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California’s Redistricting Battle: Rally Against Newsom’s Plan

August 16, 2025 10:31 amAugust 16, 2025 10:31 am

Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal for a special election in November 2025 to redraw California’s congressional districts has quickly ignited fierce opposition from conservative leaders, reform advocates, and nonpartisan groups. His plan, which bypasses the state’s independent Citizens Redistricting Commission, is...

Gavin Newsom’s DNC Rally for Abortion, Big Labor… Oh, and Redistricting

August 14, 2025 3:28 pmAugust 14, 2025 7:00 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom had a DNC-style rally in Los Angeles Thursday, and invited potty mouth leaders of Planned Parenthood, the California Teachers Association, SEIU CA, Senator Adam Schiff, and other Democrat politicians to speak, all praising abortion, big labor,...

Assemblyman DeMaio: Newsom’s Scheme to Redraw Maps is ‘Illegal, Unconstitutional, Unnecessary’

August 14, 2025 12:26 pmAugust 14, 2025 12:31 pm

California Assemblyman Carl DeMaio (R-San Diego) has written a letter to the Office of Legislative Counsel (below) that outlines the numerous legal and constitutional violations of Governor Gavin Newsom’s attempt to redraw California’s legislative district maps. Newsom seeks political retribution...

Newsom and Democrats Flailing for Relevance with Stunts

July 29, 2025 2:55 amJuly 29, 2025 2:56 am

Following their sweeping losses in 2024, Democrats were still in shock over the drubbing. Focus groups of voters who backed Democrats said the Party was weak, ineffective, hadn’t delivered anything needed by Americans, and said the Party was run by...

Frequently Asked Questions about California Constitution Article XXI

May 8, 2024 2:30 amMay 8, 2024 2:31 am

How many sections does Article 21 have? This article contains three sections. What does Article 21 relate to? It relates to redistricting. When must redistricting in California take place? Section 1 states that, in the year following the year in...

The Citizens Redistricting Commission

August 5, 2020 6:21 amAugust 5, 2020 6:22 am

The California Citizens Redistricting Commission (CRC) is charged with completing the decennial job of drawing district lines for State Senators, State Assembly Members, U.S. Representatives, and State Board of Equalization Members. The CRC is established in Article 21 of the...

Redistricting in California

July 13, 2020 6:55 amJuly 13, 2020 6:58 am

Every ten years, or once-a-decade, the geographic boundaries of legislative districts are redrawn based upon the results of the United States Census. Redistricting affects the districts for candidates to the State Senate, State Assembly, Board of Equalization, and U.S. House...