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SENATE COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND REAPPORTIONMENT

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SUBJECT: 2001 REDISTRICTING

STATE OFFICE BUILDING

AUDITORIUM

100 PASEO DE SAN ANTONIO

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

TUESDAY, JULY 24, 2001

1:00 P.M.

Reported by:

Evelyn J. Mizak

Shorthand Reporter

APPEARANCES

MEMBERS PRESENT

SENATOR DON PERATA, Chair

SENATOR ROSS JOHNSON, Vice Chair

SENATOR DEBORAH ORTIZ

SENATOR RICHARD POLANCO

MEMBERS ABSENT

SENATOR DEDE ALPERT

SENATOR JAMES BRULTE

SENATOR JOHN BURTON

SENATOR KEVIN MURRAY

SENATOR CHARLES POOCHIGIAN

STAFF PRESENT

DARREN CHESIN, Committee Consultant

RACHEL M. HARRIS, Committee Consultant

FRANCES TIBON-ESTOISTA, Committee Assistant

SANDRA L. POLKA, Principal Consultant to SENATOR BURTON

ALSO PRESENT

FRED KEELEY, Speaker Pro Tem

California State Assembly

27th Assembly District

ASSEMBLYWOMAN LYNNE LEACH

15th Assembly District

HEDY CHANG, Member

Morgan Hill City Council

ROD DIRIDON, Member

Santa Clara City Council

JAMIE MATTHEWS, Member

Santa Clara City Council

ANNA VENTURA PHARES, Vice Mayor

City of Watsonville

JOHN LAIRD

Cabrillo College Board of Trustees

LINDA HERMANN, Member

Berryessa School Board

MIKE ROTKIN, Former Mayer

City of Santa Cruz

CHRIS ELIAS, Vice President

San Jose/Silicon Valley NAACP

HELEN RUCKER, Former Mayor

City of Seaside and NAACP

REBECCA GARCIA

Cabrillo College Board of Trustees

JACKIE MURAHASHI

Asian Law Alliance

MATTHEW MO

Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans for Fair Redistricting (CAPAFR), Santa Clara County

GILBERT WONG

CAPAFR-Santa Clara County

LYNETTE ENG

Organization of Chinese Americans, Silicon Valley Chapter

CAPAFR-Santa Clara County

HUNG NGUYEN

CAPAFR-Santa Clara County

AMOR SANTIAGO, President and CEO

Asian Americans for Community Involvement

KIM SINGH

Asian American Public Policy Institute

BILL HUGHES

Berryessa Citizens Advisory Council

CAROL FULLER

Santa Cruz Democratic Central Committee

JOEL SZABAT, Executive Director

Chinese American CEOs of Silicon Valley (CACEO)

CHARLES SCOTT

San Benito County Republican Central Committee

DAN HAIFLEY, Executive Director

O’Neill Sea Odyssey

SAL ALVAREZ, Chair

28th Assembly District Democratic Party

ALEJANDRO CHAVEZ

League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)

PEDRO CASTILLO, Professor of History

University of California at Santa Cruz

Chicano-Latino Research Center, LULAC

GORDON HASKELL

Santa Cruz Democratic Central Committee

RACHEL HASKELL

Santa Cruz Democratic Central Committee

DIRK WEST

Santa Cruz

DARRELL DARLING

Santa Cruz

Bed and Breakfast Owner

CYNTHIA MATTHEWS, Former Mayor

City of Santa Cruz

DAVID TOPKIN

Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce

CHRIS STAMPOLIS

22nd Assembly District Democratic Party

BILL MALONE

Santa Cruz

INDEX

Page

Proceedings 1

Opening Statement by CHAIRMAN PERATA 1

Opening Statement by SENATOR JOHNSON 2

Testimony of Witnesses:

FRED KEELEY

Speaker Pro Tem, California State Assembly

Assembly District 27 3

LYNNE LEACH

Assembly District 15 9

HEDY CHANG

City Council Member

City of Morgan Hill 11

RON DIRIDON

City Council Member

City of Santa Clara 13

JAMIE MATTHEWS

City Council Member At-Large

City of Santa Clara 15

ANNA VENTURA PHARES, Vice Mayor

City Council Member

City of Watsonville 17

JOHN LAIRD, Member

Cabrillo College Board of Trustees 20

LINDA HERMANN, Member

Berryessa School Board

Berryessa Citizens Advisory Council 23

MIKE ROTKIN, Former Mayor

City of Santa Cruz 25

CHRIS ELIAS, Vice President

Advocacy and Public Policy

San Jose/Silicon Valley NAACP 27

HELEN RUCKER, Former Mayor Pro Tem

City of Seaside

Monterey Peninsula Branch, NAACP 29

REBECCA GARCIA, Member

Cabrillo College Board of Trustees 30

JAQUELYN MARUHASHI, Staff Attorney

Asian Law Alliance, San Jose

Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans for

Fair Redistricting (CAPAFR)

Santa Clara County 33

MATTHEW MO

CAPAFR-Santa Clara County

Evergreen Area of San Jose 35

D.K. LU

CAPAFR-Santa Clara County

Mountain View 36

GILBERT WONG

CAPAFR-Santa Clara County, Cupertino 37

LYNETTE LEE ENG

Organization of Chinese Americans, Silicon Valley 38

HUNG NGUYEN

Coalition of Vietnamese American Professionals

Alliance, Silicon Valley 38

AMOR SANTIAGO, President and CEO

Asian Americans for Community Involvement 40

KIM SINGH, Director

Asian American Public Policy Institute 41

BILL HUGHES

Berryessa Citizens Advisory Council 43

CAROL FULLER, Resident

City of Santa Cruz 44

JOEL SZABAT, Executive Director

Chinese American Chief Executive Officers (CACEO) 45

CHARLES SCOTT, Resident

San Benito County 48

DAN HAIFLEY, Executive Director

O’Neill Sea Odyssey 49

SAL ALVAREZ, Chair

28th Assembly District Democratic Party 50

ALEJANDRO CHAVEZ

LULAC 53

PEDRO CASTILLO, Professor of History

University of California, Santa Cruz

Chicano Latino Research Center, LULAC 55

GORDON HASKELL, Resident

City of Santa Cruz 58

RACHEL HASKELL, Resident

City of Santa Cruz 59

DIRK WEST, Resident

City of Santa Cruz 60

DARRELL DARLING, Owner

Bed and Breakfast, Santa Cruz 61

CYNTHIA MATTHEWS, Former Mayer

City of Santa Cruz 62

DAVID TOPKIN

Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce 64

CHRIS STAMPOLIS, Chair

Santa Clara Planning Commission 66

BILL MALONE, Resident

City of Santa Cruz 68

Adjournment of Proceedings 70

Certificate of Reporter 71

Addendum: Letter from FERNANDO ARMENTA, Member

Monterey County Board of Supervisors 72

Written Testimony of

JAQUELINE MARUHASHI 75

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