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"content": "\u003cp>State Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/scott-wiener\">Scott Wiener\u003c/a>, one of the most effective and prolific legislators in Sacramento, announced Wednesday morning that he is running for the San Francisco congressional seat held by Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was widely assumed in political circles that Wiener, who has long expressed interest in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060477/scott-wiener-expected-to-run-for-nancy-pelosis-congressional-seat\">running for Congress\u003c/a>, would wait until Pelosi announced her retirement to launch his campaign. But he told KQED this week he could no longer wait until the 85-year-old Democrat decides whether or not to retire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This really isn’t about Nancy Pelosi,” Wiener said. “Nancy Pelosi has moved mountains for the country and for San Francisco, and I think the world of her. She’s not said whether she’s running again and we’re now to the point where we’re just a few months out from the filing deadline. And so it was time to enter the race.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener, 55, served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for five years before he was elected to the state Senate in 2016. He was reelected twice, in 2020 and 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his eight years in Sacramento, Wiener has been a leading champion of the pro-housing \u003ca href=\"https://cayimby.org/\">California YIMBY\u003c/a>, or “Yes in My Backyard,” movement, sponsoring or co-sponsoring bills that aimed to clear away impediments to housing construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055197\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055197\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/TransitFundingKQED2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/TransitFundingKQED2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/TransitFundingKQED2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/TransitFundingKQED2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Scott Wiener addresses a rally at San Francisco Civic Center Plaza on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Two weeks ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059533/newsom-signs-ambitious-bill-to-boost-housing-density-near-public-transit\">signed Wiener’s landmark SB 79\u003c/a>, which will allow greater housing density along public transit corridors and major bus stops statewide, even in neighborhoods where local zoning laws restrict development to single-family homes. Developments closest to transit hubs could rise as high as nine stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I fight hard and I can be stubborn about it, but I’m being stubborn because people need housing and the system is broken,” Wiener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Wiener’s leadership has won praise from advocates for greater housing development, it is not universally liked. For example, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass objected to the state dictating development policy from Sacramento and unsuccessfully urged Newsom to veto Wiener’s SB 79.[aside postID=news_12059961 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/KatiePorter.jpg']The San Francisco Democrat already represents neighborhoods that tend to resist new housing, such as the Sunset and Richmond districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>I was just out at a big town hall in the Outer Sunset, which was mostly about housing,” Wiener said. “And I have no problem with people disagreeing with me, telling me why they think I’m wrong, having those conversations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, Wiener seems to relish taking on issues with major opposition, as he has with bills to regulate artificial intelligence, protect gay and trans youth and prohibit federal immigration agents from concealing their faces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been in a lot of different situations where I’ve been willing to break glass and sometimes piss people off, but it was the right thing to do. And so I want to take that approach to Congress,” Wiener said. He said he’s also faced “thousands of death threats,” primarily “from the MAGA hard right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pelosi, who is actively raising money to help pass \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/proposition-50\">Proposition 50 \u003c/a>on the November ballot, has declined numerous opportunities to say whether she’s running again, leading some to think she’ll retire. Her plans could become clearer after next month’s election on the redistricting measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058423\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058423\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00022_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00022_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00022_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00022_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nancy Pelosi and Congress members speak at a press conference about the government shutdown at North East Medical Services in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Also running is 39-year-old Saikat Chakrabarti, a wealthy software engineer who helped launch payment processing company Stripe. He also worked as chief of staff to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who unexpectedly defeated New York incumbent Democrat Joe Crowley in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chakrabarti said he’s running against Pelosi, who was first elected in 1987, to offer San Francisco voters a younger generation of leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that first race for Congress 38 years ago, Pelosi defeated Democrat Harry Britt, the openly gay member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, in the primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pelosi has been a staunch ally to the LGBTQ community, but Wiener said, “It is definitely a time for an openly gay member of Congress from San Francisco,” adding, “We love our allies, but we need our own seat at the table as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener, 55, served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for five years before he was elected to the state Senate in 2016. He was reelected twice, in 2020 and 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his eight years in Sacramento, Wiener has been a leading champion of the pro-housing \u003ca href=\"https://cayimby.org/\">California YIMBY\u003c/a>, or “Yes in My Backyard,” movement, sponsoring or co-sponsoring bills that aimed to clear away impediments to housing construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055197\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055197\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/TransitFundingKQED2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/TransitFundingKQED2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/TransitFundingKQED2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/TransitFundingKQED2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Scott Wiener addresses a rally at San Francisco Civic Center Plaza on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Two weeks ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059533/newsom-signs-ambitious-bill-to-boost-housing-density-near-public-transit\">signed Wiener’s landmark SB 79\u003c/a>, which will allow greater housing density along public transit corridors and major bus stops statewide, even in neighborhoods where local zoning laws restrict development to single-family homes. Developments closest to transit hubs could rise as high as nine stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I fight hard and I can be stubborn about it, but I’m being stubborn because people need housing and the system is broken,” Wiener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Wiener’s leadership has won praise from advocates for greater housing development, it is not universally liked. For example, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass objected to the state dictating development policy from Sacramento and unsuccessfully urged Newsom to veto Wiener’s SB 79.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The San Francisco Democrat already represents neighborhoods that tend to resist new housing, such as the Sunset and Richmond districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>I was just out at a big town hall in the Outer Sunset, which was mostly about housing,” Wiener said. “And I have no problem with people disagreeing with me, telling me why they think I’m wrong, having those conversations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, Wiener seems to relish taking on issues with major opposition, as he has with bills to regulate artificial intelligence, protect gay and trans youth and prohibit federal immigration agents from concealing their faces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been in a lot of different situations where I’ve been willing to break glass and sometimes piss people off, but it was the right thing to do. And so I want to take that approach to Congress,” Wiener said. He said he’s also faced “thousands of death threats,” primarily “from the MAGA hard right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pelosi, who is actively raising money to help pass \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/proposition-50\">Proposition 50 \u003c/a>on the November ballot, has declined numerous opportunities to say whether she’s running again, leading some to think she’ll retire. Her plans could become clearer after next month’s election on the redistricting measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058423\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058423\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00022_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00022_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00022_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00022_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nancy Pelosi and Congress members speak at a press conference about the government shutdown at North East Medical Services in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Also running is 39-year-old Saikat Chakrabarti, a wealthy software engineer who helped launch payment processing company Stripe. He also worked as chief of staff to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who unexpectedly defeated New York incumbent Democrat Joe Crowley in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chakrabarti said he’s running against Pelosi, who was first elected in 1987, to offer San Francisco voters a younger generation of leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that first race for Congress 38 years ago, Pelosi defeated Democrat Harry Britt, the openly gay member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, in the primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pelosi has been a staunch ally to the LGBTQ community, but Wiener said, “It is definitely a time for an openly gay member of Congress from San Francisco,” adding, “We love our allies, but we need our own seat at the table as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> voters may be feeling some déjà vu as campaigns on both sides of a redistricting battle return to similar playbooks from past political clashes here — including the unsuccessful 2021 recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/proposition-50\">Proposition 50\u003c/a>, Newsom and fellow Democrats are asking voters to toss out the congressional maps created by an independent redistricting commission just a few years ago, and approve new districts aimed at giving Democrats five more seats in Congress. The measure was placed before voters after President Donald Trump urged Texas and other Republican-led states to redraw their maps to give the GOP an advantage in the 2026 midterms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just like the recall, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11888259/newsom-prevails-in-california-recall-election-holds-onto-job-as-governor\">Newsom handily defeated\u003c/a> by nearly 25 points, the Yes on 50 campaign is making sure to tie their measure to the president, national Republicans and the MAGA movement. Trump’s California approval rating \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/82c1v510\">generally hovers around 30%\u003c/a> in independent polls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The overall messaging is this a measure that fights back against Trump and his policies,” said Yes on 50 senior adviser Jim DeBoo, who was Newsom’s chief of staff during the recall. “There’s a lot of similarities to the recall … The difference is, Democrats in the recall begrudgingly voted no. They were like, why are we doing this?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This time, DeBoo said, the intensity among supporters is real — and it’s not just Democrats, but also a significant number of \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9f06d6p8\">independent\u003c/a> voters who are motivated to come out and vote against Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is like anger and excitement, where the recall is just anger,” he said, adding that critics of the president have been looking for a way to push back on this Washington. “Most people who have an aversion to the administration don’t have a lot of actionable things they can do. And this is an actionable thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040807\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040807\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California State Capitol in Sacramento on May 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And people get what Proposition 50’s about, he said — something the Yes on 50 campaign wasn’t sure would be the case when they started this truncated campaign this summer. It’s a complicated argument, he noted: Democrats need to not only explain redistricting to voters, but also convince them that Proposition 50 won’t eliminate the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050983/californias-political-maps-are-drawn-independently-will-newsom-change-that\">popular Independent Restricting Commission\u003c/a>. Instead, it would only table the commission’s work until after the 2030 census.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, the Yes side needed to convince the electorate of their why: The ballot measure is needed to help ensure Trump doesn’t remain in control of all branches of government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we first started, we were like, ‘This is gonna be tough from a persuasion perspective to not only convince independent voters or no party preference voters, but Democrats, that this is the right thing to do.’ And usually, in ballot measures in particular, complexity kills, simplicity sells — and this wasn’t simple,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But people get it, he said, noting that the campaign’s polling shows awareness of the measure above 80%. The national attention it garnered, especially when Texas Democrats fled their state to delay the passage of new Republican maps, was helpful, DeBoo said.[aside postID=news_12060266 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_Redistrict-Antioch-_-10_qed.jpg']But Jessica Millan Patterson, who is chairing the No Campaign and previously ran the state Republican Party, said the Democratic strategy of attacking Trump is tired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They don’t have a playbook. They have one play and they play that every single time,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patterson said a large swath of the electorate remains undecided and a range of voters — including disaffected Democrats and independents — are open to the argument the No side is making.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is far less partisan, despite what the Yes side is trying to do,” she said. “We talk about these lines that have been drawn by Democrats in a back room with very little public participation and D.C. lobbyists and map drawers that no one can name, that is when people are like this is fishy, this is shady, and I don’t want anything to do with it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So while Democrats lean into Proposition 50 as an answer to Trump, Patterson said Republicans — just like in the 2021 recall campaign — are banking on Newsom’s unpopularity with more conservative voters. The message:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gavin Newsom is redrawing these districts as a partisan power grab, not because he’s trying to fix a problem because we didn’t have a problem to fix,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a smart move, said GOP strategist Rob Stutzman, who is not involved in either campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12057844\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12057844\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GettyImages-2231339599-1-scaled-e1760027449708.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Republican Assembly member James Gallagher speaks during a press conference ahead of a meeting of the California State Assembly at the California State Capitol on Aug. 21, 2025, in Sacramento, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Newsom isn’t just unpopular with Republicans, he actually triggers them,” said Stutzman, president of Stutzman Public Affairs. “The Republican motivation on this is Newsom. As much as you’re getting Democrats to turn out to vote against Trump, the Republican turnout mechanism is Newsom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeBoo didn’t disagree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Republicans are pretty dug in,” he said “They may not be Trump people, but they have their feelings about Democratic leadership.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stutzman said both sides’ tactics make sense. Democrats, who hold a 20 point registration advantage over Republicans in the state, are simply trying to turn out their base and capitalize on Trump’s highly negative reputation here. Republicans are trying to shore up their base and attract other voters who are turned off by Newsom. The governor’s \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9f06d6p8\">approval rating\u003c/a> in an August poll was 51% — up from 46% in the spring and largely driven by Democrats and independent voters excited by his aggressive posture against Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just 9% of GOP voters gave the governor high marks in that poll — compared to 77% of Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have a huge plurality of Democrat voters that they just want to turn out,” Stutzman said. “It’s what we call a base election.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats may have also benefited politically from something that didn’t happen: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/arnold-schwarzenegger\">Former Gov. 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Arnold Schwarzenegger at Town and Gown of USC on Sept. 15, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Stutzman said Schwarzenegger’s lukewarm involvement — he has spoken out against the measure \u003ca href=\"https://deadline.com/2025/10/real-time-arnold-schwarzenegger-slams-prop-50-big-scam-1236591112/\">on TV \u003c/a>and at at least \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-15/schwarzenegger-newsom-ballot-proposal-gerrymandering-charlie-kirk-usc-democracy\">one event\u003c/a>, but not worked with the No on 50 campaign — makes sense given he’s not a fan of the president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Schwarzenegger is a critic of Trump, so he’s not exactly gonna feed the Republican base or be the face that they necessarily want to see, even though they may agree with him on this,” said Stutzman, who worked for Schwarzenegger when he was governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the No side has been able to use Schwarzenegger’s appearances in their advertising, which Stutzman said could still be an effective tool in attracting some centrist or independent voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early ballot returns show equal shares of Democrats and Republicans have already cast their votes early — but with the Democrats’ numerical advantage, that amounts to nearly twice as many votes for redistricting so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those who haven’t voted yet will surely be hearing more about Proposition 50 as Nov. 4 approaches. It’s already ranking as one of the most \u003ca href=\"https://news.ballotpedia.org/2025/10/14/california-proposition-50-ranks-as-the-seventh-most-expensive-ballot-measure-in-state-history-with-139-9-million-raised/\">expensive\u003c/a> ballot fights in state history — with nearly $150 million raised on both sides — and there are still several weeks left until voting ends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While voters are deciding whether to approve new maps, it may feel more like they’re really being asked to choose between Newsom and Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The overall messaging is this a measure that fights back against Trump and his policies,” said Yes on 50 senior adviser Jim DeBoo, who was Newsom’s chief of staff during the recall. “There’s a lot of similarities to the recall … The difference is, Democrats in the recall begrudgingly voted no. They were like, why are we doing this?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This time, DeBoo said, the intensity among supporters is real — and it’s not just Democrats, but also a significant number of \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9f06d6p8\">independent\u003c/a> voters who are motivated to come out and vote against Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is like anger and excitement, where the recall is just anger,” he said, adding that critics of the president have been looking for a way to push back on this Washington. “Most people who have an aversion to the administration don’t have a lot of actionable things they can do. And this is an actionable thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040807\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040807\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California State Capitol in Sacramento on May 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And people get what Proposition 50’s about, he said — something the Yes on 50 campaign wasn’t sure would be the case when they started this truncated campaign this summer. It’s a complicated argument, he noted: Democrats need to not only explain redistricting to voters, but also convince them that Proposition 50 won’t eliminate the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050983/californias-political-maps-are-drawn-independently-will-newsom-change-that\">popular Independent Restricting Commission\u003c/a>. Instead, it would only table the commission’s work until after the 2030 census.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, the Yes side needed to convince the electorate of their why: The ballot measure is needed to help ensure Trump doesn’t remain in control of all branches of government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we first started, we were like, ‘This is gonna be tough from a persuasion perspective to not only convince independent voters or no party preference voters, but Democrats, that this is the right thing to do.’ And usually, in ballot measures in particular, complexity kills, simplicity sells — and this wasn’t simple,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But people get it, he said, noting that the campaign’s polling shows awareness of the measure above 80%. The national attention it garnered, especially when Texas Democrats fled their state to delay the passage of new Republican maps, was helpful, DeBoo said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But Jessica Millan Patterson, who is chairing the No Campaign and previously ran the state Republican Party, said the Democratic strategy of attacking Trump is tired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They don’t have a playbook. They have one play and they play that every single time,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patterson said a large swath of the electorate remains undecided and a range of voters — including disaffected Democrats and independents — are open to the argument the No side is making.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is far less partisan, despite what the Yes side is trying to do,” she said. “We talk about these lines that have been drawn by Democrats in a back room with very little public participation and D.C. lobbyists and map drawers that no one can name, that is when people are like this is fishy, this is shady, and I don’t want anything to do with it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So while Democrats lean into Proposition 50 as an answer to Trump, Patterson said Republicans — just like in the 2021 recall campaign — are banking on Newsom’s unpopularity with more conservative voters. The message:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gavin Newsom is redrawing these districts as a partisan power grab, not because he’s trying to fix a problem because we didn’t have a problem to fix,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a smart move, said GOP strategist Rob Stutzman, who is not involved in either campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12057844\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12057844\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GettyImages-2231339599-1-scaled-e1760027449708.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Republican Assembly member James Gallagher speaks during a press conference ahead of a meeting of the California State Assembly at the California State Capitol on Aug. 21, 2025, in Sacramento, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Newsom isn’t just unpopular with Republicans, he actually triggers them,” said Stutzman, president of Stutzman Public Affairs. “The Republican motivation on this is Newsom. As much as you’re getting Democrats to turn out to vote against Trump, the Republican turnout mechanism is Newsom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeBoo didn’t disagree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Republicans are pretty dug in,” he said “They may not be Trump people, but they have their feelings about Democratic leadership.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stutzman said both sides’ tactics make sense. Democrats, who hold a 20 point registration advantage over Republicans in the state, are simply trying to turn out their base and capitalize on Trump’s highly negative reputation here. Republicans are trying to shore up their base and attract other voters who are turned off by Newsom. The governor’s \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9f06d6p8\">approval rating\u003c/a> in an August poll was 51% — up from 46% in the spring and largely driven by Democrats and independent voters excited by his aggressive posture against Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just 9% of GOP voters gave the governor high marks in that poll — compared to 77% of Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have a huge plurality of Democrat voters that they just want to turn out,” Stutzman said. “It’s what we call a base election.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats may have also benefited politically from something that didn’t happen: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/arnold-schwarzenegger\">Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger\u003c/a>, who campaigned for the independent redistricting commission when it was created more than a decade ago, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12057779/aoc-and-schwarzenegger-take-their-stances-on-prop-50\">has come out against Proposition 50\u003c/a> but not hit the campaign trail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12057785\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12057785\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GettyImages-2235142142-scaled-e1760999864910.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger at Town and Gown of USC on Sept. 15, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Stutzman said Schwarzenegger’s lukewarm involvement — he has spoken out against the measure \u003ca href=\"https://deadline.com/2025/10/real-time-arnold-schwarzenegger-slams-prop-50-big-scam-1236591112/\">on TV \u003c/a>and at at least \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-15/schwarzenegger-newsom-ballot-proposal-gerrymandering-charlie-kirk-usc-democracy\">one event\u003c/a>, but not worked with the No on 50 campaign — makes sense given he’s not a fan of the president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Schwarzenegger is a critic of Trump, so he’s not exactly gonna feed the Republican base or be the face that they necessarily want to see, even though they may agree with him on this,” said Stutzman, who worked for Schwarzenegger when he was governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the No side has been able to use Schwarzenegger’s appearances in their advertising, which Stutzman said could still be an effective tool in attracting some centrist or independent voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early ballot returns show equal shares of Democrats and Republicans have already cast their votes early — but with the Democrats’ numerical advantage, that amounts to nearly twice as many votes for redistricting so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those who haven’t voted yet will surely be hearing more about Proposition 50 as Nov. 4 approaches. It’s already ranking as one of the most \u003ca href=\"https://news.ballotpedia.org/2025/10/14/california-proposition-50-ranks-as-the-seventh-most-expensive-ballot-measure-in-state-history-with-139-9-million-raised/\">expensive\u003c/a> ballot fights in state history — with nearly $150 million raised on both sides — and there are still several weeks left until voting ends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While voters are deciding whether to approve new maps, it may feel more like they’re really being asked to choose between Newsom and Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>California Attorney General \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/rob-bonta\">Rob Bonta\u003c/a> said Monday that President Donald Trump’s ongoing attempts to seize control of state National Guard troops and deploy them to Democratic-led cities are part of a larger plan to consolidate executive power and normalize the sight of armed forces on American streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta’s comments came one day after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058715/trumps-order-to-deploy-california-national-guard-to-oregon-sparks-legal-showdown\">a federal judge barred Trump\u003c/a> from dispatching hundreds of California National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, and as Illinois and Chicago \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/10/06/illinois-sues-trump-over-national-guard-deployment\">filed a separate lawsuit\u003c/a> to prevent the deployment of hundreds of Texas National Guard members to Chicago. Trump has \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/trump-memphis-national-guard-deployment-crime-washington-f678a17a66d3e49b2f67930a6ea70e6b\">also sent troops to Memphis, Tenn.\u003c/a>, over the objections of local Democratic officials but with the support of the state’s Republican governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/06/trump-insurrection-act-national-guard-00595241\">said he would be willing to invoke the Insurrection Act\u003c/a> if courts or state officials block his deployments. “If I had to enact it, I’d do it, if people were being killed and courts were holding us up, or governors or mayors were holding us up,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, a federal judge \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054322/judge-rules-trump-violated-law-by-sending-troops-to-los-angeles\">ruled\u003c/a> that guard members and U.S. Marines had been illegally deployed to Los Angeles to quell immigration protests and police civilian populations. That case is being appealed, but in the meantime, the court has allowed troops to remain in L.A.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Trump does think that the military is his personal police force and his personal army,” Bonta said Monday. “And he wants that force behind his policy decisions. … And I think he wants to weaponize the military against blue states and blue cities. That’s where he’s sending them. Exclusively, that is where he’s sending them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12043426\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12043426\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomRobBontaGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1491\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomRobBontaGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomRobBontaGetty-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomRobBontaGetty-1536x1145.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. 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He often talks about crime problems and lawlessness in Democratic-led cities, including \u003ca href=\"https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115276694936263266\">calling Portland “war-ravaged.”\u003c/a> Last week, he \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgq044n72po\">told\u003c/a> a gathering of top military brass that he wants to use American cities as “training grounds” for the military.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/StephenM/status/1975054022672281980\">other public statements\u003c/a> and in court filings, the administration has argued that the troops need to be sent to Portland to protect an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office from ongoing protests. In general, the Trump administration has argued that protests outside ICE facilities — and in some cases, in communities where immigration enforcement actions are taking place — are preventing the president from enforcing immigration law, though judges have found little evidence to support such claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With all due respect to that judge, I think her opinion is untethered in reality and in the law,” White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said Monday, adding that the president “has the right to call up the National Guard in cases where he deems it’s appropriate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And if you look at what has happened in Portland, Oregon, for more than 100 nights — I was talking to our law enforcement team about it this morning — for more than 100 days, night after night after night, the ICE facility has been really under siege by these anarchists outside. They have been disrespecting law enforcement. They’ve been inciting violence,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053411\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12053411\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/DSC02098-scaled-e1755897157954.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California National Guard patrols downtown Los Angeles on June 18, 2025. \u003ccite>(Aisha Wallace-Palomares/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While there have been some fights and other instances of violence at protests, local officials say the situation is \u003ca href=\"https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/03/portland-protests-court-national-guard-case-dueling-narratives/\">well within their control\u003c/a>, and some protesters \u003ca href=\"https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/05/federal-tactics-on-protesters-escalates-hours-after-judge-rules-against-trump/\">worry that federal agents are the ones escalating the situation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson said that while there are multiple legal cases pending in numerous states, they all have one central question in common: How much power does Trump have to federalize a state’s National Guard?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that the \u003ca href=\"https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12406&num=0&edition=prelim\">statute\u003c/a> is a pretty broad grant of authority from Congress to the president, to federalize the National Guard under certain circumstances, like there’s an invasion or the possibility of a rebellion— and this is where a lot of litigation is — the president is unable through the regular forces to execute federal law,” Levinson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But despite the similarities, Levinson said it’s likely that for now all these lawsuits will continue on separate tracks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12054122\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12054122\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/GettyImages-2231662199-scaled-e1759794960302.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the National Guard armed with rifles and sidearms patrol the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 26, 2025. The Trump administration deployed federal officers and National Guard units to the District to place the Metropolitan Police Department under federal control and assist with crime prevention efforts in the nation’s capital. \u003ccite>(Mehmet Eser/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It essentially can’t be decided nationwide in the sense that I think the question of whether or not a president has the power to federalize the National Guard fundamentally depends on the facts on the ground in a specific jurisdiction,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta said California’s position is that the president lacks authority to seize control of the National Guard from state governors or use the military to police civilians. He also criticized Trump’s rhetoric on crime as inconsistent with his efforts to cut billions of dollars in federal law enforcement and \u003ca href=\"https://www.oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-celebrates-key-victory-lawsuit-challenging-illegal\">victims’ services\u003c/a> funding from states that have \u003ca href=\"https://www.oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-trump-administration-over-illegal-new-retroactive\">policies he disagrees with\u003c/a>..\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an outrageous gap and delta and distance between what Trump says he stands for and what he purports to be. He wants to be a pro-public safety president, a tough-on-crime president,” Bonta said. “His actions completely undermine that image that he’s trying to present to the people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta noted Trump’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/30/nx-s1-5276336/donald-trump-jan-6-rape-assault-pardons-rioters\">pardons of Jan. 6 rioters\u003c/a> as well as his moves to strip money\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12045032/she-left-her-abuser-now-the-shelter-that-helped-her-is-losing-federal-funds-under-trump\"> from programs that help victims of domestic violence\u003c/a>, seek \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-administration-slashed-federal-funding-gun-violence-prevention-2025-07-29/\">to reduce violent street crime\u003c/a>, and help \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/30/judge-orders-trump-administration-to-preserve-233m-in-fema-grants-it-attempted-to-pull-from-blue-states-00588438\">communities prepare for natural disasters and terror attacks\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, a federal judge \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054322/judge-rules-trump-violated-law-by-sending-troops-to-los-angeles\">ruled\u003c/a> that guard members and U.S. Marines had been illegally deployed to Los Angeles to quell immigration protests and police civilian populations. That case is being appealed, but in the meantime, the court has allowed troops to remain in L.A.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Trump does think that the military is his personal police force and his personal army,” Bonta said Monday. “And he wants that force behind his policy decisions. … And I think he wants to weaponize the military against blue states and blue cities. That’s where he’s sending them. Exclusively, that is where he’s sending them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12043426\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12043426\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomRobBontaGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1491\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomRobBontaGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomRobBontaGetty-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomRobBontaGetty-1536x1145.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Gavin Newsom (right) speaks as Attorney General Rob Bonta looks on during a news conference on April 16, 2025, in Ceres, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bonta and Gov. Gavin Newsom joined Oregon’s lawsuit over the weekend, after the Trump administration attempted to get around an \u003ca href=\"https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/04/portland-national-guard-deployment-judge-decision/\">earlier court ruling that barred the president \u003c/a>from seizing control of the Oregon National Guard and deploying 200 of its members to Portland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After that ruling by U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut, a Trump appointee, the president ordered at least 200 previously federalized California guard members to deploy to Portland — a move Newsom called a “breathtaking abuse of the law and power.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immergut blocked that deployment, too, in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/05/california-and-oregon-sue-trump-administration-to-block-national-guard-deployment-to-portland/\">tense hearing late Sunday\u003c/a> where she pressed lawyers for the administration as to why the California deployment shouldn’t be seen as the president’s attempt to circumvent her earlier order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, Immergut \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/05/national-guard-oregon-california-rurling-00594606?nname=california-playbook&nid=00000150-384f-da43-aff2-bf7fd35a0000&nrid=00000150-96ca-ddf1-abdc-bedb22030001\">blocked\u003c/a> the president from deploying any federalized National Guard troops to Oregon and refused to stay the order while the president appeals.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>She set a hearing in the case for Oct. 29.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The president’s rationale for the deployments is not entirely consistent. He often talks about crime problems and lawlessness in Democratic-led cities, including \u003ca href=\"https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115276694936263266\">calling Portland “war-ravaged.”\u003c/a> Last week, he \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgq044n72po\">told\u003c/a> a gathering of top military brass that he wants to use American cities as “training grounds” for the military.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/StephenM/status/1975054022672281980\">other public statements\u003c/a> and in court filings, the administration has argued that the troops need to be sent to Portland to protect an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office from ongoing protests. In general, the Trump administration has argued that protests outside ICE facilities — and in some cases, in communities where immigration enforcement actions are taking place — are preventing the president from enforcing immigration law, though judges have found little evidence to support such claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With all due respect to that judge, I think her opinion is untethered in reality and in the law,” White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said Monday, adding that the president “has the right to call up the National Guard in cases where he deems it’s appropriate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And if you look at what has happened in Portland, Oregon, for more than 100 nights — I was talking to our law enforcement team about it this morning — for more than 100 days, night after night after night, the ICE facility has been really under siege by these anarchists outside. They have been disrespecting law enforcement. They’ve been inciting violence,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053411\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12053411\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/DSC02098-scaled-e1755897157954.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California National Guard patrols downtown Los Angeles on June 18, 2025. \u003ccite>(Aisha Wallace-Palomares/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While there have been some fights and other instances of violence at protests, local officials say the situation is \u003ca href=\"https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/03/portland-protests-court-national-guard-case-dueling-narratives/\">well within their control\u003c/a>, and some protesters \u003ca href=\"https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/05/federal-tactics-on-protesters-escalates-hours-after-judge-rules-against-trump/\">worry that federal agents are the ones escalating the situation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson said that while there are multiple legal cases pending in numerous states, they all have one central question in common: How much power does Trump have to federalize a state’s National Guard?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that the \u003ca href=\"https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12406&num=0&edition=prelim\">statute\u003c/a> is a pretty broad grant of authority from Congress to the president, to federalize the National Guard under certain circumstances, like there’s an invasion or the possibility of a rebellion— and this is where a lot of litigation is — the president is unable through the regular forces to execute federal law,” Levinson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But despite the similarities, Levinson said it’s likely that for now all these lawsuits will continue on separate tracks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12054122\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12054122\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/GettyImages-2231662199-scaled-e1759794960302.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the National Guard armed with rifles and sidearms patrol the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 26, 2025. The Trump administration deployed federal officers and National Guard units to the District to place the Metropolitan Police Department under federal control and assist with crime prevention efforts in the nation’s capital. \u003ccite>(Mehmet Eser/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It essentially can’t be decided nationwide in the sense that I think the question of whether or not a president has the power to federalize the National Guard fundamentally depends on the facts on the ground in a specific jurisdiction,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta said California’s position is that the president lacks authority to seize control of the National Guard from state governors or use the military to police civilians. He also criticized Trump’s rhetoric on crime as inconsistent with his efforts to cut billions of dollars in federal law enforcement and \u003ca href=\"https://www.oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-celebrates-key-victory-lawsuit-challenging-illegal\">victims’ services\u003c/a> funding from states that have \u003ca href=\"https://www.oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-trump-administration-over-illegal-new-retroactive\">policies he disagrees with\u003c/a>..\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an outrageous gap and delta and distance between what Trump says he stands for and what he purports to be. He wants to be a pro-public safety president, a tough-on-crime president,” Bonta said. “His actions completely undermine that image that he’s trying to present to the people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta noted Trump’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/30/nx-s1-5276336/donald-trump-jan-6-rape-assault-pardons-rioters\">pardons of Jan. 6 rioters\u003c/a> as well as his moves to strip money\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12045032/she-left-her-abuser-now-the-shelter-that-helped-her-is-losing-federal-funds-under-trump\"> from programs that help victims of domestic violence\u003c/a>, seek \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-administration-slashed-federal-funding-gun-violence-prevention-2025-07-29/\">to reduce violent street crime\u003c/a>, and help \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/30/judge-orders-trump-administration-to-preserve-233m-in-fema-grants-it-attempted-to-pull-from-blue-states-00588438\">communities prepare for natural disasters and terror attacks\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>When the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058294/its-going-to-be-painful-day-one-of-government-shutdown-hits-the-bay-area\">federal government shut down\u003c/a> on Wednesday, official channels moved quickly to send a clear, united message to panicked Americans: the “Radical Left in Congress” was to blame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bright red banners went live across federal agencies’ homepages with the message, and over the first two days of the shutdown, Republican lawmakers flooded social media, issued statements and made TV appearances, accusing Democrats of “\u003ca href=\"https://www.republicanleader.senate.gov/newsroom/research/democrats-government-shutdown-halts-the-bipartisan-appropriations-process/\">derailing appropriations bills\u003c/a>” and “[shutting] down the government.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Bay Area Democrats aren’t taking the heat, instead pointing the finger at Republicans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Trump and Republicans are now inflicting a painful shutdown on the American people because they refuse to protect America’s health care,” Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said Thursday at San Francisco’s North East Medical Center in North Beach. “If Congress doesn’t extend the Affordable Care’s enhanced premium tax credits immediately, hundreds of thousands of families [in] California [alone] will lose their health care. Millions more will see their costs skyrocket.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, it has provided health care premium tax credits to more than 20 million people, along with expanding coverage to low-income Americans through Medicare and Medicaid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058422\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058422\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00384_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00384_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00384_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00384_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Congressman Jared Huffman speaks at North East Medical Services on the second day since the government shutdown in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Beginning in 2014, the federal government subsidized health plans for people who purchase insurance through the ACA marketplace. Premiums are capped on a sliding scale based on income, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/aca-marketplace-premium-payments-would-more-than-double-on-average-next-year-if-enhanced-premium-tax-credits-expire/\">according to the Kaiser Family Foundation\u003c/a>. In 2021, the Inflation Reduction Act expanded those credits to middle-income Americans and significantly increased them for existing enrollees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the enhanced premium tax credits, which more than doubled ACA marketplace enrollment in the past four years, are set to expire at the end of December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pelosi said that invoices that began going out Oct. 1 show premiums for millions of Americans could double next year. Rep. Kevin Mullen, who represents parts of San Francisco and the Peninsula, said some of his constituents could see increases up to 600%.[aside postID=news_12058291 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GGBridgeGetty.jpg']That could drastically change coverage rates for tens of thousands of Bay Area residents who rely on the capped premiums, like Lori Bremner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bremner, diagnosed with Leukemia in college, said she survived because she had coverage through her parents. She has since struggled to maintain affordable insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My situation is not uncommon,” she said, standing alongside the Bay Area lawmakers on Thursday. “I’m a single mother, I’m self-employed, and I have a pre-existing condition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was denied coverage over and over again until the passage of the Affordable Care Act.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because she is self-employed, Bremner, who is the sole provider for her family of four, doesn’t have access to a workplace health plan. She doesn’t qualify for Medicare or Medicaid. Without ACA subsidies, coverage would be out of reach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can still feel the excitement I felt on that day when I navigated the newly live Covered California website,” she said. “I was nervous, too. What was it going to cost? Could I afford it? … Then I saw it: I qualified for a significant tax credit. That tax credit was life-changing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the enhanced credits expire, the premium costs will be completely out of reach for some, said Amanda Webb, who spoke on behalf of a family friend who lives in the Bay Area. The family is not eligible for Medicare or Medicaid, but the father, a contingent worker at a tech company, doesn’t receive the same benefits as full employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058421\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058421\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00197_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00197_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00197_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00197_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kenneth Tai, Chief Health Officer of Medical, speaks at North East Medical Services in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They’ve done everything right,” Webb said. “They’ve worked hard, applied for coverage, made responsible choices, and yet without these subsidies, they could still fall through the cracks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some Republicans say that extending the tax credits, which would cost an \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/10/02/nx-s1-5559810/shutdown-aca-health-care-premium-subsidies\">estimated $350 billion\u003c/a> over the next decade, is too expensive. Others, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune, have said they’re willing to continue discussions around the program but have refused to tie it to the annual spending plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After some Democrats broke ranks in March to help pass a Republican spending bill and avert an earlier lapse in funding, party leaders appear to be using the current shutdown as one of their few bargaining chips with a Republican-controlled Congress and White House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the way [Trump] negotiates,” East Bay Rep. Mark DeSaulnier \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101911415/federal-government-shutdown-looms-large-ahead-of-midnight-deadline\">said Wednesday on KQED’s Forum\u003c/a>. “And we’re not having it because every time we try, he wants more. The cost is to the American public and in this instance to the health of this country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jlara\">Juan Carlos Lara\u003c/a> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>That could drastically change coverage rates for tens of thousands of Bay Area residents who rely on the capped premiums, like Lori Bremner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bremner, diagnosed with Leukemia in college, said she survived because she had coverage through her parents. She has since struggled to maintain affordable insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My situation is not uncommon,” she said, standing alongside the Bay Area lawmakers on Thursday. “I’m a single mother, I’m self-employed, and I have a pre-existing condition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was denied coverage over and over again until the passage of the Affordable Care Act.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because she is self-employed, Bremner, who is the sole provider for her family of four, doesn’t have access to a workplace health plan. She doesn’t qualify for Medicare or Medicaid. Without ACA subsidies, coverage would be out of reach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can still feel the excitement I felt on that day when I navigated the newly live Covered California website,” she said. “I was nervous, too. What was it going to cost? Could I afford it? … Then I saw it: I qualified for a significant tax credit. That tax credit was life-changing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the enhanced credits expire, the premium costs will be completely out of reach for some, said Amanda Webb, who spoke on behalf of a family friend who lives in the Bay Area. The family is not eligible for Medicare or Medicaid, but the father, a contingent worker at a tech company, doesn’t receive the same benefits as full employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058421\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058421\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00197_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00197_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00197_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00197_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kenneth Tai, Chief Health Officer of Medical, speaks at North East Medical Services in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They’ve done everything right,” Webb said. “They’ve worked hard, applied for coverage, made responsible choices, and yet without these subsidies, they could still fall through the cracks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some Republicans say that extending the tax credits, which would cost an \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/10/02/nx-s1-5559810/shutdown-aca-health-care-premium-subsidies\">estimated $350 billion\u003c/a> over the next decade, is too expensive. Others, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune, have said they’re willing to continue discussions around the program but have refused to tie it to the annual spending plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After some Democrats broke ranks in March to help pass a Republican spending bill and avert an earlier lapse in funding, party leaders appear to be using the current shutdown as one of their few bargaining chips with a Republican-controlled Congress and White House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the way [Trump] negotiates,” East Bay Rep. Mark DeSaulnier \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101911415/federal-government-shutdown-looms-large-ahead-of-midnight-deadline\">said Wednesday on KQED’s Forum\u003c/a>. “And we’re not having it because every time we try, he wants more. The cost is to the American public and in this instance to the health of this country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jlara\">Juan Carlos Lara\u003c/a> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>San José Mayor Matt Mahan’s public rebuke of Gov. Gavin Newsom for his combative, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054858/newsom-trump-and-how-trolling-got-co-opted-by-the-powerful\">Trump-trolling\u003c/a> social media strategy has exposed a key fault line between California Democrats as they navigate Trump’s second term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Should the party’s leaders \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054630/in-picking-a-fight-with-trump-newsom-gambles-on-his-own-political-future\">focus on fighting\u003c/a> President Donald Trump and his attempts to undermine the state’s values, rules and institutions? Or should they tune out the White House and prioritize fixing pressing issues such as affordability and public safety? The choice to fight or fix could not only divide California’s current crop of Democratic leaders but also animate \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054200/top-challengers-for-californias-gubernatorial-race\">future campaigns\u003c/a> for governor in 2026 and the presidency in 2028.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Democrats have to be really clear-eyed about where restraint is necessary and where we need leaders who are willing to sharpen their knives to confront Trump and his administration head-on,” Democratic strategist Trishala Vinnakota said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom has won praise from Democrats across the country for standing up to Trump — through lawsuits, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053249/california-approves-redistricting-plan-now-its-up-to-voters\">campaign to redraw\u003c/a> California’s congressional districts and viral social media posts imitating the president. Mahan, like fellow Democratic mayor Daniel Lurie in San Francisco, has doubled down on a pragmatic approach centered on reducing street homelessness and crime — and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023569/lurie-tiptoes-around-trump-as-sf-leaders-challenge-executive-orders\">avoiding partisan clashes over national issues\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Mahan went further recently, becoming one of the few Democrats to criticize Newsom’s social media approach. In an op-ed in the \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/opinion/2025/08/30/matt-mahan-gavin-newsom-trump-social/\">San Francisco Standard\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, Mahan took issue with a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/govpressoffice/status/1958226910661767657?s=46\">post on social media platform X\u003c/a> from Newsom’s office that mocked Bed, Bath & Beyond after the retailer’s executive chairman criticized California. In an interview with KQED, Mahan called the online battles a “sugar high” that leaves voters hungry for improvements on kitchen-table issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031248\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031248\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250312-MATT-MAHAN-ON-PB-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250312-MATT-MAHAN-ON-PB-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250312-MATT-MAHAN-ON-PB-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250312-MATT-MAHAN-ON-PB-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250312-MATT-MAHAN-ON-PB-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250312-MATT-MAHAN-ON-PB-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250312-MATT-MAHAN-ON-PB-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan is interviewed for Political Breakdown at the KQED offices in San Francisco on March 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think if Democrats believe that we’re going to retake the White House through internet memes and trolling, we’ve got another thing coming,” Mahan told KQED. “People want to know what concrete actions we are going to take that will improve their lives, particularly by making their lives safer and more affordable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Newsom spokesperson Tara Gallegos said, “There is no tension between good policy and effective communications strategies, including social media that speaks to the moment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’d ask Mayor Matt to spend his time less focused on the governor’s social media and his efforts to defend democracy, and instead focus on San José,” Gallegos said. “In the meantime, the governor will continue fighting for California.”[aside postID=news_12043418 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250529-SJARRESTSHELTERVOTE-22-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Throughout the summer, Newsom has escalated his political, legal and rhetorical fight against Trump and the Republican Party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has filed dozens of lawsuits against the administration and recently won a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054322/judge-rules-trump-violated-law-by-sending-troops-to-los-angeles\">lower court decision\u003c/a> against Trump’s use of the National Guard in Los Angeles. Newsom has championed a November ballot measure, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053140/california-lawmakers-pass-redistricting-plan-now-it-heads-to-voters\">Proposition 50\u003c/a>, to redraw congressional lines to benefit Democrats, a direct response to Republican gerrymandering in Texas. And his office has posted a daily barrage of all-caps posts and AI-generated memes on X that parody Trump’s posts on Truth Social.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s actions appear to have fulfilled a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050346/will-newsoms-maps-bring-the-fight-democrats-desire\">desire\u003c/a> among Democratic voters for a more confrontational response to Trump. An \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9f06d6p8\">August survey\u003c/a> from the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies found Newsom’s approval rating has increased among California voters, who also approve of his role as a leading critic of Trump. And the governor has surged to the top of the 2028 Democratic primary field in recent polls from \u003ca href=\"https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/article/poll-gavin-newsom-leads-2028-democratic-primary-field-edges-out-trump-in-head-to-head-matchup-180307176.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABOoeUxwleIU0-E0DFPvoOrp1peJWO1U1tsq4PnZ_loLGY4Ew0vRveRL2mq756aFhWVQ_e7wDgPS7Q_0-iQvd6vdLYNcgknsU4K1GsWTZbFGetBFLiK6NFPXlPVB2f2kZR32tX9UqrcFzFAqdJMY_OiekqmS9VMdK9Xp7Bo0D2kD\">Yahoo/YouGov\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://emersoncollegepolling.com/august-2025-national/\">Emerson College\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A former mayor who long argued that “localism is determinative” in realizing policy goals, Newsom said that his thinking on the political center of gravity shifted during the 2021 recall campaign. National conservative media outlets amplified the effort to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11888259/newsom-prevails-in-california-recall-election-holds-onto-job-as-governor\">remove him\u003c/a> from office, and Newsom beat back the recall by painting it as a Trump-led takeover of the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I came into that recall campaign still arguing that ‘all politics is local,’ I still had a romantic notion of that,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtQql1L7ZII\">Newsom said\u003c/a> last month at POLITICO’s California Policy Summit. “I didn’t fully appreciate how nationalized our politics had become. In so many ways, that shape-shifted a lot of what we’re doing and who I am today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052449\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052449\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/GavinNewsomSpeechGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/GavinNewsomSpeechGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/GavinNewsomSpeechGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/GavinNewsomSpeechGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Gavin Newsom departs after speaking about the “Election Rigging Response Act” at a press conference at the Democracy Center, Japanese American National Museum on Aug. 14, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. Newsom spoke about a possible California referendum on redistricting to counter the legislative effort to add five Republican House seats in the state of Texas. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The notion that all politics are no longer local is what Mahan called “the respectful, philosophic disagreement that the governor and I have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is certainly true that we are now in a national media environment and that our national politics and the polarization that we’re seeing nationally has trickled down to the local level,” Mahan said. “While that is true and while one’s poll numbers can certainly be boosted in a blue state like California by trolling Trump all day online, I have to question where that leaves us as a country, and I think that ultimately the way to save our democracy is to make our government work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next year’s race for governor could be framed by voters’ preference for a fighter or a fixer. When \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101910873/california-governors-race-shifts-as-harris-kounalakis-say-theyre-not-running\">\u003cem>KQED Forum\u003c/em>\u003c/a> asked listeners last month what they wanted in the next leader of the state, most responses split neatly along those lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whoever succeeds in the CA Governors race will need to use the term ‘California Republic’ to express the sanctuary of democracy we are, and wield power at the level Governor Newsom has hinted at, but even more, to establish California as the bulwark against anti-democratic authoritarianism,” Michael Kowalczyk wrote. “Next California Governor requirement in this era: Newsom-and-then-some.”[aside postID=news_12053249 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Redistricting-Battle_CalMatters_jpg.jpg']Anthony Sacco said that approach was not appealing to him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t want a ‘fighter’ for governor,” he wrote. “As Gavin Newsom’s conduct demonstrates, too often being a ‘fighter’ means seeking media coverage only for the purpose of advancing their political careers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be sure, Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993611/newsom-to-quadruple-chp-deployment-in-oakland-ramping-up-states-policing-role\">has deployed\u003c/a> California Highway Patrol officers to reduce street crime and signed a landmark reform of the state’s environmental law in June to spur more housing production. Likewise, the city of San José has joined lawsuits against the Trump administration, and Mahan has \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/07/18/opinion-deporting-the-parents-of-young-citizens-kills-their-dreams-and-our-future/\">openly criticized\u003c/a> the president’s deportation policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Mahan’s tenure as mayor has been defined by centrist pragmatism. He cruised to re-election last year by touting a focus on reducing unsheltered homelessness and crime and cleaning the streets of the state’s third-largest city. While Mahan has sparred often with local progressives (and Newsom, during last year’s campaign over tough-on-crime \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012656/proposition-36-californias-newest-tough-on-crime-measure-appears-headed-for-victory\">Proposition 36\u003c/a>), he has largely avoided partisan fights and rarely comments on headlines from Washington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His platform of “common-sense” politics was echoed by Daniel Lurie, who won San Francisco’s mayoral race in 2024 and has received \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049764/voters-approve-of-mayor-lurie-but-what-about-his-social-media\">approval ratings\u003c/a> over 70% months in the job. Lurie, too, has steered clear of talking about Trump and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12048631/san-francisco-mayor-daniel-lurie-is-all-over-instagram-is-he-saying-enough\">instead\u003c/a> has trumpeted business openings and economic recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vinnakota, who ran mayoral campaigns for Lurie in San Francisco and Loren Taylor in Oakland, said the limits of a mayor’s power, the nonpartisan nature of their role and the consequences of incurring Trump’s wrath can partially explain why Lurie and Mahan have not adopted Newsom’s strategy of confrontation with the president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mayors are incentivized to be more pragmatic, even cautious, like Lurie and Mahan have been in their rhetoric,” Vinnakota said. “But the challenge for these mayors is that pragmatism in this moment, for a lot of Democrats, can look like appeasement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036986\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036986\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Mayor-elect Barbara Lee holds a press conference in Oakland on April 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But in Oakland, newly elected Mayor Barbara Lee has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055131/oakland-officials-are-preparing-for-trumps-possible-national-guard-deployment\">charted\u003c/a> a slightly different path. While Lee has focused much of her early work on homelessness and blight, she held a press conference last month to respond to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052249/amid-trumps-dc-takeover-oakland-and-other-very-bad-cities-push-back-on-threats\">Trump’s bashing\u003c/a> of Oakland as he hinted at deploying National Guard troops to cities beyond Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now we have to maintain our unified posture and make sure we protect everybody — safe, secure — keep the peace, and push back and resist what is taking place,” Lee told \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101911163/ask-your-mayor-oaklands-barbara-lee\">KQED Forum\u003c/a> this week. “We have to continue, though, at the same time, work on making our city better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The November election will bring new tests for the Democratic pragmatists and pugilists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom is building his Proposition 50 campaign to mirror his successful anti-recall effort, with the hope that Democratic voters will prioritize breaking GOP control in the House of Representatives over keeping independently-drawn congressional lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035111\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035111\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Matt Mahan speaks with a reporter during an election night party for Matthew Quevedo, San José Council District 3 candidate, in San José on April 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, in Mahan’s backyard, Santa Clara County voters will decide on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051250/santa-clara-county-voters-could-pay-more-sales-tax-due-to-trump-cuts\">Measure A\u003c/a>, a sales tax increase that supporters are billing as an opportunity to push back against Trump for his social safety net cuts that will slice $500 million from the county budget next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan said he’ll vote for Proposition 50 but won’t campaign for it. He is undecided on Measure A, explaining his support would be contingent on the county promising to fund more of his priorities — including supportive services for people in homeless shelters and inpatient treatment facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked about the anti-Trump messaging likely to propel the two November measures, Mahan said he understood “the cathartic value of pushing back against an administration that is making certain policy decisions that fly in the face of what I think are pretty dominant values in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the same time … we need to get beyond the performative and the symbolic and what may feel cathartic to the thing that I actually hear every day from residents, which is ‘I want government to make my life better,’” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom has won praise from Democrats across the country for standing up to Trump — through lawsuits, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053249/california-approves-redistricting-plan-now-its-up-to-voters\">campaign to redraw\u003c/a> California’s congressional districts and viral social media posts imitating the president. Mahan, like fellow Democratic mayor Daniel Lurie in San Francisco, has doubled down on a pragmatic approach centered on reducing street homelessness and crime — and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023569/lurie-tiptoes-around-trump-as-sf-leaders-challenge-executive-orders\">avoiding partisan clashes over national issues\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Mahan went further recently, becoming one of the few Democrats to criticize Newsom’s social media approach. In an op-ed in the \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/opinion/2025/08/30/matt-mahan-gavin-newsom-trump-social/\">San Francisco Standard\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, Mahan took issue with a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/govpressoffice/status/1958226910661767657?s=46\">post on social media platform X\u003c/a> from Newsom’s office that mocked Bed, Bath & Beyond after the retailer’s executive chairman criticized California. In an interview with KQED, Mahan called the online battles a “sugar high” that leaves voters hungry for improvements on kitchen-table issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031248\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031248\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250312-MATT-MAHAN-ON-PB-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250312-MATT-MAHAN-ON-PB-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250312-MATT-MAHAN-ON-PB-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250312-MATT-MAHAN-ON-PB-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250312-MATT-MAHAN-ON-PB-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250312-MATT-MAHAN-ON-PB-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250312-MATT-MAHAN-ON-PB-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan is interviewed for Political Breakdown at the KQED offices in San Francisco on March 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think if Democrats believe that we’re going to retake the White House through internet memes and trolling, we’ve got another thing coming,” Mahan told KQED. “People want to know what concrete actions we are going to take that will improve their lives, particularly by making their lives safer and more affordable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Newsom spokesperson Tara Gallegos said, “There is no tension between good policy and effective communications strategies, including social media that speaks to the moment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’d ask Mayor Matt to spend his time less focused on the governor’s social media and his efforts to defend democracy, and instead focus on San José,” Gallegos said. “In the meantime, the governor will continue fighting for California.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Throughout the summer, Newsom has escalated his political, legal and rhetorical fight against Trump and the Republican Party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has filed dozens of lawsuits against the administration and recently won a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054322/judge-rules-trump-violated-law-by-sending-troops-to-los-angeles\">lower court decision\u003c/a> against Trump’s use of the National Guard in Los Angeles. Newsom has championed a November ballot measure, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053140/california-lawmakers-pass-redistricting-plan-now-it-heads-to-voters\">Proposition 50\u003c/a>, to redraw congressional lines to benefit Democrats, a direct response to Republican gerrymandering in Texas. And his office has posted a daily barrage of all-caps posts and AI-generated memes on X that parody Trump’s posts on Truth Social.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s actions appear to have fulfilled a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050346/will-newsoms-maps-bring-the-fight-democrats-desire\">desire\u003c/a> among Democratic voters for a more confrontational response to Trump. An \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9f06d6p8\">August survey\u003c/a> from the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies found Newsom’s approval rating has increased among California voters, who also approve of his role as a leading critic of Trump. And the governor has surged to the top of the 2028 Democratic primary field in recent polls from \u003ca href=\"https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/article/poll-gavin-newsom-leads-2028-democratic-primary-field-edges-out-trump-in-head-to-head-matchup-180307176.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABOoeUxwleIU0-E0DFPvoOrp1peJWO1U1tsq4PnZ_loLGY4Ew0vRveRL2mq756aFhWVQ_e7wDgPS7Q_0-iQvd6vdLYNcgknsU4K1GsWTZbFGetBFLiK6NFPXlPVB2f2kZR32tX9UqrcFzFAqdJMY_OiekqmS9VMdK9Xp7Bo0D2kD\">Yahoo/YouGov\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://emersoncollegepolling.com/august-2025-national/\">Emerson College\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A former mayor who long argued that “localism is determinative” in realizing policy goals, Newsom said that his thinking on the political center of gravity shifted during the 2021 recall campaign. National conservative media outlets amplified the effort to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11888259/newsom-prevails-in-california-recall-election-holds-onto-job-as-governor\">remove him\u003c/a> from office, and Newsom beat back the recall by painting it as a Trump-led takeover of the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I came into that recall campaign still arguing that ‘all politics is local,’ I still had a romantic notion of that,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtQql1L7ZII\">Newsom said\u003c/a> last month at POLITICO’s California Policy Summit. “I didn’t fully appreciate how nationalized our politics had become. In so many ways, that shape-shifted a lot of what we’re doing and who I am today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052449\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052449\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/GavinNewsomSpeechGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/GavinNewsomSpeechGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/GavinNewsomSpeechGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/GavinNewsomSpeechGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Gavin Newsom departs after speaking about the “Election Rigging Response Act” at a press conference at the Democracy Center, Japanese American National Museum on Aug. 14, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. Newsom spoke about a possible California referendum on redistricting to counter the legislative effort to add five Republican House seats in the state of Texas. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The notion that all politics are no longer local is what Mahan called “the respectful, philosophic disagreement that the governor and I have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is certainly true that we are now in a national media environment and that our national politics and the polarization that we’re seeing nationally has trickled down to the local level,” Mahan said. “While that is true and while one’s poll numbers can certainly be boosted in a blue state like California by trolling Trump all day online, I have to question where that leaves us as a country, and I think that ultimately the way to save our democracy is to make our government work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next year’s race for governor could be framed by voters’ preference for a fighter or a fixer. When \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101910873/california-governors-race-shifts-as-harris-kounalakis-say-theyre-not-running\">\u003cem>KQED Forum\u003c/em>\u003c/a> asked listeners last month what they wanted in the next leader of the state, most responses split neatly along those lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whoever succeeds in the CA Governors race will need to use the term ‘California Republic’ to express the sanctuary of democracy we are, and wield power at the level Governor Newsom has hinted at, but even more, to establish California as the bulwark against anti-democratic authoritarianism,” Michael Kowalczyk wrote. “Next California Governor requirement in this era: Newsom-and-then-some.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Anthony Sacco said that approach was not appealing to him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t want a ‘fighter’ for governor,” he wrote. “As Gavin Newsom’s conduct demonstrates, too often being a ‘fighter’ means seeking media coverage only for the purpose of advancing their political careers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be sure, Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993611/newsom-to-quadruple-chp-deployment-in-oakland-ramping-up-states-policing-role\">has deployed\u003c/a> California Highway Patrol officers to reduce street crime and signed a landmark reform of the state’s environmental law in June to spur more housing production. Likewise, the city of San José has joined lawsuits against the Trump administration, and Mahan has \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/07/18/opinion-deporting-the-parents-of-young-citizens-kills-their-dreams-and-our-future/\">openly criticized\u003c/a> the president’s deportation policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Mahan’s tenure as mayor has been defined by centrist pragmatism. He cruised to re-election last year by touting a focus on reducing unsheltered homelessness and crime and cleaning the streets of the state’s third-largest city. While Mahan has sparred often with local progressives (and Newsom, during last year’s campaign over tough-on-crime \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012656/proposition-36-californias-newest-tough-on-crime-measure-appears-headed-for-victory\">Proposition 36\u003c/a>), he has largely avoided partisan fights and rarely comments on headlines from Washington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His platform of “common-sense” politics was echoed by Daniel Lurie, who won San Francisco’s mayoral race in 2024 and has received \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049764/voters-approve-of-mayor-lurie-but-what-about-his-social-media\">approval ratings\u003c/a> over 70% months in the job. Lurie, too, has steered clear of talking about Trump and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12048631/san-francisco-mayor-daniel-lurie-is-all-over-instagram-is-he-saying-enough\">instead\u003c/a> has trumpeted business openings and economic recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vinnakota, who ran mayoral campaigns for Lurie in San Francisco and Loren Taylor in Oakland, said the limits of a mayor’s power, the nonpartisan nature of their role and the consequences of incurring Trump’s wrath can partially explain why Lurie and Mahan have not adopted Newsom’s strategy of confrontation with the president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mayors are incentivized to be more pragmatic, even cautious, like Lurie and Mahan have been in their rhetoric,” Vinnakota said. “But the challenge for these mayors is that pragmatism in this moment, for a lot of Democrats, can look like appeasement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036986\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036986\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Mayor-elect Barbara Lee holds a press conference in Oakland on April 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But in Oakland, newly elected Mayor Barbara Lee has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055131/oakland-officials-are-preparing-for-trumps-possible-national-guard-deployment\">charted\u003c/a> a slightly different path. While Lee has focused much of her early work on homelessness and blight, she held a press conference last month to respond to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052249/amid-trumps-dc-takeover-oakland-and-other-very-bad-cities-push-back-on-threats\">Trump’s bashing\u003c/a> of Oakland as he hinted at deploying National Guard troops to cities beyond Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now we have to maintain our unified posture and make sure we protect everybody — safe, secure — keep the peace, and push back and resist what is taking place,” Lee told \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101911163/ask-your-mayor-oaklands-barbara-lee\">KQED Forum\u003c/a> this week. “We have to continue, though, at the same time, work on making our city better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The November election will bring new tests for the Democratic pragmatists and pugilists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom is building his Proposition 50 campaign to mirror his successful anti-recall effort, with the hope that Democratic voters will prioritize breaking GOP control in the House of Representatives over keeping independently-drawn congressional lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035111\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035111\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Matt Mahan speaks with a reporter during an election night party for Matthew Quevedo, San José Council District 3 candidate, in San José on April 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, in Mahan’s backyard, Santa Clara County voters will decide on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051250/santa-clara-county-voters-could-pay-more-sales-tax-due-to-trump-cuts\">Measure A\u003c/a>, a sales tax increase that supporters are billing as an opportunity to push back against Trump for his social safety net cuts that will slice $500 million from the county budget next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan said he’ll vote for Proposition 50 but won’t campaign for it. 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"content": "\u003cp>A group of Republican lawmakers is asking the California Supreme Court to remove a redistricting initiative from the November ballot, arguing Democrats violated the law when they rushed the measure through to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053140/california-lawmakers-pass-redistricting-plan-now-it-heads-to-voters\">redraw congressional districts\u003c/a> ahead of the 2026 midterm election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats, led by Gov. Gavin Newsom, last week placed Proposition 50 on a special November ballot. The initiative asks voters to throw out the maps drawn by the state’s independent redistricting commission and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052064/newsom-calls-for-special-election-to-redraw-californias-congressional-maps\">approve new congressional districts\u003c/a>, including five that are likely to flip from Republican to Democratic. It was written in response to Texas’ decision to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kut.org/politics/2025-08-23/texas-senate-redistricting-gerrmyandering-california-congressional-maps-passed-debate-governor\">redraw\u003c/a> its own congressional districts to flip five seats from blue to red.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhillonlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250825_Writ_Remove-ACA-8-From-Ballot_FINAL.pdf\">lawsuit\u003c/a> was filed as an emergency petition to the state Supreme Court on behalf of four GOP members of the state Legislature, three California voters and a former member of the state’s independent redistricting commission, which has been tasked with drawing congressional districts for the past decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 50 would temporarily suspend the independent commission and approve new maps created by the Legislature. Under the measure, those maps would stay in place until after the 2030 census, when the independent commission would resume drawing districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re trying to destroy democracy in California — that’s not good for anybody,” Sen. Tony Strickland, R-Huntington Beach, said. He said he does not believe that redistricting would revert to the independent commission after 2030 if Proposition 50 passes, even if the law requires it. “Once politicians get that power — I don’t believe for one second this would be temporary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He placed the blame squarely on Democrats and Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053278\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12053278\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/GavinNewsomRedistrictingSignedAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/GavinNewsomRedistrictingSignedAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/GavinNewsomRedistrictingSignedAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/GavinNewsomRedistrictingSignedAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Gavin Newsom signs legislation calling for a special election on a redrawn congressional map on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Sacramento, California. \u003ccite>(Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s authoritarian to predetermine elections in California, and that’s exactly what will happen if Gavin Newsom is successful in November,” Strickland said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republican President Donald Trump set off the mid-decade redistricting scramble this summer, calling on red states to redraw their lines and to give his party an edge in the next year’s midterm elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit argues that Proposition 50 violates state law in several ways, including by usurping the power of the Citizens Redistricting Commission and seeking to redraw congressional lines twice in one decade. The commission was created by voters in 2008 to draw state legislative districts and expanded to include congressional districts in 2010.[aside postID=news_12053140 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/CARedistrictingAP.jpg']“The constitutional provisions in force now say that redistricting has to be done by the Independent Citizens Commission. It has to involve transparency and public participation. And it can’t be for partisan gerrymandering,” said Mike Columbo, an attorney representing Republicans. “By engaging in the redistricting process already, before asking for voters to grant them the power to do so, the Legislature has exceeded its power under the Constitution. The Legislature cannot break the law and ask for the people later to retroactively give it the power to redistrict.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Loyola Marymount University law professor Jessica Levinson noted that voters are being asked to weigh in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you think about what this proposal is trying to do, it’s trying to change our state Constitution,” she said. “The lawsuit is essentially arguing that these changes violate the Constitution as it stands. 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"content": "\u003cp>On Sunday, more than 300 \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sonoma-county\">Sonoma County\u003c/a> Democrats gathered at Sally Tomatoes in Rohnert Park for a “Summer BBQ & Bluau.” Guests watched a Polynesian dance troupe and tossed beanbags at cornholes adorned with the faces of Republican politicians — a game dubbed “DOGE-ball.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In between bites of teriyaki chicken and pineapple rice, local officials and party activists buzzed about the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052376/here-is-how-democrats-plan-to-redraw-californias-congressional-map\">just-released plan\u003c/a> to redraw California’s congressional map — and the proposal for a new seat in the heart of Sonoma County that could be a key puzzle piece for Democrats as they hope to win the House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The mood was buoyant, uplifting and fired up,” said Pat Sabo, chair of the Sonoma County Democratic Party. “People have felt absolutely helpless in what they can do. There’s now something concrete that they can do to fight back against this blatant takeover of democracy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democrats in the Legislature are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052064/newsom-calls-for-special-election-to-redraw-californias-congressional-maps\">pushing\u003c/a> the new political lines to help Democrats win back the House of Representatives in 2026, as Republicans in Texas and other red states work to redraw their maps to help the GOP. If the Legislature approves the redistricting plan in a vote set for Thursday, it will appear on the ballot as Proposition 50 in a Nov. 4 special election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the plan, much of Sonoma County would be added to the 1st Congressional District, transforming a seat where voters favored Donald Trump over Kamala Harris by 25 points into a Harris +12 district. The district would likely add a win to the Democratic column in the midterms, and possibly create a political lifeline for the outgoing Senate president pro tem, North Bay Democrat Mike McGuire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052716\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1553px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052716\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/CaliforniaRedistrictingMap2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1553\" height=\"1206\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/CaliforniaRedistrictingMap2025.jpg 1553w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/CaliforniaRedistrictingMap2025-160x124.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/CaliforniaRedistrictingMap2025-1536x1193.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1553px) 100vw, 1553px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Democrats released a first draft of a proposal to redraw California’s congressional districts. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the California State Assembly)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The creation of a new district anchored in Sonoma would typically draw interest from droves of Democratic politicians — especially a congressional seat with no term limits. Last year, the race for an open Assembly seat in the North Bay drew half a dozen Democratic hopefuls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Sonoma State political science professor David McCuan said one Democrat could clear the field in the newly drawn 1st Congressional District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By including all of Santa Rosa, it is tailor-made for the pro tem, the darling of the North Coast — and that’s state Sen. Mike McGuire,” McCuan said.[aside postID=news_12052376 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/GavinNewsomSpeechGetty.jpg']McGuire, who is termed out of office next year, currently represents nearly all of Lake, Mendocino and Sonoma counties in the state Senate. McGuire has launched a campaign for insurance commissioner in 2026, but McCuan said the prospect of a congressional run could add another layer of drama to the fall campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A termed-out pro tem, someone who’s been kind of under the radar … is able to park himself in a position that has a district that’s very favorable,” McCuan said. “That’s a fascinating development out of this big ticket, big kahuna race that’s going to dominate national politics for the next 80 days.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, McGuire’s office said the pro tem is focused on his work in the Legislature, and that any speculation about future House campaigns “is wildly premature and inappropriate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s be clear — we’re here at this flashpoint because Donald Trump and Republican leaders are trying to rig the election,” the statement said. “These maps, submitted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, aren’t about any single legislator or Congressional seat, they’re about the future of our state, our country, and our democracy — and Trump’s attempt to steal the election.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If California voters approve the new map, the immediate loser from the redraw of the 1st Congressional District would be incumbent Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa, who has held the seat since 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051827\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1760px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051827\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/lamalfa-689b60ba5fe06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1760\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/lamalfa-689b60ba5fe06.jpg 1760w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/lamalfa-689b60ba5fe06-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/lamalfa-689b60ba5fe06-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1760px) 100vw, 1760px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa speaking at a town hall on Aug. 11, 2025, in Chico, California. \u003ccite>(Angel Huracha/NSPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Conservative communities in Shasta and Modoc counties would be removed from LaMalfa’s seat and added to a coastal district running from Marin to Crescent City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LaMalfa did not respond to an interview request but \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/RepLaMalfa/status/1956503937886069081\">asked on social media platform X\u003c/a>: “How on earth does Modoc County on the Nevada and Oregon Border have any common interest with Marin County and the Golden Gate Bridge?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The opportunity to play a leading role in taking back the House has helped some Wine Country Democrats overcome their concerns about a partisan redistricting scheme. The ballot measure would set aside California’s current congressional lines, which are drawn by a nonpartisan independent redistricting commission, for the 2026, 2028 and 2030 congressional elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was going, ‘Oh, no, gerrymandering — isn’t that illegal? We don’t want to do that,’” said Beth Hadley, president of the Sonoma Valley Democrats. “But when I heard more about it, I feel like we have to, because I feel like our country is being destroyed right now, and we have to get some guardrails on this administration.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 1st District would stretch east to west — then veer down Highway 101 through the liberal towns of Mendocino County toward Santa Rosa. State Assemblymember Chris Rogers, a Democrat from Santa Rosa, said the map unites communities with different politics but common issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052718\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1584px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052718\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/CARedistrictingMapDist1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1584\" height=\"1226\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/CARedistrictingMapDist1.jpg 1584w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/CARedistrictingMapDist1-160x124.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/CARedistrictingMapDist1-1536x1189.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1584px) 100vw, 1584px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The redrawn 1st Congressional District, currently held by Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa, would include parts of Sonoma County, including Santa Rosa. The proposed map would shift the district from comfortably Republican to a safe Democratic seat. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the California State Assembly)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Especially when you think about the fire history and the shared struggle that survivors have gone through in Paradise and Chico and Santa Rosa and Windsor and Healdsburg,” Rogers said. “This next map that’s being proposed is just as legitimate as anything that has been drawn prior.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sabo said she also likes that the new map keeps Santa Rosa intact, rather than splitting it between the 2nd and 4th congressional districts as it currently does.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oftentimes, people get a little bit confused as to who is representing them,” she said. “If you know that you’re Santa Rosa, that you have a singular congressman … you know who to go to. You can form a stronger bond with that elected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now Sabo is focused on getting out the vote for the Nov. 4 special election. She is forming plans to knock on doors, distribute leaflets, and host house parties where voters can ask questions about the redistricting process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that we have to work hard to get this done in a very short period of time,” Sabo said. “But we are not afraid of hard work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On Sunday, more than 300 \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sonoma-county\">Sonoma County\u003c/a> Democrats gathered at Sally Tomatoes in Rohnert Park for a “Summer BBQ & Bluau.” Guests watched a Polynesian dance troupe and tossed beanbags at cornholes adorned with the faces of Republican politicians — a game dubbed “DOGE-ball.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In between bites of teriyaki chicken and pineapple rice, local officials and party activists buzzed about the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052376/here-is-how-democrats-plan-to-redraw-californias-congressional-map\">just-released plan\u003c/a> to redraw California’s congressional map — and the proposal for a new seat in the heart of Sonoma County that could be a key puzzle piece for Democrats as they hope to win the House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The mood was buoyant, uplifting and fired up,” said Pat Sabo, chair of the Sonoma County Democratic Party. “People have felt absolutely helpless in what they can do. There’s now something concrete that they can do to fight back against this blatant takeover of democracy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democrats in the Legislature are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052064/newsom-calls-for-special-election-to-redraw-californias-congressional-maps\">pushing\u003c/a> the new political lines to help Democrats win back the House of Representatives in 2026, as Republicans in Texas and other red states work to redraw their maps to help the GOP. If the Legislature approves the redistricting plan in a vote set for Thursday, it will appear on the ballot as Proposition 50 in a Nov. 4 special election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the plan, much of Sonoma County would be added to the 1st Congressional District, transforming a seat where voters favored Donald Trump over Kamala Harris by 25 points into a Harris +12 district. The district would likely add a win to the Democratic column in the midterms, and possibly create a political lifeline for the outgoing Senate president pro tem, North Bay Democrat Mike McGuire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052716\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1553px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052716\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/CaliforniaRedistrictingMap2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1553\" height=\"1206\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/CaliforniaRedistrictingMap2025.jpg 1553w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/CaliforniaRedistrictingMap2025-160x124.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/CaliforniaRedistrictingMap2025-1536x1193.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1553px) 100vw, 1553px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Democrats released a first draft of a proposal to redraw California’s congressional districts. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the California State Assembly)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The creation of a new district anchored in Sonoma would typically draw interest from droves of Democratic politicians — especially a congressional seat with no term limits. Last year, the race for an open Assembly seat in the North Bay drew half a dozen Democratic hopefuls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Sonoma State political science professor David McCuan said one Democrat could clear the field in the newly drawn 1st Congressional District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By including all of Santa Rosa, it is tailor-made for the pro tem, the darling of the North Coast — and that’s state Sen. Mike McGuire,” McCuan said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>McGuire, who is termed out of office next year, currently represents nearly all of Lake, Mendocino and Sonoma counties in the state Senate. McGuire has launched a campaign for insurance commissioner in 2026, but McCuan said the prospect of a congressional run could add another layer of drama to the fall campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A termed-out pro tem, someone who’s been kind of under the radar … is able to park himself in a position that has a district that’s very favorable,” McCuan said. “That’s a fascinating development out of this big ticket, big kahuna race that’s going to dominate national politics for the next 80 days.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, McGuire’s office said the pro tem is focused on his work in the Legislature, and that any speculation about future House campaigns “is wildly premature and inappropriate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s be clear — we’re here at this flashpoint because Donald Trump and Republican leaders are trying to rig the election,” the statement said. “These maps, submitted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, aren’t about any single legislator or Congressional seat, they’re about the future of our state, our country, and our democracy — and Trump’s attempt to steal the election.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If California voters approve the new map, the immediate loser from the redraw of the 1st Congressional District would be incumbent Republican Rep. 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Doug LaMalfa speaking at a town hall on Aug. 11, 2025, in Chico, California. \u003ccite>(Angel Huracha/NSPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Conservative communities in Shasta and Modoc counties would be removed from LaMalfa’s seat and added to a coastal district running from Marin to Crescent City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LaMalfa did not respond to an interview request but \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/RepLaMalfa/status/1956503937886069081\">asked on social media platform X\u003c/a>: “How on earth does Modoc County on the Nevada and Oregon Border have any common interest with Marin County and the Golden Gate Bridge?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The opportunity to play a leading role in taking back the House has helped some Wine Country Democrats overcome their concerns about a partisan redistricting scheme. The ballot measure would set aside California’s current congressional lines, which are drawn by a nonpartisan independent redistricting commission, for the 2026, 2028 and 2030 congressional elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was going, ‘Oh, no, gerrymandering — isn’t that illegal? We don’t want to do that,’” said Beth Hadley, president of the Sonoma Valley Democrats. “But when I heard more about it, I feel like we have to, because I feel like our country is being destroyed right now, and we have to get some guardrails on this administration.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 1st District would stretch east to west — then veer down Highway 101 through the liberal towns of Mendocino County toward Santa Rosa. State Assemblymember Chris Rogers, a Democrat from Santa Rosa, said the map unites communities with different politics but common issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052718\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1584px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052718\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/CARedistrictingMapDist1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1584\" height=\"1226\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/CARedistrictingMapDist1.jpg 1584w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/CARedistrictingMapDist1-160x124.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/CARedistrictingMapDist1-1536x1189.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1584px) 100vw, 1584px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The redrawn 1st Congressional District, currently held by Republican Rep. 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Kevin Kiley, who represents the 3rd Congressional District, could be forced to run for reelection in a district that runs further into blue Sacramento County and loses the conservative communities along California’s eastern border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 1st Congressional District, held by Rep. Doug LaMalfa since 2013, currently follows Interstate 5 north through the rural counties of Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta to the Oregon border. Under the new map, the district dips south into liberal Sonoma County — stretching all the way to Santa Rosa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LaMalfa criticized the proposed changes in \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/RepLaMalfa/status/1956503937886069081\">a post on X\u003c/a> Friday, calling it “naked politics at its worst.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How on earth does Modoc County on the Nevada and Oregon Border have any common interest with Marin County and the Golden Gate Bridge?” LaMalfa wrote. “Voters took this power from Sacramento for just this reason.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Central Valley\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Paul Mitchell, a redistricting expert who worked on the redistricting plan, said drawing seats in the Central Valley was “a little bit tougher” than in Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Valley, multiple competitive districts sit in close proximity. The region’s large Latino population brings additional requirements under the Voting Rights Act — that districts not be drawn in a way that dilutes Latino voting strength.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voter registration doesn’t always determine House elections here. In 2024, for example, Republican Rep. David Valadao won reelection in a Bakersfield seat where 40% of voters are Democrats and just 28% are Republicans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed changes in the Central Valley are centered on what Mitchell called “the Stockton finger,” where the competitive 13th district — currently held by Democratic Rep. Adam Gray — now juts into the city of Stockton, picking up Democratic voters and likely protecting Gray from a tough reelection fight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pulling Gray’s district toward Stockton has a domino effect: the 22nd district held by Valadao is also stretched north, toward Fresno, adding Democratic voters to the seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That finger up into Stockton is a key feature of making all the puzzle pieces fall in place in the Central Valley,” Mitchell said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Southern California\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the most dramatic transformation is the remaking of the 41st Congressional District, currently held by Republican Rep. Ken Calvert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calvert has represented parts of the Inland Empire since 1993. Democrats have made competitive challenges in the last two elections, particularly after the liberal city of Palm Springs was added to his district in 2022.[aside postID=news_12052064 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/GavinNewsomRedistrictingCAGetty.jpg']Under the proposed lines, Calvert has virtually no chance of winning reelection in the 41st district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We did that by literally picking Ken Calvert’s district up off the map and putting it in LA,” Mitchell said. “So, going from a seat that Democrats are wasting a lot of money on trying to win to one that is 100% Democratic in terms of performance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed map essentially recreates the Los Angeles-area district formerly held by Democrat Lucille Roybal-Allard. When California lost a congressional seat after the 2020 Census, the state’s independent redistricting commission eliminated the district and Roybal-Allard retired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new map creates a vacant seat in the heart of Los Angeles, Mitchell said — a plum position for Democrats in the state’s largest city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To fill the hole left by Calvert’s seat, the 48th district, currently held by Republican Rep. 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"content": "\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom promised to give California voters “the power to stand up to [President Donald] Trump,” in what amounted to a campaign kickoff on Thursday for a November ballot measure to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051462/redistricting-battle-heats-up-between-texas-and-california\">redraw the state’s congressional lines\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049973/newsoms-break-the-glass-plan-sets-up-california-midterm-redistricting-fight\">asking voters to approve\u003c/a> new district lines that would open the door for Democrats to win five additional House seats in California. The measure is a direct response to a gerrymandering effort in Texas, directed by Trump and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/08/14/nx-s1-5501537/texas-california-gerrymandering-redistricting\">other Republican-led\u003c/a> states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The battle over political maps is the latest flash point between \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043766/newsom-tries-to-find-political-footing-in-clash-with-trump\">Trump and Newsom\u003c/a>. As the governor spoke inside the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, Customs and Border Protection agents patrolled the plaza outside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With fellow Democrats in the state Legislature \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051494/california-democrats-back-newsom-plan-to-redraw-congressional-maps-for-2026\">now on board\u003c/a> with the redistricting plan, Newsom is turning his attention to the larger challenge ahead: convincing California voters to set aside a political map \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050983/californias-political-maps-are-drawn-independently-will-newsom-change-that\">drawn by an independent commission \u003c/a>in favor of a plan aimed at helping Democrats retake the U.S. House of Representatives in 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Donald Trump does not play fair, you’ve seen that over and over again,” Newsom said. “I’m just not going to sit back and be complicit, and I don’t think the people of the state of California are going to be complicit this November.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A POLITICO-Citrin Center-Possibility Lab \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000198-a50a-d204-a5bb-b56fc79c0000\">survey\u003c/a> released Thursday signaled potential hesitancy among voters to follow Newsom’s call. The poll found 64% of California voters support keeping the independent commission, compared to 36% who want to hand congressional redistricting to the state Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661956\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661956 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GettyImages-632868706-e1755213057323.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1505\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California State flag flies outside City Hall in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The poll’s question was framed around the role of the commission, which was created by voters in 2008 and given the power to draw House district lines in 2010. Supporters of the independent maps have praised the commission’s inclusive process and credited the system with fostering competitive congressional elections in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Newsom’s campaign will instead focus on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050346/will-newsoms-maps-bring-the-fight-democrats-desire\">political stakes\u003c/a> for Democrats and the opportunity to provide a check on Trump by breaking the Republican hold on Congress. Roughly 60% of California voters regularly support Democrats in statewide elections, and the Nov. 4 vote could give restless Democratic voters an opportunity to hit back at the GOP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This isn’t about redistricting,” Los Angeles Assemblymember Isaac Bryan said. “This is about whether we will let the authoritarian in the White House break our democracy while we sit silent.”[aside postID=news_12051699 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/AP25221029877312-2000x1333.jpg']In a video \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/GovPressOffice/status/1956061011225780421\">posted on X\u003c/a> by Newsom’s press office, more than a dozen CBP agents appeared to gather outside the rally. In the recording, CBP El Centro Sector Chief Gregory Bovino said his officers were “here making Los Angeles a safer place. Since we don’t have politicians that will do that, we do that ourselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to questions about CBP’s presence at the event, a spokesperson referred KQED to a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/TriciaOhio/status/1956091260952871189\">post on X\u003c/a> by Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, who wrote that CBP “patrols all areas of Los Angeles every day with over 40 teams on the ground to make LA safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside the rally, leaders of California’s powerful labor unions appeared alongside the governor and other elected Democrats, and promised to throw their financial and organizing heft behind the redistricting measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The campaign against the redistricting measure could be a coalition of unlikely bedfellows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Republicans are united against the idea, as the new maps could pose political peril for the party’s nine-member congressional caucus. Also in opposition: The League of Women Voters and former California Gov. 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Earlier this week, Munger relaunched a campaign committee to oppose Newsom’s measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Charles Munger will vigorously defend the reforms he helped pass, including nonpartisan redistricting,” Munger spokesperson Amy Thoma Tan said in a statement. “His previous success in passing ballot measures in California means he knows exactly what is needed to be successful. We will have the resources necessary to make our coalition heard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed congressional map, which Newsom said will last through the 2030 election, will be released as soon as Friday. The state Legislature will vote on the map and a constitutional amendment placing the issue on the ballot when the Senate and Assembly return from summer recess on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Secretary of State’s office has given lawmakers an Aug. 22 deadline to call a special election for Nov. 4. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In a video \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/GovPressOffice/status/1956061011225780421\">posted on X\u003c/a> by Newsom’s press office, more than a dozen CBP agents appeared to gather outside the rally. In the recording, CBP El Centro Sector Chief Gregory Bovino said his officers were “here making Los Angeles a safer place. Since we don’t have politicians that will do that, we do that ourselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to questions about CBP’s presence at the event, a spokesperson referred KQED to a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/TriciaOhio/status/1956091260952871189\">post on X\u003c/a> by Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, who wrote that CBP “patrols all areas of Los Angeles every day with over 40 teams on the ground to make LA safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside the rally, leaders of California’s powerful labor unions appeared alongside the governor and other elected Democrats, and promised to throw their financial and organizing heft behind the redistricting measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The campaign against the redistricting measure could be a coalition of unlikely bedfellows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Republicans are united against the idea, as the new maps could pose political peril for the party’s nine-member congressional caucus. Also in opposition: The League of Women Voters and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who led the push to create the independent commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12011723\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12011723\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-2172604467.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1341\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-2172604467.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-2172604467-800x536.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-2172604467-1020x684.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-2172604467-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-2172604467-1536x1030.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-2172604467-1920x1287.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger arrives at an event where he received an honorary degree from the Hertie School on Sept. 17, 2024, in Berlin. The award is in honor of Schwarzenegger’s commitment to climate protection and civil society. \u003ccite>(Sean Gallup/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Voters created the independent commission to block this kind of insider scheme,” Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher said in a statement. “Newsom wants to tear it up to help his political allies rig the maps for the next decade.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Financial muscle could come from Charles Munger Jr., a longtime Republican donor who bankrolled the 2008 and 2010 redistricting measures. Earlier this week, Munger relaunched a campaign committee to oppose Newsom’s measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Charles Munger will vigorously defend the reforms he helped pass, including nonpartisan redistricting,” Munger spokesperson Amy Thoma Tan said in a statement. “His previous success in passing ballot measures in California means he knows exactly what is needed to be successful. We will have the resources necessary to make our coalition heard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed congressional map, which Newsom said will last through the 2030 election, will be released as soon as Friday. The state Legislature will vote on the map and a constitutional amendment placing the issue on the ballot when the Senate and Assembly return from summer recess on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Secretary of State’s office has given lawmakers an Aug. 22 deadline to call a special election for Nov. 4. Newsom and Democratic leaders have said there will be language in the proposal that will nullify California’s map change if Republican-led states drop their gerrymandering efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Legislature’s vote to place the map measure on the ballot appears to be a foregone conclusion. Newsom’s campaign arm released a video on Thursday that asks voters to support the “Election Rigging Response Act” on Nov. 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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We have got to fight fire with fire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s one major obstacle to the governor’s ambitions, however: While the Legislature draws district lines in Texas, California relies on a bipartisan citizen redistricting commission protected by the state Constitution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961353\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/GettyImages-524576215-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961353\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/GettyImages-524576215-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The Sacramento Capitol building lit up at night\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1696\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/GettyImages-524576215-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/GettyImages-524576215-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/GettyImages-524576215-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/GettyImages-524576215-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/GettyImages-524576215-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/GettyImages-524576215-2048x1356.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/GettyImages-524576215-1920x1272.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Capitol building in Sacramento. 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Two years later, voters overwhelmingly passed another amendment expanding the commission’s authority to congressional maps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The independent commission in California became a national model for advocates who hoped to end the partisan gerrymandering that has contributed to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/gerrymandering-competitive-districts-near-extinction\">decline in competitive House seats\u003c/a> and the country’s fractious, sectarian politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now Newsom, who said he otherwise supports independent redistricting, is exploring multiple options for working around the commission to squeeze more Democratic districts out of California, if Texas follows through on its plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That would probably involve calling a special election, Newsom said, though he is still discussing with the Legislature what sort of proposal they might present to voters. Would it include a new map to approve or create another process to draw on? Would the commission be temporarily or permanently repealed?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a fluid conversation,” he said. “We’re gaming all those things out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Trump turns up the heat in Texas\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>States typically redraw their congressional seats once per decade, after the census, to ensure the districts are all roughly equal in population. The most recent maps were drawn after the 2020 election and took effect in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But last month, Trump’s political team began \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/us/politics/trump-texas-redistricting.html\">pressuring Republican leaders in Texas\u003c/a> to revisit the state’s district lines and create additional GOP seats. The party won a five-seat majority in the House last November, the narrowest in nearly a century, leaving little room for error as Trump tries to enact his legislative agenda, putting control of the chamber at risk if next year’s midterm is a wave election \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/692879/independents-drive-trump-approval-second-term-low.aspx\">against the unpopular president\u003c/a>.[aside postID=news_12049817 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230817-PETALUMA-VINEYARD-FARMWORKERS-AP-ER-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Despite opposition from Republicans in the Texas congressional delegation — who worried that diluting their conservative voter bases in redistricting could inadvertently make their seats vulnerable — Gov. Greg Abbott earlier this month \u003ca href=\"https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/greg-abbott-redistricting-floods-thc-20762733.php\">called a special session\u003c/a> of the Legislature to redraw the maps. He is targeting four Democratic seats in the Dallas and Houston areas that the Trump administration has deemed “unconstitutional racial gerrymanders” because they have high numbers of Black and Latino voters. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/24/texas-redistricting-hearing-house-legislature-congress/\">first public hearing took place on Thursday\u003c/a>, with Texas Democratic lawmakers slamming the move as a “power grab.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The boldly political maneuver \u003ca href=\"https://punchbowl.news/article/campaigns/gop-redistricting-next/\">juiced similar efforts\u003c/a> in other Republican states, including Ohio and Missouri, that could further pad a GOP majority, while setting off alarm bells among Democrats nationally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even as party leaders voice their outrage, they have \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/us/politics/texas-redistricting-republicans-democrats.html\">fewer options to fight back\u003c/a>, because congressional districts in many of the largest Democratic states, such as California, New York and New Jersey, are drawn by independent commissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No one has been more outspoken than Newsom, who weeks ago began publicly floating the idea of sidestepping California’s commission to redraw more congressional districts in Democrats’ favor if Texas moves forward with its plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>But it’s no sure thing in California\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s a legally dubious and politically fraught endeavor. 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"content": "\u003cp>Democratic congressional leaders are chastising Republican House Speaker \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/mike-johnson\">Mike Johnson\u003c/a> for his abrupt shutdown of the House this week ahead of a vote for the public release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The early release of the chamber comes after Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Silicon Valley, and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Kentucky, introduced a \u003ca href=\"https://massie.house.gov/uploadedfiles/efta.pdf\">bipartisan resolution\u003c/a> that would have forced the issue after months of public scrutiny and calls for government transparency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fervent speculation over President Donald Trump’s possible connection to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101910661/president-trump-tries-fails-to-stem-epstein-files-controversy\">Epstein\u003c/a>, a convicted sex offender and disgraced financier, has spurred leaders on both sides of the political spectrum to call for the complete release of information that they say will show “how deep [the] corruption goes,” Massie said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats and some Republicans have lambasted the decision to postpone the vote as a “cover-up” for powerful elites and a delay of justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his campaign, Trump and other Republican leaders pledged to release more information from the investigation into Epstein’s criminal activity, details which have long inspired conspiracy. The files, members of the administration have alleged, contain a list of Epstein’s “clients,” that many involved in the case have said never existed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calls for the president to follow through on his campaign promise grew louder after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1407001/dl?inline\">Department of Justice\u003c/a> announced earlier this month that Epstein’s death in 2019 was caused by suicide — contradicting many wide-ranging theories — and that it would not be releasing further information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049387\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12049387\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/DonaldTrumpMikeJohnsonAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/DonaldTrumpMikeJohnsonAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/DonaldTrumpMikeJohnsonAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/DonaldTrumpMikeJohnsonAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Donald Trump shakes hands with House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana, during a reception for Republican members of Congress in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, in Washington. \u003ccite>(Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In response to the outcry, the Trump administration asked federal judges to unseal transcripts of grand jury proceedings related to Epstein’s sex trafficking case. But for Democrats, Republicans and even some of Trump’s most notorious supporters, it wasn’t enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The base will turn and there’s no going back,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, posted to social media platform \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/RepMTG/status/1947259038321786982\">X\u003c/a>. “Dangling bits of red meat no longer satisfies. They want the whole steak dinner and will accept nothing else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Khanna, the resolution drafted alongside Massie has garnered widespread bipartisan support in Congress. Nearly a dozen House Republicans agreed to sign a discharge petition that would force a vote on the floor, he said in an interview with \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/07/23/nx-s1-5476768/rep-ro-khanna-discusses-resolution-he-co-sponsored-for-release-of-epstein-files\">NPR\u003c/a>.[aside postID=forum_2010101910661 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2025/07/epstein.png']The scrutiny over Epstein’s unreleased files has split the MAGA base, he said, adding that the public has lost its trust in the government. Even Republican leaders are fed up and calling on the president to be more transparent, Khanna said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Releasing the files “is a step to restore the trust of the American public, even if there’s nothing in there,” Khanna said in the interview. “ If there are powerful and rich men who did engage in sex trafficking or were on Epstein’s plane or went to ‘Epstein Island,’ that information should come out and people should be held accountable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eric Schickler, co-director of the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley, said the bipartisan outrage around the Epstein case has been highly unusual but not unexpected. Many Republicans saw Trump as an “anti-elite” alternative to Democratic leaders who appear deeply entrenched in insider politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The president’s refusal to fully release the Epstein files undercuts the narrative that has undergirded some of Trump’s appeal to voters disenchanted with modern politics, he said. The longer Republican leaders wait to address the issue head-on, the more it will appear as if Trump is involved in the case, Schickler added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a sense that things are being hidden,” he said. “The idea that you can just put a lid on it … that’s just not how these kinds of conspiracies or conspiracy thinking generally works. It’s a high hill for Trump and leaders like Johnson to get over.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049436\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12049436 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/JeffreyEpsteinGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/JeffreyEpsteinGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/JeffreyEpsteinGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/JeffreyEpsteinGetty-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman announces charges against Jeffrey Epstein on July 8, 2019, in New York City. \u003ccite>(Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Schickler said it’s unlikely that the fervor around the Epstein case will fade over the next few weeks. As congressional members return to their constituents, it’s possible the calls for transparency in the Epstein case will encourage even more bipartisan collaboration on the issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a news conference on Tuesday, Johnson justified his decision to close the floor by describing the Democrats’ forceful push for a vote on the Epstein files as “political games.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>House Republicans and Trump are committed to full transparency and to releasing the Epstein files as quickly as possible, Johnson said, adding that due diligence is needed to make sure that victims named in the documents are protected before the information is made public.[aside postID=news_12045032 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/IMG_1050-2000x1500.jpg']“There’s no need for Congress to push the [Trump administration] to do something that they’re already doing, and so this is for political gains,” he said during the conference. “We can both call for full transparency and also protect victims. If you run roughshod or you do it too quickly, that’s not what happens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his interview with NPR, Khanna argued that his resolution clearly states that victims’ identities should be protected and that no pornographic materials should be released. House Democrats — and Republicans — are simply seeking information on who was complicit in Epstein’s sex trafficking crimes, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Massie, who has outraged Trump and other Republican officials in recent weeks, also criticized Johnson’s speech. In a post on \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1947868542835056951\">X\u003c/a>, he accused the House speaker of shielding perpetrators who were complicit in Epstein’s crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. John Garamendi, D-East Bay, also joined the chorus of Bay Area officials demanding that the administration produce more information about the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“House Republicans and Trump are so scared of releasing the Epstein Files that they are shutting down the House of Representatives for more than a month, all to avoid a vote that would make this information public,” Garamendi said in a statement. “This move is not only desperate and self-serving, but also deeply irresponsible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11804662\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11804662\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/John-Garamendi.jpg\" alt=\"North Bay Rep. John Garamendi (right), pictured in 2011. Garamendi and two other California congressmen want clarity from federal health officials in the wake of a whistleblower complaint.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1128\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/John-Garamendi.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/John-Garamendi-160x94.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/John-Garamendi-800x470.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/John-Garamendi-1020x599.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">North Bay Rep. John Garamendi (right), pictured in 2011. \u003ccite>(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The U.S. House of Representatives was scheduled to be in session through Thursday before adjourning for a regular five-week recess. The decision to end early goes against the wishes of voters and prevents the House from voting on other important issues, Garamendi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. government is expected to burn through the remainder of its funds by Sept. 30, he said, and House Republicans have yet to pass an appropriations bill that would fund services such as air traffic control and law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Speaker Johnson could have simply released the Epstein files and kept his promise of a transparent government,” Garamendi said. “Instead, he chose to protect Trump and powerful elites rather than serve the American people, and sadly, this manufactured crisis will likely have real-world impacts for the people we serve.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schickler said it’s unlikely that there will be long-term financial repercussions unless the closure somehow bleeds into September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Congress generally decides on budget issues at the last minute, he said, adding that there’s still time for motions to be made as long as the floor doesn’t get caught up in disagreements over Epstein.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003c!-- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For California progressives, Zohran Mamdani’s New York City mayoral bid offers something of a formula to follow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the 33-year-old democratic socialist pulled off a historic upset in the primary last month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/03/san-francisco-progressives-eye-mamdanis-rise-with-envy-00438196\">Golden State progressives rejoiced\u003c/a>. Some deemed his victory a sign that they do not need to pivot to the center to resonate with voters as \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2024-09-19/why-san-francisco-turned-on-progressivism-essential-california\">many California leaders have in recent years\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It gets people to say … ‘Maybe I can actually be myself and do this,’” said Neel Sannappa, chair of the California Democratic Party’s progressive caucus and an organizer with the Working Families Party, which supports universal health care, the Green New Deal and taxing the rich.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mamdani is young and charismatic. He \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/nyregion/how-mamdani-won-campaign-mayor.html\">chatted people up in the streets\u003c/a> with an \u003ca href=\"https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/04/zohran-mamdani-volunteers-support-mayoral-race-progressive/\">army of volunteers,\u003c/a> drew a cult following with young voters and built a solid base among middle- and upper-class progressives. It helped that his main opponent, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was embroiled in sexual harassment allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Mamdani’s victory may be much harder to replicate in California, where progressives \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/oakland-california-mayor-barbara-lee-195b9204ed98d28b4d5ce9fcba6aaad1\">have had some success\u003c/a> — like when \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook/2025/04/14/bernie-returns-to-a-bruised-progressive-movement-00288529\">U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont\u003c/a> won California handily in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary — but have struggled to fully break through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Do I see a Mamdani-like election somewhere in 2026 here in California? Potentially,” said Michael Trujillo, a Democratic strategist who worked on former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s campaigns and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But if that person exists, they haven’t emerged yet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the years, California progressives have failed to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/03/california-democrats-progressives/\">gain more influence\u003c/a> within the state Democratic Party. Voters have rejected \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-11-07/with-progressive-ballot-measures-set-to-fail-californias-political-identity-is-questioned\">left-leaning ballot measures\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/07/california-renters-eviction-protections/\">progressive legislation\u003c/a> has stalled. Fueled by frustration over crime and homelessness, voters have \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2024/11/george-gascon-pamela-price/\">recalled progressive district attorneys\u003c/a> and elected \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/07/london-breed-concedes-san-francisco-mayoral-race-to-levis-heir-daniel-lurie-00187133\">moderate local leaders\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12046831 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/LateefahSimonGetty2-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California progressives who spoke to CalMatters primarily faulted their lack of success on the political influence of corporations, arguing that special interests have spent big to elbow out left-wing Democrats. They pointed to Sacramento’s mayoral race last November, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article294722779.html\">business-backed\u003c/a> Democrat Kevin McCarty defeated his left-leaning opponent Flo Cofer after \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/sacramento-mayor-race-19959893.php\">outspending her two-to-one\u003c/a>. Nationwide, \u003ca href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/progressives-reckon-massive-campaign-spending-deficit-after-cori/story?id=112667023\">progressive members of Congress\u003c/a> such as Cori Bush of Missouri and Jamaal Bowman of New York lost to well-funded primary opponents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sheer vastness of California also makes it hard to mount effective door-knocking campaigns like Mamdani’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no doubt that Zohran is a unicorn,” said Jane Kim, head of the Working Families Party in California. “There are unicorns that break out that are able to fly at an altitude that’s very hard for us to reach.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But progressive strategists and candidates argue that Mamdani’s victory demonstrates a desire for a departure from the establishment. They argue that there \u003cem>is\u003c/em> a path to victory if they present themselves as agents of change and craft relatable messages that resonate with the working class, especially on affordability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“(Mamdani) made the campaign not about progressive vs. moderate. He made it about change vs. the status quo,” said Saikat Chakrabarti, a progressive seeking to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco next year. He is the former chief of staff to progressive U.S. Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are sick of the status quo,” he said. “I’m the change candidate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Changing the electorate\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The California electorate, though relatively liberal compared to other states, is not as liberal as portrayed nationwide and has shifted rightward in recent years, said Christian Grose, political science professor at the University of Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just last year, Californians \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/11/prop-36-california-election-result/\">embraced tougher penalties for petty crimes\u003c/a>, elected leaders \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-11-12/san-francisco-oakland-voters-move-right-oust-breed-thao-progressives\">promising harder crackdown on homelessness\u003c/a> and rejected progressive policies aiming to rein in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2024/11/california-election-results-prop-33-rent-control/\">rent increases\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2024/11/california-election-result-prop6/\">end forced prison labor\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/11/california-election-result-prop32-minimum-wage/\">increase the minimum wage\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even the most progressive or socialist Democrats, if they want to win statewide, they have to reach all those coalition groups in the Democratic electorate, some of which are very progressive and some of which are not,” Grose said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While much of California’s population is renters and aspiring homeowners, its voters are skewed heavily toward older homeowners, who could view things like rent control and social housing as threats to their quality of life, Grose noted. Homeowners account for almost 70% of likely voters, whereas renters account for only 30%, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/californias-likely-voters/\">according to a Public Policy Institute of California survey\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One path for progressives to win would actually be to change the electorate, to get more renters to turn out, to get more young people to turn out,” Grose said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s what Mamdani sought to do in New York City, and data suggest he succeeded, beating Cuomo in neighborhoods with more young people, many of whom said they liked \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-voters-strategy.html\">his affordability policies\u003c/a>. As the city pondered rent increases, Mamdani ran on a platform of freezing rent and creating more affordable housing and won 46% of the vote \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-mamdani-nyc-voters/\">in renter-heavy neighborhoods\u003c/a>, Bloomberg reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Progressives and Democrats and Republicans would all be very foolish not to be courting the youth vote. The problem is that they all do a generally pretty bad job of courting the youth vote,” said Mindy Romero, founder and director of the Center for Inclusive Democracy at the University of Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the November election, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/06/california-young-democrats-party-2026/\">California’s young Democrats\u003c/a> expressed frustration that their party isn’t doing enough to resonate with their peers, arguing that candidates should take progressive stances on issues such as the war in Gaza and transgender rights, focus on reaching young people on social media and campuses and simplify their affordability message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It can’t be an afterthought,” Romero said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Anti-corporate messaging\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many who spoke to CalMatters hope their firm stance against accepting money from corporate donors will resonate. \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/44f080mq\">More than half of California voters\u003c/a> “strongly agree” that special interest money has too much sway in state politics, according to a poll released Thursday by the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though affiliated with the Working Families Party, Randy Villegas, who is challenging GOP U.S. Rep. David Valadao in the swing 22nd Congressional District, hesitates to call himself a progressive. The district is one where only moderate Democrats have managed to come close to victory in the past decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, Villegas said his path to victory lies in his “economic populist,” anti-wealthy message that focuses on making life easier for the working class. Villegas has sworn off corporate political action committee money, a gesture of authenticity that Sannappa said corporate-backed Democrats do not share.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You are not having to curtail what you say because some donor that gave you $2,700 in Beverly Hills thinks this certain way about this certain thing,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We cannot claim to champion the working class … if we are receiving money from the same corporate PACs that Republicans are receiving money from,” Villegas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Romero said that messaging mostly works with voters who are already aligned with the candidate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not everybody agrees corporate money is bad. They need to be shown exactly what that means for their pocket book, for their family’s well being, or their family’s safety,” Romero said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/11172023_Jummah-For-Palestine_RL_CM_09-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters stand at the edge of a sidewalk as they hold varuous signs in support of Palestine as cars drive through an entrance near a convention center. A white and blue California Democratic Party advertising feather flag can be seen in the foreground.\">\u003cfigcaption>Pro-Palestine protesters arrive at the state Democratic Party Convention event center at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center in Sacramento on Nov. 17, 2023. Protestors marched through the streets of downtown, calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict. \u003cem>Rahul Lal for CalMatters\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And while Democrats widely use the anti-corporate PAC pledge to signal their willingness to stand up to special interests, that promise still allows them to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/02/california-senate-race-corporate-pacs/\">accept other corporate dollars\u003c/a>, such as contributions from executives or trade groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked whether the party would change its approach to accepting corporate donations or shift to the left to address progressives, California Democratic Party Chairperson Rusty Hicks did not address his party’s plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The California Democratic Party has been and will continue to be home to the diverse voices that best represent the Golden State,” he wrote in an emailed statement. “California Democrats are squarely focused on delivering for all Californians – in the halls of government, in places of work and in every community. That’s what voters are expecting of us. And we aim to deliver.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Will Trump provide the momentum?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Progressives in California are hoping that President Donald Trump, who has executed much more sweeping immigration and economic policies than in his first term, drives voters toward “bold,” left-wing candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It becomes this populist opportunity to really frame the economy in a way that works for working people and not for the more moderate problem solvers … that tend to be a lot more pro-business,” said Danielle Cendejas, a progressive consultant in Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it is not a given that progressives would receive a greater boost than other Democrats, Grose said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s more about someone who can effectively take on Trump,” he said. “The politics is secondary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/07/california-progressives-zohran-mamdani/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California progressives who spoke to CalMatters primarily faulted their lack of success on the political influence of corporations, arguing that special interests have spent big to elbow out left-wing Democrats. They pointed to Sacramento’s mayoral race last November, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article294722779.html\">business-backed\u003c/a> Democrat Kevin McCarty defeated his left-leaning opponent Flo Cofer after \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/sacramento-mayor-race-19959893.php\">outspending her two-to-one\u003c/a>. Nationwide, \u003ca href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/progressives-reckon-massive-campaign-spending-deficit-after-cori/story?id=112667023\">progressive members of Congress\u003c/a> such as Cori Bush of Missouri and Jamaal Bowman of New York lost to well-funded primary opponents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sheer vastness of California also makes it hard to mount effective door-knocking campaigns like Mamdani’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no doubt that Zohran is a unicorn,” said Jane Kim, head of the Working Families Party in California. “There are unicorns that break out that are able to fly at an altitude that’s very hard for us to reach.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But progressive strategists and candidates argue that Mamdani’s victory demonstrates a desire for a departure from the establishment. They argue that there \u003cem>is\u003c/em> a path to victory if they present themselves as agents of change and craft relatable messages that resonate with the working class, especially on affordability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“(Mamdani) made the campaign not about progressive vs. moderate. He made it about change vs. the status quo,” said Saikat Chakrabarti, a progressive seeking to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco next year. He is the former chief of staff to progressive U.S. Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are sick of the status quo,” he said. “I’m the change candidate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Changing the electorate\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The California electorate, though relatively liberal compared to other states, is not as liberal as portrayed nationwide and has shifted rightward in recent years, said Christian Grose, political science professor at the University of Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just last year, Californians \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/11/prop-36-california-election-result/\">embraced tougher penalties for petty crimes\u003c/a>, elected leaders \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-11-12/san-francisco-oakland-voters-move-right-oust-breed-thao-progressives\">promising harder crackdown on homelessness\u003c/a> and rejected progressive policies aiming to rein in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2024/11/california-election-results-prop-33-rent-control/\">rent increases\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2024/11/california-election-result-prop6/\">end forced prison labor\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/11/california-election-result-prop32-minimum-wage/\">increase the minimum wage\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even the most progressive or socialist Democrats, if they want to win statewide, they have to reach all those coalition groups in the Democratic electorate, some of which are very progressive and some of which are not,” Grose said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While much of California’s population is renters and aspiring homeowners, its voters are skewed heavily toward older homeowners, who could view things like rent control and social housing as threats to their quality of life, Grose noted. Homeowners account for almost 70% of likely voters, whereas renters account for only 30%, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/californias-likely-voters/\">according to a Public Policy Institute of California survey\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One path for progressives to win would actually be to change the electorate, to get more renters to turn out, to get more young people to turn out,” Grose said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s what Mamdani sought to do in New York City, and data suggest he succeeded, beating Cuomo in neighborhoods with more young people, many of whom said they liked \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-voters-strategy.html\">his affordability policies\u003c/a>. 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Villegas has sworn off corporate political action committee money, a gesture of authenticity that Sannappa said corporate-backed Democrats do not share.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You are not having to curtail what you say because some donor that gave you $2,700 in Beverly Hills thinks this certain way about this certain thing,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We cannot claim to champion the working class … if we are receiving money from the same corporate PACs that Republicans are receiving money from,” Villegas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Romero said that messaging mostly works with voters who are already aligned with the candidate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not everybody agrees corporate money is bad. They need to be shown exactly what that means for their pocket book, for their family’s well being, or their family’s safety,” Romero said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/11172023_Jummah-For-Palestine_RL_CM_09-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters stand at the edge of a sidewalk as they hold varuous signs in support of Palestine as cars drive through an entrance near a convention center. A white and blue California Democratic Party advertising feather flag can be seen in the foreground.\">\u003cfigcaption>Pro-Palestine protesters arrive at the state Democratic Party Convention event center at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center in Sacramento on Nov. 17, 2023. 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