Citizens Redistricting Commission

Supreme Court Rejects GOP Bid to Block California’s Prop 50 Redistricting Scheme

February 4, 2026 12:43 pmFebruary 4, 2026 12:43 pm

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday declined without comment to hear an emergency appeal from California Republicans seeking to block the new congressional map enacted under Proposition 50, allowing the Democrat-favoring redistricting plan to take effect for the 2026 midterm...

DOJ Files SCOTUS Brief Backing GOP Bid to Block Newsom’s Prop 50 ‘Power Grab’

January 22, 2026 5:50 pmJanuary 23, 2026 11:48 am

In a significant escalation of the legal battle over California’s controversial Proposition 50, the U.S. Department of Justice today filed a brief (see below) with the Supreme Court supporting Republican plaintiffs’ emergency request to enjoin the use of the new...

Prop 50: A Naked Power Grab by Gavin Newsom

October 21, 2025 12:30 pmOctober 21, 2025 12:30 pm

California stands at a crossroads with Proposition 50, a measure that threatens to unravel the progress we’ve made toward unbiased, transparent redistricting. Californians strongly rejected partisan gerrymandering by establishing the Citizens Redistricting Commission, taking map-drawing power from self-serving Sacramento politicians,...

Greenberg: Obama’s Sanctimonious Prop 50 Endorsement

October 15, 2025 5:00 pmOctober 15, 2025 5:07 pm

Barack Obama’s endorsement video advertisement of California’s Proposition 50 is a calculated betrayal of voter trust, cloaked in the sanctimonious guise of fairness. In a slick video posted on October 14, 2025, Obama declares, “California, this November 4th, the whole country...

From the Cheap Seats: Prop 50 is an Indecent Proposal

October 15, 2025 2:01 pmOctober 15, 2025 2:01 pm

In the 1993 film “Indecent Proposal,” a couple accepts a million dollars for a single night that destroys their marriage. California’s Proposition 50 offers a similar bargain: surrender your constitutional right to independent redistricting, and in return, you will “get...

Thoughts on the Lawsuit Against Prop. 50

August 27, 2025 2:20 pmAugust 27, 2025 2:24 pm

As I have been asked about my thoughts regarding the legislative process challenges to the redistricting legislative package, I prepared this brief article in response. Being the legislative geek that I am, as well as teaching the course “Lawmaking in...

Independent Voters Hold the Key in a Redistricting Special Election

August 19, 2025 2:45 amAugust 19, 2025 2:46 am

You might think that President Donald Trump is done being on election ballots but think again. If California Democrats put new redistricting maps on a special election in November, Donald Trump will be on the ballot. The Democrats’ entire campaign...