An end to gerrymandering and redistricting?

Keith Salvas is on a mission, and he's hoping to use Proposition 50 to get people to listen. He's been talking about repealing the Reapportionment Act of 1929 for years, but I don't think he's ever gone beyond talking about it. And I don't think anyone was listening. Until now. When the local universe is on fire and there seems to be some interest in getting a bucket of water. Here's Keith's short pitch:

Repeal the Reapportionment Act of 1929
Add 766 Seats to the House
Will the States redraw their Districts every two years just to give “their” party the advantage at each House election? We see it starting now with Texas, California, and 5 other states.

The Framers of our Constitution hoped to avoid this. What Happened?

In 1929 the Republicans had a super-majority. America’s population had exploded by 13.7 percent since 1920 and The House was ready to add more seats than ever before. In order to keep their super-majority, the Republicans passed the Reapportionment Act of 1929, freezing the number of Congressional Districts at 435. With no new seats added, they hoped to keep their super-majority.

What’s happened since then is that the ratio of Representatives has gone from 1 to (approximately) every 250, 000 people to 1 to every 780,000 people. Individual Representatives are as powerful as Senators, and an enticing target for the political power grab we see going on now.

What we have now is A Government by the Government, for the Government, at every level of the Government.

The Framers intended for the House to be the most powerful branch of government, but as a loose aggregate of power. By continually adding Representatives, they hoped to avoid the polarization from becoming crippling by incorporating an ever-widening cross-section of the American voices.

The Constitution states we can have no more than 1 representative for every 30,000 people. That’s always been about 1 to every to 250,000 people. If we repeal the Reapportionment Act of 1929 and add 766 seats for a total of 1200 reps, we’ll return to a ratio of 1 to every 280,000 people, close to the ratio that worked for so many decades.

Keith's idea makes a lot of sense to me. It's not a bandage. It's a let's examine root problems and find solutions on a nationals scale idea. That's a tough sell when things are going reasonably well. No one really cares about fixing root problems most of the time. And this idea will die too if it doesn't find popular support. Let's hope it can survive the present chaos and find its way onto the bigger radar.