California residents will be seeing a lot of Fil-Am Angelo Ancheta in the next coming months.
As an appointed member of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, he is among the 14-members with the important task of remapping district lines in the entire state. The commission has already begun listening to residents on their thoughts of what is best for their own districts.
“The Commission will play a key role in defining the next decade’s opportunities for civic engagement for candidates seeking office as well as for voters and residents,” said Ancheta in a news release from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission website. “Redistricting is a vitally important part of the democratic process, but it can be opaque to most citizens because it occurs every ten years, involves specialized procedures, and has, in the past, been the province of the legislature. Moving the process to the State’s citizenry marks a significant change in power, but it is also an important shift in civic obligation that requires active participation and dedication from the voters.”
Ancheta, a democrat from San Francisco, was sworn in last February 11.
Ancheta is a law professor and legal scholar.
He is the director of the Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center at the Santa Clara University School of Law. Prior to joining the law faculty at Santa Clara, Commissioner Ancheta was a lecturer at Harvard Law School, an adjunct professor at NYU School of Law, and taught at UCLA School of Law. Before starting his academic career, Commissioner Ancheta was a legal services and nonprofit executive director in both Northern and Southern California, specializing in immigration, voting rights, and constitutional law, according to his bio.
Ancheta holds degrees from UCLA, UCLA School of Law, and Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
| < Prev | Next > |
|---|
