SACRAMENTO — No public hearings. No transparency. Complete secrecy.
Gavin Newsom’s Democrat allies are behind closed doors, rigging California’s congressional districts so politicians can choose their own voters.
As Dan Walters reports, “California’s new maps are being drafted in secret, a sharp contrast with the months-long public deliberations four years ago of the state’s redistricting commission.”
Walters notes they will be “revealed briefly before the Legislature votes… [with] no plans to allow them to be modified before adoption.”
Their plan? Reveal the maps at the last minute, then ram them through with no real opportunity for public input. That’s not democracy. It’s a power grab.
The consequences of gutting California’s voter-approved independent redistricting are clear: tossing out a process that held 196 public meetings, heard 3,870 verbal comments, and received 32,410 written submissions from Californians before finalizing the current maps.
Assembly Republicans will fight to protect fair elections, stop this shameless power grab, and keep the power where it belongs: with the people, not the politicians. If Sacramento politicians can toss out the maps your independent commission drew, they can toss out every voter-approved reform.
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