California lawmakers take up plan to redraw congressional districts

Sacramento – On Monday, California democrats launched the process of re -drawing the state’s congress regions, which is required to neutralize the efforts of President Trump and Texas Republicans to increase the number of GOP deputies in the Congress.

If it is approved by state deputies this week, the California will vote for the votes called 50 in a special election in November.

At a press conference explaining the legislation, Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg) and Parliament Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Hollister), Gov. Gavin Newsom and California’s 2026 middover “equipped” said they agreed.

They said that doing this was necessary to prevent the President’s extreme right agenda.

Orum I want to clarify something very much, I am not happy to be here. We did not choose this fight. We don’t want this fight, ”the Assembly said Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park). “But our democracy is on the line, we cannot escape this fight and we will win when it settles on the day of dust.”

The Republicans accused the Democrats of trying to destroy the will of the voters who passed the independent redistribution 15 years ago for their own partisan goals.

Carl Demaio (R-San Diego), surrounded by the signs of GOP legislators and Capitol Rotunda, “arranged map” and “defending the fair elections,” Carl Demaio (R-San Diego), “Citizens seized the power of politicians in 2010,” he said.

“Let’s be very clear, Dem said Demaio. “Gavin Newsom and other politicians are lying on waiting by emphasizing lying to seize back control.”

After Trump called on the Congress regions to invite five new GOP members to the Congress, Newsom and California Democrats began to temporarily call the existing congress zone boundaries taken by the voter -approved Independent Reduction Commission in 2021.

Other states are now considering reorganizing the congress regions and increasing the political war on the control of the US House of Representatives. Congress zones have been restructured once every ten years after the US census.

Newsom, other democratic deputies and workers’ leaders launched a campaign supporting the re -scratching of California’s congress regions on Thursday, and proposed maps were sent to the state legislative leaders on Friday.

Measures that MPs will take this week:

• Give California to confirm and confirm the new maps drawn by the Democrats, which will be available for 2026, 2028 and 2030 congress elections if any GOP -led states approve their maps.
• Provide financing for the November special elections.
• After the 2030 census, return the state to the independent redistribution commission with voter approved voter to redraw the congress zones.

Ohio is an anomalia, while other states led by Texas and other GOP are thinking about a unusual middle year to re -distribute the Republican party to the congress. If the congress zones are not approved bilaterally, only two general elections are valid and can be redrawn later.

McGuire said that if Ohio did, California would progress.

“The state of Ohio clearly stated that they want to continue. In fact in the United States … One of the few states that allow mid -year redistribution,” he said. “We believe that they need to cool and withdraw, because if they do, California will have.”

The Republicans called for a federal investigation about the democratic redistribution plan of California, and this week promised to file more than one lawsuit in the state and federal court, including two.

“We will sue this in every step of the road, but we believe that this will be rejected in the public opinion court,” Demaio said.

In addition, although he didn’t say how to do it, he called for a 10 -year prohibition to own a selected office for the state lawmakers who supported private elections.

McGuire rejected the criticism and threats of Republicans, saying that they are more concerned about the will of California voters or the rule of law in political self -protection.

“California Republicans are now holding their pearls because of their own interests. In a California Republican Legislative Assembly, he did not speak when Texas decided to eliminate the historically five black and brown congress zones.” He said. “What can I say: Take more time to the problem. The problem is Donald Trump.”