George Skelton offers this LA Times column. A snippet: “[In the California State assembly, Assembly Speaker Fabian] Nunez had hoped to couple redistricting reform with a bipartisan measure loosening term limits– perhaps reducing the total years allowed from 14 to 12, but permitting all to be served in one house. He has about given up, however. It doesn’t poll well, he says. ‘Voters think we’re up to something.’ Without term limit flexibility as a sweetener, it’s not likely that Assembly Democrats will surrender the right to shape their own districts.” The article also mentions the public finanacing initiative sponsored by the California Nurses Association, which has qualified to be on the November ballot. [Disclosure: I am consulting for the CNA on this measure.]