Preparing for reapportionment

As the City Council prepares to appoint the panel that will redraw Los Angeles' electoral boundaries, the chairman of the Citizens Reapportionment Committee appointed 10 years ago warned them to be ready for passion and politics. Daily News

John Emerson, who now serves as chairman of the Music Center board of directors, said members of the city redistricting panel should be aware it will take hundreds of hours on the project and that - in the end - they may end up pleasing no one.