Why Voters in California should approve the proposal 50

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November 4, California voters will decide If the state is to temporarily adopt a new electoral card to combat such initiatives in the Republican countries or if you decide to retire. Next, an exposure to the redistribution of the areas states that the lack of vision is that Californians only think of California. Opinion: Another regulatory redistribution of areas claims that a proposal 50 is not the responsible government model that the Californians deserve.

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As a former redistribution of the California areas, I witnessed first -hand the careful, deliberate and transparent process that defined our divisions in Congress to reflect the reality of our country. The work was not easy, but it was honorable and defended the principle that every community deserves a fair representation.

That is why I feel anxious and deeply disappointed with the way you talk around Proposal 50 The redistribution measure of half of the California cycle is often reduced to a matter on the surface: “How much will it cost?”

Yes you are Special elections have financial costs S But if we analyze them only in terms of dollars and cents, we neglect the main risks. It is estimated that 3.4 million Californians could Lose your medical coverage because of Medicaid elevations And another 3.1 million people – children, veterans and families – face the loss of vital nutrition through SNAP.

This moment will have measurable consequences that will transform the health and stability of our country, while constantly eroding the foundations of our democracy.

We cannot ignore the reality that restructuring this year’s cards in Texas and other states At the request of President Trump, it was widely questioned as a racial manipulation of Electoral areas. This continues generations in many states, where restrictions are attracted to weakening the votes of black, brunette, immigrants and working class so that politicians can choose their voters.

The constitution is clear: the function of Congress is to promulgate the laws and act as a counterweight of the executive. However, the Congress, led by Republicans, has not fulfilled this function. Instead of acting as a guarantor, the Congress escaped from its responsibility and became a simple print for approval for the unconstitutional whims of the president.

The responsibility for suspending this abuse of power is now falling on countries and citizenship itself. Therefore, California must do everything possible to counteract it. The redistribution of constituencies in the middle of the term is a moral necessity. We need to approve a proposal 50 and do our best to maintain the line.

The real cost of inaction becomes obvious when children remain hungry because their communities are distant from political power and their needs are ignored.

The real price becomes obvious when working families are muted, while rich donors and rooted politicians divert the cards to protect themselves.

The real price emerges when generations of struggle for a fair representation are deleted by a stroke that divides neighborhoods and dissolves communities from interest.

And in the end, the biggest price is accepted by our own democracy. If we refuse to act for fear of special election costs, we are complicit to pay a much higher price in human dignity and democratic erosion.

Being a commissioner for redistribution of areas meant listening to thousands of Californians: parents, farm workers, entrepreneurs, shepherds, students, elderly people and more. They shared stories about who they are and how their communities work, from the central valley to the shore, from cities to rural cities.

We worship State voting law We respect the communities of interest and prepare public cards so that they can see them. It was democracy in action. It was the Californians that demonstrated that the redistribution of independent and transparent areas is not only possible, but it is necessary.

Now, in front of a deliberate racial manipulation of constituencies in other countries and to the excess without control of the executive in your country California has to respond with the same solution.

Democracy is never free. Each generation is asked to invest in your survival. But the question that affects us is not whether the redistribution of constituencies in the middle of the term is expensive. The question is whether we will continue to allow uncontrolled costs for inhuman laws, non -constitutional abuses and high -degree enforcement orders that affect ordinary Californians.

We have seen this presidential administration dismantle Dei programs and send the National Guard to our cities under fake accusations of a “unbridled crime” while Cut the same programs that reduce it S Has been attacked and criminalized Vulnerable people Under the pretext of “Public Security”.

The lack of vision is that the Californians only think of California. To stay with your arms crossed and allow more than the same is to surrender to authoritarianism in slow movement. The guarantees that after we believed that they would protect us, they simply do not support.

Now this is not a time of neutrality. If the return of the course is what is needed to protect representation, justice and democracy itself, then we must act.

The price of justice will always be less than the price of injustice. This is the truth we must remember before deciding what “costs” really means. Therefore, he calls on all the Californians of the vote to support the proposal 50 so that we can temporarily abolish the voting cards of the Congress of 2020 and to make our role in order to oppose the authoritarian surpluses.

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