CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : SACRAMENTO : Signatures Filed on Redistricting

Supporters of an initiative to have an independent commission redraw political district boundaries said they filed enough signatures to qualify the measure for the June, 1990, statewide ballot. The initiative would strip the Legislature of the power to redistrict, giving it to a 12-member commission made up of five Democrats, five Republicans and two persons not registered in either party. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters and other groups, the initiative is the first of six measures originally targeted for the ballot to be submitted to the secretary of state with signatures. A spokeswoman for the office said it appears that only four of the six remain active, however. Supporters of the initiative said they submitted 965,000 signatures. A total of 595,000 valid signatures are needed to put the measure on the ballot.