The Los Angeles City Council Wednesday approved a resolution formally establishing the city\u2019s position in support of Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s redistricting plan, Proposition 50.<\/p>\n
In a unanimous vote, council members threw their support behind the measure that aims to establish new congressional district maps for the 2026 election, which would also be in effect in 2028 and 2030.<\/p>\n
Councilman Adrin Nazarian introduced the resolution Aug. 26.<\/p>\n
Backers of Prop 50 say it \u201cdraws fair maps that represent California\u2019s diverse communities and ensure our voices aren\u2019t silenced by Republican gerrymandering in other states,\u201d according to the campaign in favor of the measure.<\/p>\n
Opponents say Prop 50 \u201ccreates one of the most extreme partisan gerrymanders in modern American history\u201d and is a \u201cthreat to democracy and fair elections in California,\u201d according to the campaign against the measure.<\/p>\n
The redistricting effort comes in response to a similar undertaking by Texas legislators. President Donald Trump called on Republican-led states to undertake mid-decade redistricting to redraw congressional district maps in a manner that would benefit Republicans ahead of the midterm elections.<\/p>\n
Other states such as Florida, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, New Hampshire, Nebraska and South Carolina are also considering efforts to engage in mid-decade redistricting.<\/p>\n
Prior to the council vote, Nazarian said the Trump administration \u201cthreatens not only our city, state and our people, but the very fabric of our nation from kidnapping hard working community members in broad daylight to actively working to rig the 2026 midterms. The danger is real and unfolding before our eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe must send a message to this administration that California is strong, united and fearless in the face of autocracy, and we will be unrelenting in resisting these action because if we allow them to rig our elections today, we wont\u2019 have elections tomorrow,\u201d Nazarian added.<\/p>\n
Nazarian held a news conference Wednesday morning to discuss the resolution alongside Council members Hugo Soto-Martinez, Monica Rodriguez, Eunisses Hernandez and Ysabel Jurado.<\/p>\n
L.A. County Federation of Labor President Yvonne Wheeler joined city officials in solidarity.<\/p>\n
Roxanne Hoge, chair of the Republic Party of Los Angeles County, described Prop 50 as \u201copening Pandora\u2019s box\u201d during a Sept. 6 interview with Fox News Channel.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf they pass it, they will have succeeded in unlocking that box. But the rest of the story is, of course, that you unleash the whirlwind,\u201d Hoge told the station. \u201cSo there are other states in this country that will respond. But as for California, what\u2019s going on is that Californians fundamentally don\u2019t like unfairness, and that\u2019s what Prop 50 is.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis isn\u2019t even a partisan issue,\u201d she added. \u201cThis is about things that make sense and don\u2019t make sense, and if your community gets split into five difference congressional districts, that means that your community has no representation in Congress, and that\u2019s what the Democrats are trying to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles City Council Wednesday approved a resolution formally establishing the city\u2019s position in support of Gov.…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":216670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,6283,2961,224,5337,118189,18416,22204,5174,118190],"class_list":{"0":"post-216669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-council","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-newsoms","15":"tag-plan","16":"tag-redistricting","17":"tag-support","18":"tag-throws"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115182471694357248","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}