated turn out operation in california, illinois, and new york. our candidates are doing an outstanding job. i feel very comco

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as far as redistricting, you know, you can look at current sitting senators and the redistricting mapked two houses from one county and put one woman in one strong democratic woman in a strong republican state district. >> woodruff: what do you do about that? >> i think the courts are going toave to be able to solve that issue to see if this is is abiding under the voting rights act. if not, then certainly we can change that. i i think that it's in the court system right now. >> woodruff: given the picture that the two of you have painted throughout this conversation, kareem crayton, what does this president need to do if he's going to have a serious chance of winning in november across the south not just in north carolina? >> i think two things. they probably are things that you've heard, i think, ms. cutter say in her interview. one is obviously he's got to articulate a message that ignites people who are excited about him in 2008, that this isn't a red or a blue america. this isn't a black or white america but there are issues that we are all concerned about that we need to work to

. >> right, and you to back to to redistricting as well. the republicans gained control of several legislations in 2010. they redistricted themselves into power, and they pass laws that will keep them in power for a long time. in places like texas, for example, where they passed a very strict voter id law, that is a place where we see the changing demographics happening very quickly. there is a cramble to make sure they can hold on to their power in light of that. >> it feels to me, and part of the reason i wanted to tell that story is the suppression -- really, if we just walk through what we actually know, the path away seems very clear. then we have tursi saying this is about electing and allowing mitt romney to win the state of pennsylvania. is there any -- i just want to the play that, is there any good legal, ethical, or democratic reason to have a voter id law? >> i don't think we see any evidence of this. my favorite line is this from justice -- men feared witches and burned women. mean fears witches and burned women. he was talking

it doesn't have to do with redistricting.the democrats have been losing for different reasons. i don't want to get into all those reasons why they are not real popular with white americans in general. >> in the south, particularly. >> in the south. i want to point out, it's not all the law. >> it's also important to recognize it matters for african-americans to have the opportunity to elect candidates of their choice. the rise of influence in districts. it's important for there to be, you know, african-american and latino representation in the halls of power. >> that's been a principal. barbara, elise, great discussion. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> should we accept insult as an exercise of free speech? arrested for spray painting an offensive ad joins us next. om dk great. and every footstep should tell us we made the right decision. so when we can feel our way through the newest, softest, and most colorful options... ...across every possible price range... ...our budgets won't be picking the style. we will. more savi

the redistricting helped us tremendously. it comes down to this.y are spending $5.5 million to manufacture lies against. 70 negative ads against me, all lies. i was a victim of that. i was their early test tube attack to see what they can get away with under citizens united. they spent more money against me than answer any house member in the history of the country. the president is facing the same rough treatment but people are waking up. we won't see the same attacks this year as last time. people are focused on other races. it's an i.q. test for america. can you see past the vicious lying propaganda that they throw out there. the fact that three and a half years of peace and quiet they're beleaguering the president about his birth certificate or religion or some other nonsense. people are going to have to wake up and see what's right for them. >> eliot: alan, thank thank you for your time and good luck in your race. democratic congressional candidate congressman alan grayson. many thanks. >> thank you. >> eliot: a new approach for the federal re

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hayworth is in trouble not because of redistricting. redistricting did not change her district all that much, but rather because she has really been a forceful, more tea party flavor economic conservative in a district that is really middle of the road, and she is facing a very strong opponent in sean patrick maloney, who was a clinton white house aide, and has raised a lot of money after moving to the district. in gibson's district, he has gotten rave reviews. he is a very middle-of-the-road guy. he has not focused on cup captain balance. he focused on lyme disease and roll broadband and issues that are more bread-and-butter to his district -- role -- rural broadband. but his district changed a lot in redistricting. president obama will carry it. a prosecutor who is a democratic nominee there will be very competitive against gibson. it will absolutely be one of the bellwether races. >> all right. i want to thank you all for being here and stopping by national journal's daily policy briefing. [applause] [inaudible] >> thank you all very

>> this is from the redistricting data from the census from 1994. this is total population usage, not percentages. three american indians and asian population, and that is pretty much it. voting age population for that block is 30 people. latino population on this block is 27 people. 163 people that were identified as white. seven as black. two as american indian. 25 as a nation. there is one in the other population, and one in the multiple minority group. sorry, that was 3 in the multiple minority group. >> thank you. >> i was checking on cooling the room. >> the proposal is to make this change, which would require 270 or 278? 270. deviation would be -4.63%. d5, -1 ft. 76%. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> no. >> thank you. please make this change. ms. tidwell? >> if we want to do the nopa one next. can we did the one block to be consistent? >> that block has a population of 176 people. >> she is just thinking, processing. >> deviation would be 2%. the deviation for district 1 would be -5.23%. >> i would prefer this. >> thank you. again, populati

. >> belva: redistricting has led to competitive races for the large number of seats. delegate walter johnson is from kings county, where the newly drawn district is a hotly contested race. >> we will keep pounding the pavement and keep calling and knocking on door and do our part to get people out. we will not stop. our intent is to turn that red community blue again. >> belva: last week, we reported on republican sentiment that california is essentially a failed state. this week, lieutenant governor galvin neusome fired back. >> manufacturing is up in jobs. the service industry is up in jobs. >> for certain, san francisco is the third lowest unemployment rate in the state of california. we're doing it because we have a good start. president obama's programs, particularly american recover act was essential. >> belva: now democrats need to convince voters that reelecting president obama is essential to continuing a path to economic recovery. >> as we work through the issues of debt, entitlement and budget deficit s and wall of debt, we can work on the research and deve

the redistricting threw her in a head-to-head race with incumbent betty mccullough, and so instead ofght with a democratic in a more democratic district, she is running next door. >> jennifer brooks from the "minnesota tribute star." thank you so much for your time. thanks. >>> you would expect that the two presidential candidates would hoo lean on your wives in the final weeks of the campaign, but in an article from "mother jones" mitt romney says he won't overuse his wife on the campaign trail. he said we use annb sparingly so that people won't get tired of her and start attacking. >> and so we are joined by erin mcbride, and heather and jennifer rubin who is a contributor the kudlow report and blogger for the washington post. all lay dison this sunday aft afternoon, by design. jennifer, you wrote in the "washington post" that republicans and mitt romney are fortunate to have ann romney around for many reasons. how important is she to the campaign? >> i think that she is very important. she does humanize him and has infectious enthusiasm and one of the reasons they don't use her is

marylanders vote on a ton of big issues in november, same sex marriage, the dream act, congressional redistricting, but they have been swamped by commercials for and against expanded gambling. perhaps you've seen them. it's hard not to. brew leshan is here -- bruce leshan is here with more on the ads and some of them are a bit misleading. >> some of them are and maybe we should just be happy that these spots are all coming in and there are tv stations actually paying our salaries, but it seems like these casino ads are in every commercial break and we figured we needed to do some fact checking. >> this casino is in west virginia, but it makes millions off marylanders every year. now they're running dishons ads. why? because -- dishonest ads. why? because voting for question 7 is a vote to build a world class resort casino in maryland. >> left unsaid in that ad is that the company funding it is from out of state, too. it is mgm resorts out of las vegas which has an inside track on building a resort at national harbor. >> creating thousands of jobs and according to the department of legislative serv

. >> it definitely has a correlation, and you have to go back up to redistricting also. the republicans gain control of several legislatures in 2010, they redistrict themselves into power and then they start to pass these laws that will keep them in power for a long time. and in places like texas, for example, where they passed a very strict voter i.d. law, where you can vote if you have a gun license, but not if you have a college i.d., that's a place where we see changing dem dwrafices very quickly. there is this cram bell to make sure they can hold on to power in light of that. >> it feels to me -- part of the reason i wanted to tell that story is that there's kind of a discursive language here about suppression and trying to -- but, really if we just walk through what we actually know, the pathway seems very clear and then we have, of course, turzai saying this is about electing and allowing mitt romney to win the state of philadelphia. is there any -- i want to -- is there any good legal or ethical or carat democratic with a litt reason to have this? does it improve

meetings to talk about school redis-- system is holding two public meetings to talk about school redistricting. tomorrow night an it will be held -- and it will be held at centennial high school. >>> bob woodard is appearing on good morning america today to talk about his new book "the price of politics" being released today. that book deals with president obama and his handling of the economy. >>> you load up your kids with college books, and all the dormroom supplies. what about credit cards. parents are giving kids the plastic for their wallets. we have the risk and benefits. we will give outdetails you need to know. plus a couple has their hands full with multiples many we are talking about a lot. but these four cuteies were not born at the seam time. we will explain coming up. Ñ[= >>> thanks for joining thus morning. having one set of twins to take care of trust me i know this. it's a challenge enough. so imagine having two sets the same age. you might be wondering how it is possible. mfty and brian baker struggled to get deeing did -- misty and brian baker struggled to get friend and rea

in 2008 when a number of tea party states turned the laws upside down and decided to alter the redistrictingre after the, of course, 2010 census. and then of course work on the antiquated voting bills that really in some instances equated to poll tax. i'll use texas as an example. how can you insist on a voter i.d. when you eliminate a student i.d. but you allow a gun permit? how can you allow or call for a massive voter i.d. for the state of texas when from 80-plus counties do not even have the dps, department of public safety office for rural citizens and others to access that particular process. >> eliot: the good news--it turns if back. >> eliot: the good news in texas the federal court said the statute there is unconstitutional. so a little bit of glimmer. >> a little bit of glimmer but-- >> eliot: you're so right. the overall storyline is one of the statutes exploding and becoming the go-to strategy for a republican party that does not want people to vote. >> it is absolutely the case. and in particular our attorney general didn't just accept the decision of the federal court here in w

. >> item no. 2, ordinance amending the transportation code to redistrict large vehiclñ >> thank you,i know there is a lot of people here to testify on this item. supervisor carmen chu is the sponsor. >> thank you very much, chair mar, for having this item before the committee today. i wanted to thanks supervisor cohen, who is a co-sponsor of this legislation. i want to layout of the folks who will be speaking today. i will say a few opening comments. the mta will do a quick presentation for you of the legislation. of course, the mta is here if you have additional questions. i believe that we have somebody from nancy miers from and the bayview station is also here to speak about some of the issues that they have faced in the neighborhood. generally the legislation is a fairly straightforward piece of legislation and takes all of two pages. so it's a pretty straightforward one. it primarily allows for the mta, who is the body who does regulate parking in the city overall to be able to restrict where they see that there is a need and where they do post signs oversized vehicles as define

supreme court upheld west virginia's congressional redistricting plan today. critics of the redistricting had argued that the populations within newly drawn districts were too far out of balance, but the supreme court reversed a lower court ruling and said the state legislatures was correct in trying to keep counties intact, keep incumbents from facing each other, and minimize shifts in population. the lower court may still consider challenges to the plan under the state constitution. in economic news, a key index showed home prices rose again in july-- another sign the housing market is on the road to recovery. and a separate index had consumer confidence rising in september. but it wasn't enough to help wall street, amid new worries about spain's debt troubles. the dow jones industrial average lost 101 points to close at 13,457. the nasdaq fell 43 points to close above 3117. the national football league faced an explosion of calls today to end a labor dispute with its referees after a mistake decided the green bay- seattle game. with seconds left, seahawks q

it's in district 8 vuth of redistricting. so we're -- i'm very proud to welcome this amazing institution to the district. but i can't let the opportunity go by to -- as is always the case when these things come up -- to criticize the mission alcohol special use district. you'll recall that the roxie was actually prohibited by law from getting a liquor license because of this outdated and recovery broad alcohol zoning restriction. and we worked together, as we did for the bowling alley before it to grant exemption for single screen movie theaters. that's a bad way to do policy in making one off exemptions so supervisor campos and i are working closer together to come up with a broader reform so we don't have to do one offs and have a more vibrant mission while keeping the -- of the special use district. >> president chiu: supervisor campos. >> supervisor campos: thank you. i want to thank supervisor kim and her office, who are working on this when it was district 6, before it became district 8. and, you know, sarah palin could