Why California voters should reject Prop. 50 and remain out of redistribution wars

On November 4, the voters of California will decide whether the state should temporarily accept a democratic Germander at their congress cards to combat such efforts in the Red countries or choose to stand up. Below a former redistribution commissioner says the proposal 50 is not the model of the responsible governmental Californians deserve. Opposition: Another former Redistribution Commissioner claims to be my short -sighted Californians to think only of California Right now.

In 2008, the first voter law created the Commission for Redistribution of California Citizens, an independent body consisting of people who reflect the diversity of the state. Good state groups pushed the measure of voting forward, striving to make sure that the voters were – as the name of the law declared – placed first. Two years later, I served the first committee.

The approval of voters of an independent committee effectively put an end to the back of a guerrilla Germander, which characterizes California redistribution For decades.

Commission members spent nearly a year drawing new cardsProvide access to citizens to more than 100 public meetings and various ways to send written comments. Voters could describe their communities, their environment, their infrastructure and their economy. This gave the commission a picture of all of California and helped her create areas that gave voters a fair chance to choose responsible representatives.

The California Commission is now considered a gold standard for redistribution of the United States, with no guerrilla personal interest and is fully in public.

If only Texas could be learned from California. There, Legislators accepted new cards In August, in an attempt to set elections in 2026 in favor of Republicans – in President Donald Trump’s requestS Their actions represent the most basic motivations of politicians, so scary from the loss of power, all they can think is to cheat.

Their determination to arrange the congress deck prompted governor Gavin News yes Pursue a vengeful redistribution in the middle of the California cycle To choose more Democrats. It is now in the hands of the voters in special elections on November 4. Proposal 50 will replace the cards withdrawn by the state’s independent committee with Areas prepared by legislators Only win or defend democratic places. And this protection will extend through three election cycles.

This is hardly a temporary change.

As a registered Democrat, I would celebrate to replace Congress members who have forgotten their oath to serve voters and protect the Constitution. But this cannot be at the expense of the California Constitution – nor its voters, who impose a fair, non -partisan redistribution.

NEWSOM said the move of Texas Republicans justifies the avenging strikeS But we testify daily to the chaos and distrust created by the policy of revenge in Washington. This is not the model of responsible governmental Californians deserves. Neither the Californians want to spend millions of dollars of taxpayers To bet that different areas of congress will lead to the sought change, while the real problems remain without addressed.

No one knows the magical number of blue places needed to win this election war, especially when more Red States jump to Texas. Is the governor ready to risk losing those in more competitive California regions? Will he accept a failure if the Democrats do not fall throughout the country?

This is not an unprecedented moment. For decades, we have seen guerrilla Gerimander suppresses the choice of voters, undermines the confidence and nutrition of cynicism. We know that once a power, politicians will struggle to preserve it with the confidence that the crisis declaration is the whole cover they need.

Newsom should seek a different answer to the redistribution of war.

US Reporter Kevin Kili, for example, suggested legislation to a ban on redistribution in the middle of decades across the countryS I do not know what brought to this moment Kili, a republican of the Placer County. Maybe this is self -preservation under the threat of Be Gerimander from his placeS But given a national solution to a national problem would be welcome.

NEWSOM says Democrats can return the congress if the American people get a fair chance, voice and choice. In California, people already have this chance and this is the independent redistribution committee.

Californians can send a clear message to Newsom and legislative leaders on November 4 to respect people’s will, not sacrificing the independent commission on redistribution, nor with the limited financial resources of the state, for short -term political profit.