How much would new plans to redistribute California cost?


Legislators of wide views working at their desks on the floor of the state senate, decorated in royal red and beige tones during a session in the Capitol of the State in Sacramento.
The State Senate During the Condominium Session in the Capitol of the State in Sacramento on August 29, 2024. Photo by Florence Middleton, CalMatters

Gavard Gavin Newo’s efforts California Congress Carrings Redirect is the element of the brand on the agenda of the state legislative body, now the legislators are returning today from a summer break and watching a frenetic schedule to decide the fate of More than 200 other accounts In the next few weeks.

Calm Alexey Kossef explains democratic employees released new cards on Friday This would give the party a bigger chance to take five more places that are currently occupied by Republicans in the House of US Representatives during the 2026 intermediate elections. The cards will also help to accumulate places that are barely held by Democrats in five other areas.

Before the end of this week, state legislators plan to hold a vote to put the new ballot cards in Special elections across the countryS If accepted, California voters will decide on November 4 whether to approve or dismiss the cards.

Newsom Plan – which is in direct response to Own efforts to redistribute Texas – is struck by Republicans as an illegal grab of power by the Democrats. The National Republican Committee of Congress said in a statement that he was ready to fight Newsom in court.

Assembly Republicans estimate that the special election will cost taxpayers more than $ 235 million. The latest special elections in which voters rejected Newsom’s reminder in 2021 cost about $ 200 million.

The state has promised to cover the cost of counting for these elections, and some early numbers have come: Freshno and Riverside, for example, believe it will cost them up to $ 4 million respectively and $ 16 million.

Read more hereS

Speaking of the cards: Alexey and Callans Jeremiah kimmelman Build a search tool that allows you to check that you can be affected by the redistribution plan. Although the new cards aim to give Democrats more five more places in the House, more areas can be changed. See it hereS


Calletatters events: Join CalMatters on Wednesday for lunch discussion for the last days of the legislative session in 2025. And what is to come for 2026. Alexey will seize a panel with the participation of Capitol Community Leah Barros, Kely Martin Bosler, Cesar Diaz, Cesar Diaz, Cesar Diaz Sign up here To be present in person at the UC student and political center in Sacramento.



CA GAS price, health insurance

Oil Pumps in the Oil The Kern River near Bakersfield on July 6, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, Calletatters/Locly Local
Oil Pumps in the Oil The Kern River near Bakersfield on July 6, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, Calletatters/Locly Local

Some news affecting California’s life costs:

  • Gaza prices: Despite the ambitions to wean the state from fossil fuels and campaign last year, which collapsed on oil companies Alleged utterance of the price of gasNewsom and democratic leaders are now contracting with oil companies to increase oil production in the country. This move comes after two fuel refineries in California have said they are excluded earlier than expected, which can lead to an increase in gas prices to more than $ 8 per gallon by the end of 2026, according to a hot -contested grade by a professor at the University of South California. Democratic leaders face increased pressure on make the state more accessibleS Read more By Alexei on Calmatters, Alejandro Lazo and Maya K. MillerS
  • Health Insurance: If you are one of almost 2 million Californians covered by health insurance through California, you will see that your premiums increase an average of 10.3% next year. This is the first time the market on the market will increase with double -digit figures from 2018. While California’s covered director cited a number of factors, including increasing healthcare costs, about 2% of the increase in interest rates is due to the expired federal care, which President Donald Trump does not extend to his federal bill. These enhanced subsidies were used by over 90% of the Affairs Act across the country, and California will lose about $ 2.1 billion due to Trump’s changes. Read more from ChristenS

Shortage of water in Colorado

Air view of the Boulder pool, the northwestern part of Lake Mid, on July 3, 2025. Photo of Daniel Slim, AFP via Getty Images

Federal officials last week said the two largest tanks in the country can strongly affect the water supply of seven statesIncluding California, writes Calmatters’ Rachel BeckerS

Mid Lake and Powell Lake on the Colorado River are only full of 31% and is scheduled to decrease to levels that would further tension among the United States in the Colorado River pool, which should agree on the standards of the New River management after 2026 when the current guidelines expire.

Based on the two -year forecasts of the US Bureau of Reclamation, some countries can see their total annual distribution of water on the Colorado River, reduced by 5% to 18%. Since California has higher water rights, it is spared by compulsory conservation.

However, the risk of overduffing the tanks emphasizes the dependence of California on them: the state takes the largest share of the water of the Colorado River, which it uses to irrigate crops in the imperial valley and to supply water in southern California.

Officials have warned that countries should reach a broad agreement by November 11 or risk setting the federal government.

Read more hereS

And last: Transitional kindergarten for children of CA

In a colorful classroom, two children dressed in playful outfits stand next to an adult who is sitting and holding an open booklet entitled
Transitional Assistant for Kindergarten Instructions Reads a Book of Children at Silveud Primary School in Concord on August 11, 2025. Photo from Lore Andrilo for CalMatters

After a 15-year performance, all 4-year-old children in California are already entitled to a free transition kindergarten. While some politics experts say that the cornerstone is a “thing to celebrate”, the deployment had its own share of hiccups. Learn more by Calmatters’ Carolyn JonesS



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