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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> voters resoundingly approved \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/proposition-50\">Proposition 50\u003c/a>, the ballot measure championed by Democrats to enact new congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterms — a fight that became as much a referendum on President Donald Trump as a question of redistricting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In passing Proposition 50, voters agreed to temporarily set aside the maps drawn just a few years ago by the state’s popular independent redistricting commission and approve congressional boundaries aimed at giving Democrats five more seats in the House of Representatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure, championed by Gov. 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Speaking a short time later at the California Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento, Newsom said he was proud of Californians for sending a “powerful message to an historic president.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was not just a victory tonight for the Democratic Party, it was a victory for the United States of America, for the people of this country and the principles that our founding fathers lived and died for,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12062992\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12062992\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/GettyImages-2244069197_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/GettyImages-2244069197_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/GettyImages-2244069197_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/GettyImages-2244069197_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a “Yes On Prop. 50” volunteer event at the L.A. Convention Center on Nov. 1, 2025. (Jill Connelly/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Newsom devoted much of his speech to attacking Trump and linking the president’s redistricting push to broader assaults on democratic norms, including aggressive immigration raids and deploying troops to Democratic-led cities such as Los Angeles. He noted that on Tuesday, as Californians headed to the polls, Trump issued a statement calling the vote a “giant scam” and threatening investigations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead of agonizing over the state of our nation, we organized in an unprecedented way,” Newsom said. “We stood tall and we stood firm in response to Donald Trump’s recklessness. And tonight, after poking the bear, this bear roared — with an unprecedented turnout, in a special election with an extraordinary result. None of us, however, are naive. This is a pattern. This is practice. Donald Trump’s efforts to rig the midterm election continue to this day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans, however, were fuming. GOP Assemblymember David Tangipa, who represents a district stretching south from the Sierra foothills along the eastern edge of Central California, accused Newsom and Democrats of misleading voters with “emotionally charged arguments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a sad day,” he said. “The people of California have been lied to. They’ve been lied to by Gov. 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And I think it’s this high because Proposition 50 is not just about what’s going on in the state. It’s about what is going on in the nation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of Proposition 50 said that was the message they carried to voters during the shortened campaign. SEIU California President David Huerta said union members knocked on nearly 160,000 doors and sent millions of texts and calls in recent weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This election proves what SEIU members know: People power will be the way to stop fascism and save democracy,” he said. “As Trump and MAGA Republicans aim to rig the midterm election to amass more power, escalate their attacks on our communities and march us down the path to unchecked authoritarianism, SEIU members’ thousands of volunteer hours helped Californians send a resounding message back to Washington, D.C.: Not on our watch.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Bakersfield Republican Rep. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cb>Here are the morning’s top stories on Wednesday, October 29, 2025…\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061715/california-divided-heres-whats-at-stake-for-californians-whose-districts-could-get-rewritten-by-prop-50\">Northeast San Diego County is becoming a battleground\u003c/a> in the nationwide fight over congressional districts and control of the House of Representatives. Ballots are out now for a special election that could change several districts in California to give Democrats the advantage. Democrats are working on the ground in an effort to flip the congressional seat. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">California Attorney General Rob Bonta is leading a coalition of 25 states in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061823/california-sues-trump-administration-over-suspension-of-snap-benefits-during-shutdown\">a lawsuit against the USDA.\u003c/a> That’s after the federal agency announced that it will not issue SNAP benefits during the government shutdown.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u003ca href=\"https://www.ijpr.org/education/2025-10-28/mckinleyville-school-district-sues-feds-over-the-loss-of-a-mental-health-grant\">McKinleyville Union School District\u003c/a> in far Northern California has sued the U.S. Department of Education over a mental health grant.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061715/california-divided-heres-whats-at-stake-for-californians-whose-districts-could-get-rewritten-by-prop-50\">\u003cstrong>Democrats In Northeast San Diego County See Proposition 50 As way to reach New Voters\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In San Diego County, four out of five congressional seats are held by Democrats. But in the more rural northeast part of the county, Republicans have been on a winning streak that has lasted more than two decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republican Darrell Issa, who holds California’s 48th District seat, has represented the area through multiple redistricting cycles. If Proposition 50 passes in November, Issa’s district would become almost unrecognizable, shifting from a double-digit advantage for Republicans to a 10-point lead for Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Democratic Party activists say the district already has more liberal-leaning voters than even residents in the area might think. “When people find out that they actually have Democrats or like-minded people as their neighbors, they’re surprised,” said Andi McNew, who was canvassing in the small city of Poway in favor of Proposition 50. “While the MAGA people are loud with their flags and stuff, it kind of keeps Democrats afraid and scared. And they shouldn’t be scared.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Diego County Democratic Party Chair Will Rodriguez-Kennedy said his group is going “all in” on Proposition 50 messaging to reach “everyone, everywhere, all at once.” The party is expanding efforts to reach voters who speak different languages. He said activists on the ground have asked for Spanish-language material, which they’ve been delivering to locals.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"routes-Site-routes-Post-Title-__Title__title\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061823/california-sues-trump-administration-over-suspension-of-snap-benefits-during-shutdown\">\u003cstrong>California Sues Trump Administration Over Suspension Of SNAP Benefits\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California and 21 other states are suing the Trump administration over its move to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13982957/snap-calfresh-ebt-november-shutdown-meals-food-assistance-san-francisco-bay-area\">suspend food stamp benefits\u003c/a> during the ongoing government shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit, announced Tuesday morning by Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta, marks the 45th time this year that California has taken the Trump administration to court over its policies, often joined by other Democratic governors and attorneys general. Many of those lawsuits, like this one, challenge moves by the White House to withhold funding to California and other states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/2025.10.28%20Complaint.pdf\">lawsuit\u003c/a>, filed in federal court in Massachusetts, alleges that the U.S. Department of Agriculture still has sufficient funds to continue administering Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits despite the government shutdown. It asks the court for a temporary restraining order to halt the suspension, set to take effect Nov. 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For the first time ever, SNAP benefits will not be available to the millions of low-income individuals who depend on them to put food on the table,” Bonta said. “With the holidays around the corner, we are seeing costs for groceries continue to increase and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061440/calfresh-snap-ebt-shutdown-find-food-banks-near-me-san-francisco-bay-area-alameda-oakland-contra-costa-newsom-national-guard\">food banks facing unprecedented demand\u003c/a>. We are taking a stand because families will experience hunger and malnutrition if the Trump administration gets its way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 5.5 million Californians \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060770/snap-calfresh-food-stamps-government-shutdown-november-payments-ebt\">rely on SNAP benefits\u003c/a>, which are distributed as debit cards to people making less than the federal poverty line — about $31,000 for a family of four. Last year, Bonta said, 41 million Americans benefited from SNAP, most of them families with children and many of them disabled or elderly. In California, the SNAP program is known as CalFresh.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArtP-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.ijpr.org/education/2025-10-28/mckinleyville-school-district-sues-feds-over-the-loss-of-a-mental-health-grant\">\u003cstrong>McKinleyville School District Sues Feds Over The Loss Of A Mental Health Grant\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp class=\"ArtP-subheadline\">A Humboldt County school district says the U.S. Department of Education unlawfully cut short a five-year grant, leaving rural students without critical mental health support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A federal lawsuit names U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon. It alleges the Department of Education unlawfully withdrew four years of promised grant funding from the district. The \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.scribd.com/document/937347154/N-D-Cal-25-cv-09105-dckt-000001-000-filed-2025-10-22#content=query:suicide,pageNum:3,indexOnPage:0,bestMatch:false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complaint\u003c/a> says the grant supported \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/grants-birth-grade-12/safe-and-supportive-schools/school-based-mental-health-services-grant-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">school-based mental health services\u003c/a> for students in rural Humboldt County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the grant was supposed to last for five years, the department announced in April that funding would end this December, after only one year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amanda Mangaser Savage, strategic litigation counsel at the nonprofit law firm \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://publiccounsel.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Public Counsel\u003c/a>, which represents the McKinleyville Union School District, said ending the grant will harm students. “We believe that having adequate care for trauma is necessary to access education,” she said. “[This decision] treats these kids who have very real needs as just totally disposable and sacrifices their livelihoods, their lives, their well-being, their care on the altar, basically, of ideological grandstanding.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Californians will decide Nov. 4 on a ballot measure that could reshape how our state is represented in Congress: Proposition 50 would \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053140/california-lawmakers-pass-redistricting-plan-now-it-heads-to-voters\">redraw California’s congressional district lines\u003c/a> to help Democrats pick up five additional seats in the House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure is Gov. Gavin Newsom’s response to the growing \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/08/14/nx-s1-5501537/texas-california-gerrymandering-redistricting\">national fight over redistricting\u003c/a>, sparked by President Donald Trump’s push for Republicans in Texas to redraw their maps. If Proposition 50 passes, the state’s political map will look different from Sonoma down to San Diego.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can’t stand back and watch this democracy disappear district by district, all across this country,” Newsom said \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io2HutlGdHk\">during a press conference\u003c/a> in August. “It’s not good enough to just hold hands, have a candlelight vigil and talk about the way things should be. We have got to meet fire with fire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State legislators voted to put Newsom’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053140/california-lawmakers-pass-redistricting-plan-now-it-heads-to-voters\">redistricting plan on the ballot\u003c/a>. If Proposition 50 passes, it would temporarily suspend California’s independent redistricting commission through 2030 – an unprecedented mid-decade redistricting move for a state that typically redraws its lines after the census once every 10 years after the census.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new map would likely flip five of California’s 52 congressional districts from Republican representation to Democratic. It would also make several existing Democratic seats less competitive by bringing blue-leaning areas like Sonoma and Sacramento counties into more traditionally red areas, like Modoc and Kings counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038712\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038712\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CATTLE-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CATTLE-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CATTLE-1-KQED-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CATTLE-1-KQED-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CATTLE-1-KQED-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CATTLE-1-KQED-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CATTLE-1-KQED-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cattle graze in a Modoc County pasture. \u003ccite>(Saul Gonzalez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the final week of campaigning ahead of Election Day, those in favor of Proposition 50 argue that redistricting in the Golden State is a necessary counterpunch to Texas’ gerrymandering — and a way to stand up to President Trump on principle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents argue that the state’s established citizen redistricting commission \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060736/recall-redux-democrats-and-republicans-bring-back-familiar-arguments-in-prop-50-battle\">should be the one orchestrating this process\u003c/a> to keep things nonpartisan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In collaboration with The California Newsroom and KQED’s The California Report, journalists across the state spoke with residents, business leaders and legislators from each of the five congressional districts that could change under Proposition 50 to understand what’s at stake.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>District 3\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Quick take: Democratic residents in the blue bubble of Lake Tahoe say it’s time to have one of their own in Washington.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lake Tahoe is a blue dot in California’s 3rd Congressional District, which covers conservative Placer and El Dorado counties and spans down the Eastern Sierra to Death Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district has long had a Republican representative in Congress, but this mountainous area that draws outdoor lovers year-round usually votes blue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Theresa May Duggan, a Democrat known locally as Tee May, has been writing postcards to voters across the state, urging them to support Proposition 50. She’s lived in Tahoe for 48 years and said the region faces a lot of the same challenges as other parts of California that are often overshadowed by issues surrounding Lake Tahoe itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061948\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061948\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tee May Duggan writes postcards to California voters urging their support on Proposition 50 at her Tahoe Vista home on Oct. 5, 2025. \u003ccite>(Laura Fitzgerald/CapRadio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Can you imagine if we had another vote in Congress for things for our community that didn’t involve the lake?” Duggan asked. She wants a representative who will work to boost the region’s housing stock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Duggan also wants to feel like she’s part of California, the part that reflects her values.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know I live in a blue dot. I want to live in a blue district too,” Duggan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Duggan could get her wish if Proposition 50 passes. California’s redistricting proposal would shrink the 3rd Congressional District and tie in parts of bluer Sacramento County, making it easier for a Democratic candidate to win the seat, currently held by Republican Kevin Kiley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other residents say, regardless of party, they want their representative to pay more attention to the region’s unique challenges, including wildfire prevention, skyrocketing insurance rates, rural health care access and management of federal land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the cuts to the U.S. Forest Service do not serve this area,” said Truckee Town Councilmember Courtney Henderson. “No matter what the boundary looks like or who that representative is, they have to have deep working knowledge of what happens on the ground and in rural communities and a lot of this district is very rural.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>— \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/about/bios/laura-fitzgerald/\">\u003cem>Laura Fitzgerald\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, CapRadio\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>District 22\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Quick Take: Farmers fear losing Republican Rep. David Valadao will put them at the mercy of regulation-crazed Dems; others say the congressman needs to pay the political price for supporting Medicaid cuts.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Proposition 50 passes, Rep. David Valadao of the Central Valley would be one of five Republicans on the chopping block — and that worries farmers in his district, which comprises a significant portion of California’s rich agricultural belt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kings County is one of \u003ca href=\"https://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/final-maps/\">three agricultural counties\u003c/a> that make up District 22, represented by Valadao. Dairy farms, vineyards and crops help make California one of the world’s leading agricultural exporters, bringing in \u003ca href=\"https://plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov/wordpress/?p=27335\">billions of dollars\u003c/a> a year and providing \u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/programs/transportation-planning/documents/new-state-planning/transportation-economics/socioeconomic-forecasts/2019/2019-pdf/kingsfinal-a11y.pdf\">tens of thousands\u003c/a> of jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a point of pride for Charles Meyer, who grows a cornucopia of crops on his 1,500-acre Stratford farm in Kings County, including wheat, Pima cotton, alfalfa, almonds and pistachios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061952\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061952\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1505\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided2-1536x1156.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles Meyer stands in his Kings County cotton field on Oct. 10, 2025. He said he opposes Proposition 50 — and Democratic leadership in general — because he feels their environmental regulations are slowly edging farmers out of business. \u003ccite>(Kerry Klein/KVPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You become attached to the ground,” he said. “It’s like our boys in the military, they give their life for the country. We feel about our ground about like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meyer wants elected leaders who feel that way, too. Valadao, who \u003ca href=\"https://valadao.house.gov/about/\">used to be a dairy farmer\u003c/a>, was first elected to Congress in 2012. But if voters approve Proposition 50 next month, District 22 would stretch out \u003ca href=\"https://aelc.assembly.ca.gov/proposed-congressional-map\">almost twice as long\u003c/a> to gain Democratic voters from neighboring counties and give them a better shot at winning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t want anything that would help Democrats gain power,” Meyer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because California Democrats have pushed a slew of environmental regulations aimed at protecting air, \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/water_issues/irrigated_lands/background_history/\">water\u003c/a> and ecosystems. They also restrict things like \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sgma/about_sgma.html\">groundwater\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/is/docs/Fertilizer_Law_and_Regs.pdf\">fertilizer use\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meyer calls that regulatory overreach, and he blames Democrats for rising farming costs and slumping profits: “When they gain power, negative things happen,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061960\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061960\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1505\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided4.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided4-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided4-1536x1156.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles Meyer holds pima cotton he grew on his Stratford, California farm. \u003ccite>(Kerry Klein/KVPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s a common opinion. Signs reading “Vote No on Prop. 50” line Kings County’s highways, alongside banners to recall Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Democrats, however, support the new map. Karla Orosco, a retired science teacher, was among a dozen people recently holding up signs in favor of Proposition 50 and other Democratic priorities in nearby Lemoore. She’s part of a “bridge brigade” that hangs signs on overpasses throughout Kings County. None of the dozen volunteers canvassing in Lemoore that day was a farmer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But they said they’re angry that Valadao hasn’t hosted an in-person town hall in \u003ca href=\"https://valadao.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1424\">more than a year\u003c/a>, and that he voted to cut Medicaid — even though he said he wouldn’t, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.chcf.org/resource/how-many-congressional-district-get-medi-cal-premium-subsidy-through-covered-california/\">two-thirds of his constituents\u003c/a> rely on it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s going to hurt a lot of people, and it’s going to wake a lot of people up when the healthcare premiums go up,” Orosco said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>—\u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/people/kerry-klein\">\u003cem>Kerry Klein\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, KVPR\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>District 48\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Quick take: In a largely red area of San Diego County, Democrats see Proposition 50 as a way to reach new voters.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Diego County, four out of five congressional seats are held by Democrats. But in the more rural northeast part of the county, Republicans have been on a winning streak that has lasted more than two decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republican Darrell Issa, who holds California’s 48th District seat, has represented the area through multiple redistricting cycles. If Proposition 50 passes in November, Issa’s district would become almost unrecognizable, shifting from a double-digit advantage for Republicans to a 10-point lead for Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056383\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056383\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Newsom-Gerry_CalMatters.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Newsom-Gerry_CalMatters.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Newsom-Gerry_CalMatters-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Newsom-Gerry_CalMatters-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa speaks to media outside of a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 14, 2023. \u003ccite>(Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA via Reuters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Democratic Party activists say the district already has more liberal-leaning voters than even residents in the area might think.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When people find out that they actually have Democrats or like-minded people as their neighbors, they’re surprised,” said Andi McNew, who was canvassing in the small city of Poway in favor of Proposition 50. “While the MAGA people are loud with their flags and stuff, it kind of keeps Democrats afraid and scared. And they shouldn’t be scared.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McNew said this perception leads people — and the Democratic Party — to write these areas off as “red,” and not invest in getting out the vote. But because Proposition 50 is a statewide referendum, every vote counts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s why it’s so sad to see Democrats give up on these areas and not run … for these local seats, because we can win them,” McNew said.[aside postID=news_12061445 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251024-NEWSOM-ON-PB-MD-03-KQED.jpg']San Diego County Democratic Party Chair Will Rodriguez-Kennedy said his group is going “all in” on Proposition 50 messaging to reach “everyone, everywhere, all at once.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The party is expanding efforts to reach voters who speak different languages. He said activists on the ground have asked for Spanish-language material, which they’ve been delivering to locals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julie Martinez is one of those activists. She volunteers with the Fallbrook Democratic Club, which covers the area northeast of Camp Pendleton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fifty percent of our Democratic base here [in Fallbrook] is of Hispanic and or Indigenous [heritage],” Martinez said. “So, maybe in the past … their needs and their wants and their voices have not been addressed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martinez said targeted outreach makes a big difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do get a lot of ‘thank yous,’” Martinez said. “We get people telling us that in the entire 20 years or so that they’ve lived in this community, no one has ever given them any voter information in their native language of Spanish. So I see that as a huge success.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>—\u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/staff/jake-gotta\">\u003cem>Jake Gotta\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, KPBS\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>District 1\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Quick take: Folks in California’s largest Congressional District worry their rural way of life could be threatened by wealthy Bay Area representation under Proposition 50.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s 1st Congressional District is the state’s largest by geography: It stretches from Modoc County in the northeast corner of the state to the Klamath National Forest in the west, and down south to the city of Chico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it’s vast, Modoc is the third-least populated county in the state. It’s part of a congressional district created to include counties that depend on natural resources like ranching, timber and farming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Proposition 50, that would change: Modoc would still be clustered with like-minded Siskiyou and Shasta counties, but it would be in the same congressional district — District 2 — as Marin County on the coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some residents are concerned that the new maps would further reduce their political power in a super-blue state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Artist and rancher Valerie Coe moved to Modoc County in the 1990s. She’s concerned that Modoc will be forgotten in the proposed changes, and likes current Congressman Doug LaMalfa, a Republican.[aside label=\"2025 California Special Election\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/proposition-50,Learn about Proposition 50' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Aside-2025-Special-Election-Voter-Guide-Proposition-50-1200x675-1.png]“The representation we have now is a gentleman who is a farmer himself, and so he understands the challenges we face in agriculture,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Proposition 50 is approved, Modoc County Democrats hope that Jared Huffman, who currently represents District 2 and calls Marin County home, would become the area’s new congressman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But not everyone agrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He doesn’t get what’s going on on the ground in rural areas at all,” said Geri Byrne, a rancher and county supervisor. Huffman isn’t a farmer and represents Bay Area cities like San Rafael and Petaluma, along with more rural cities on the coast like Fort Bragg and Ukiah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huffman told Jefferson Public Radio he’s aware of the skeptics and knows what he’s up against.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve got to take the time and make the effort to humanize myself, to show that I do care,” Huffman said. “I’m not some caricature of an urban elite that knows nothing about rural America.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chico, also in District 1, is a bright blue dot in a sea of red. If Proposition 50 is approved, it would stay in District 1, but would be clustered into the same district as some wealthy Bay Area cities like Santa Rosa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chico and Santa Rosa voted for Kamala Harris and agreed on seven out of the 10 propositions on the 2024 ballot. But Chico resident Walt Stile said political affinity doesn’t equate to a connection, and that people in Santa Rosa aren’t likely to care about issues that Chico faces, like flooding in the Sacramento River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think people in Santa Rosa even know where Chico is,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And when Chico resident Denise Katsikas thinks of Santa Rosa, her first thought is fancy wineries and wealth. (In 2023, Santa Rosa, with its many vineyards, was ranked \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2023/11/07/santa-rosa-ranks-among-top-25-most-expensive-places-to-live-in-the-us-according-to-us-news-world-report/\">eighth out of the 25 most expensive places to live\u003c/a> in the United States, according to a U.S. News & World Report.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m closer to being evicted from my home that’s not paid off than I am to being a billionaire,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, Katsikas is in favor of Proposition 50.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>—\u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ijpr.org/people/roman-battaglia\">\u003cem>Roman Battaglia\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, Jefferson Public Radio and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mynspr.org/people/sarina-grossi\">\u003cem>Sarina Grossi\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, North State Public Radio\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>District 41\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Quick Take: Welcome to the horsey hamlet of Norco, where voters want to protect their way of life, and “Gavin Newsom” is a dirty word. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Life in Norco, a rural city of about 25,000 in Riverside County, is built around horses. Locals call it “Horsetown USA.” Just ask resident Don Pettinger, who rides his reddish-brown horse, “Rusty,” through his neighborhood — the sidewalks in Norco are horse trails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What does Norco stand for? It stands for the equestrian lifestyle … being able to get our horse and go ride,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pettinger and many others in Norco worry they’ll lose their equestrian way of life if Proposition 50 passes. That’s because Norco would be shifted from a staunchly conservative district into one that’s solidly Democratic, urban and possibly unsympathetic to what Pettinger and others here hold dear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061954\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061954\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1448\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided3-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided3-1536x1112.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The city of Norco’s Main Street — which boasts a “Horsetown, USA” sign in addition to horse trails instead of sidewalks — is seen on Oct. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Madison Aument/KVCR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If we get a representative here who is representing Los Angeles or parts of Pomona or something like that, she’s not going to be used to our lifestyles, or whoever that Congress person is,” he said. “We need someone who knows who we are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norco’s current representative, Republican Ken Calvert, \u003ca href=\"https://calvert.house.gov/about-ken/biography\">was born and raised in Corona\u003c/a>, which is just one town over. He’s represented District 41 for more than 30 years. Pettinger abhors the idea of Proposition 50 taking Calvert away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s more an issue of a power grab by the governor and the state trying to put their will in place so that they can help control Congress for whoever might control the White House next,” Pettinger said. “And it’s not right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calvert has served on the House Appropriations Committee for more than a decade. Norco City Councilmember Kevin Bash said over the years, the congressman has delivered funding to the region for several big infrastructure projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He built \u003ca href=\"https://www.rctc.org/community-celebrates-completion-of-mayor-berwin-hanna-bridge-and-hamner-widening-projects/\">two bridges\u003c/a> for us,” Bash said. “He’s put together a \u003ca href=\"https://kesq.com/news/2024/03/06/millions-in-federal-funding-for-infrastructure-projects-could-be-on-its-way-to-the-coachella-valley/\">recycled water treatment plant\u003c/a> to help the Navy, to help our lake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bash worries that without Calvert, Norco might not get what it needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet conversations with Bash and many other Republicans in town often turn away from Congress and focus instead on state politics, where Democrats hold the power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, they say state policies that require high-density housing threaten Norco’s way of life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our biggest enemy is the state of California,” Bash said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And as many California Republicans see it, Gov. Newsom — who launched Proposition 50 in response to gerrymandering efforts in Texas — \u003cem>is \u003c/em>the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But many Democrats in Norco see Proposition 50’s proposed map as an opportunity to get rid of Calvert. Chair of the Riverside County Democratic Party Joy Silver said after more than 30 years, it’s about time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ken Calvert, I think, is just one of those guys who touts the party line,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, Calvert voted to cut Medicaid, by way of voting for the Big Beautiful Bill, and he holds an “\u003ca href=\"https://calvert.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/calvert-evo.house.gov/files/migrated/UploadedFiles/Calvert_Amnesty.pdf\">enforcement-first\u003c/a>” stance on immigration. Local Democrats also say he’s notorious for not hosting town hall events. According to Calvert’s website, the last town hall was held \u003ca href=\"https://calvert.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-calvert-announces-telephone-town-hall\">in 2017\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That doesn’t matter much to Don Pettinger. Even though there’s no sign Congress would come for his horse trails, he still worries that a new district map would stir up trouble for Norco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let us be Horsetown, USA,” he said. “Let us be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>—\u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kvcrnews.org/people/madison-aument\">\u003cem>Madison Aument\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, KVCR\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of \u003c/em>California Divided,\u003cem> a digital and audio series about Proposition 50 produced by \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/californianewsroom\">\u003cem>The California Newsroom\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, a collaboration of public media outlets throughout the state and KQED’s The California Report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Californians will decide Nov. 4 on a ballot measure that could reshape how our state is represented in Congress: Proposition 50 would \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053140/california-lawmakers-pass-redistricting-plan-now-it-heads-to-voters\">redraw California’s congressional district lines\u003c/a> to help Democrats pick up five additional seats in the House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure is Gov. Gavin Newsom’s response to the growing \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/08/14/nx-s1-5501537/texas-california-gerrymandering-redistricting\">national fight over redistricting\u003c/a>, sparked by President Donald Trump’s push for Republicans in Texas to redraw their maps. If Proposition 50 passes, the state’s political map will look different from Sonoma down to San Diego.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can’t stand back and watch this democracy disappear district by district, all across this country,” Newsom said \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io2HutlGdHk\">during a press conference\u003c/a> in August. “It’s not good enough to just hold hands, have a candlelight vigil and talk about the way things should be. We have got to meet fire with fire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State legislators voted to put Newsom’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053140/california-lawmakers-pass-redistricting-plan-now-it-heads-to-voters\">redistricting plan on the ballot\u003c/a>. If Proposition 50 passes, it would temporarily suspend California’s independent redistricting commission through 2030 – an unprecedented mid-decade redistricting move for a state that typically redraws its lines after the census once every 10 years after the census.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new map would likely flip five of California’s 52 congressional districts from Republican representation to Democratic. It would also make several existing Democratic seats less competitive by bringing blue-leaning areas like Sonoma and Sacramento counties into more traditionally red areas, like Modoc and Kings counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038712\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038712\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CATTLE-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CATTLE-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CATTLE-1-KQED-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CATTLE-1-KQED-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CATTLE-1-KQED-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CATTLE-1-KQED-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CATTLE-1-KQED-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cattle graze in a Modoc County pasture. \u003ccite>(Saul Gonzalez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the final week of campaigning ahead of Election Day, those in favor of Proposition 50 argue that redistricting in the Golden State is a necessary counterpunch to Texas’ gerrymandering — and a way to stand up to President Trump on principle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents argue that the state’s established citizen redistricting commission \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060736/recall-redux-democrats-and-republicans-bring-back-familiar-arguments-in-prop-50-battle\">should be the one orchestrating this process\u003c/a> to keep things nonpartisan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In collaboration with The California Newsroom and KQED’s The California Report, journalists across the state spoke with residents, business leaders and legislators from each of the five congressional districts that could change under Proposition 50 to understand what’s at stake.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>District 3\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Quick take: Democratic residents in the blue bubble of Lake Tahoe say it’s time to have one of their own in Washington.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lake Tahoe is a blue dot in California’s 3rd Congressional District, which covers conservative Placer and El Dorado counties and spans down the Eastern Sierra to Death Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district has long had a Republican representative in Congress, but this mountainous area that draws outdoor lovers year-round usually votes blue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Theresa May Duggan, a Democrat known locally as Tee May, has been writing postcards to voters across the state, urging them to support Proposition 50. She’s lived in Tahoe for 48 years and said the region faces a lot of the same challenges as other parts of California that are often overshadowed by issues surrounding Lake Tahoe itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061948\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061948\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tee May Duggan writes postcards to California voters urging their support on Proposition 50 at her Tahoe Vista home on Oct. 5, 2025. \u003ccite>(Laura Fitzgerald/CapRadio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Can you imagine if we had another vote in Congress for things for our community that didn’t involve the lake?” Duggan asked. She wants a representative who will work to boost the region’s housing stock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Duggan also wants to feel like she’s part of California, the part that reflects her values.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know I live in a blue dot. I want to live in a blue district too,” Duggan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Duggan could get her wish if Proposition 50 passes. California’s redistricting proposal would shrink the 3rd Congressional District and tie in parts of bluer Sacramento County, making it easier for a Democratic candidate to win the seat, currently held by Republican Kevin Kiley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other residents say, regardless of party, they want their representative to pay more attention to the region’s unique challenges, including wildfire prevention, skyrocketing insurance rates, rural health care access and management of federal land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the cuts to the U.S. Forest Service do not serve this area,” said Truckee Town Councilmember Courtney Henderson. “No matter what the boundary looks like or who that representative is, they have to have deep working knowledge of what happens on the ground and in rural communities and a lot of this district is very rural.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>— \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/about/bios/laura-fitzgerald/\">\u003cem>Laura Fitzgerald\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, CapRadio\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>District 22\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Quick Take: Farmers fear losing Republican Rep. David Valadao will put them at the mercy of regulation-crazed Dems; others say the congressman needs to pay the political price for supporting Medicaid cuts.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Proposition 50 passes, Rep. David Valadao of the Central Valley would be one of five Republicans on the chopping block — and that worries farmers in his district, which comprises a significant portion of California’s rich agricultural belt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kings County is one of \u003ca href=\"https://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/final-maps/\">three agricultural counties\u003c/a> that make up District 22, represented by Valadao. Dairy farms, vineyards and crops help make California one of the world’s leading agricultural exporters, bringing in \u003ca href=\"https://plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov/wordpress/?p=27335\">billions of dollars\u003c/a> a year and providing \u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/programs/transportation-planning/documents/new-state-planning/transportation-economics/socioeconomic-forecasts/2019/2019-pdf/kingsfinal-a11y.pdf\">tens of thousands\u003c/a> of jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a point of pride for Charles Meyer, who grows a cornucopia of crops on his 1,500-acre Stratford farm in Kings County, including wheat, Pima cotton, alfalfa, almonds and pistachios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061952\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061952\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1505\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided2-1536x1156.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles Meyer stands in his Kings County cotton field on Oct. 10, 2025. He said he opposes Proposition 50 — and Democratic leadership in general — because he feels their environmental regulations are slowly edging farmers out of business. \u003ccite>(Kerry Klein/KVPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You become attached to the ground,” he said. “It’s like our boys in the military, they give their life for the country. We feel about our ground about like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meyer wants elected leaders who feel that way, too. Valadao, who \u003ca href=\"https://valadao.house.gov/about/\">used to be a dairy farmer\u003c/a>, was first elected to Congress in 2012. But if voters approve Proposition 50 next month, District 22 would stretch out \u003ca href=\"https://aelc.assembly.ca.gov/proposed-congressional-map\">almost twice as long\u003c/a> to gain Democratic voters from neighboring counties and give them a better shot at winning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t want anything that would help Democrats gain power,” Meyer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because California Democrats have pushed a slew of environmental regulations aimed at protecting air, \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/water_issues/irrigated_lands/background_history/\">water\u003c/a> and ecosystems. They also restrict things like \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sgma/about_sgma.html\">groundwater\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/is/docs/Fertilizer_Law_and_Regs.pdf\">fertilizer use\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meyer calls that regulatory overreach, and he blames Democrats for rising farming costs and slumping profits: “When they gain power, negative things happen,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061960\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061960\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1505\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided4.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided4-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided4-1536x1156.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles Meyer holds pima cotton he grew on his Stratford, California farm. \u003ccite>(Kerry Klein/KVPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s a common opinion. Signs reading “Vote No on Prop. 50” line Kings County’s highways, alongside banners to recall Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Democrats, however, support the new map. Karla Orosco, a retired science teacher, was among a dozen people recently holding up signs in favor of Proposition 50 and other Democratic priorities in nearby Lemoore. She’s part of a “bridge brigade” that hangs signs on overpasses throughout Kings County. None of the dozen volunteers canvassing in Lemoore that day was a farmer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But they said they’re angry that Valadao hasn’t hosted an in-person town hall in \u003ca href=\"https://valadao.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1424\">more than a year\u003c/a>, and that he voted to cut Medicaid — even though he said he wouldn’t, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.chcf.org/resource/how-many-congressional-district-get-medi-cal-premium-subsidy-through-covered-california/\">two-thirds of his constituents\u003c/a> rely on it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s going to hurt a lot of people, and it’s going to wake a lot of people up when the healthcare premiums go up,” Orosco said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>—\u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/people/kerry-klein\">\u003cem>Kerry Klein\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, KVPR\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>District 48\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Quick take: In a largely red area of San Diego County, Democrats see Proposition 50 as a way to reach new voters.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Diego County, four out of five congressional seats are held by Democrats. But in the more rural northeast part of the county, Republicans have been on a winning streak that has lasted more than two decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republican Darrell Issa, who holds California’s 48th District seat, has represented the area through multiple redistricting cycles. If Proposition 50 passes in November, Issa’s district would become almost unrecognizable, shifting from a double-digit advantage for Republicans to a 10-point lead for Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056383\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056383\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Newsom-Gerry_CalMatters.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Newsom-Gerry_CalMatters.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Newsom-Gerry_CalMatters-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Newsom-Gerry_CalMatters-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa speaks to media outside of a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 14, 2023. \u003ccite>(Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA via Reuters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Democratic Party activists say the district already has more liberal-leaning voters than even residents in the area might think.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When people find out that they actually have Democrats or like-minded people as their neighbors, they’re surprised,” said Andi McNew, who was canvassing in the small city of Poway in favor of Proposition 50. “While the MAGA people are loud with their flags and stuff, it kind of keeps Democrats afraid and scared. And they shouldn’t be scared.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McNew said this perception leads people — and the Democratic Party — to write these areas off as “red,” and not invest in getting out the vote. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>San Diego County Democratic Party Chair Will Rodriguez-Kennedy said his group is going “all in” on Proposition 50 messaging to reach “everyone, everywhere, all at once.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The party is expanding efforts to reach voters who speak different languages. He said activists on the ground have asked for Spanish-language material, which they’ve been delivering to locals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julie Martinez is one of those activists. She volunteers with the Fallbrook Democratic Club, which covers the area northeast of Camp Pendleton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fifty percent of our Democratic base here [in Fallbrook] is of Hispanic and or Indigenous [heritage],” Martinez said. “So, maybe in the past … their needs and their wants and their voices have not been addressed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martinez said targeted outreach makes a big difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do get a lot of ‘thank yous,’” Martinez said. “We get people telling us that in the entire 20 years or so that they’ve lived in this community, no one has ever given them any voter information in their native language of Spanish. So I see that as a huge success.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>—\u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/staff/jake-gotta\">\u003cem>Jake Gotta\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, KPBS\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>District 1\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Quick take: Folks in California’s largest Congressional District worry their rural way of life could be threatened by wealthy Bay Area representation under Proposition 50.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s 1st Congressional District is the state’s largest by geography: It stretches from Modoc County in the northeast corner of the state to the Klamath National Forest in the west, and down south to the city of Chico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it’s vast, Modoc is the third-least populated county in the state. It’s part of a congressional district created to include counties that depend on natural resources like ranching, timber and farming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Proposition 50, that would change: Modoc would still be clustered with like-minded Siskiyou and Shasta counties, but it would be in the same congressional district — District 2 — as Marin County on the coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some residents are concerned that the new maps would further reduce their political power in a super-blue state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Artist and rancher Valerie Coe moved to Modoc County in the 1990s. She’s concerned that Modoc will be forgotten in the proposed changes, and likes current Congressman Doug LaMalfa, a Republican.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Huffman isn’t a farmer and represents Bay Area cities like San Rafael and Petaluma, along with more rural cities on the coast like Fort Bragg and Ukiah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huffman told Jefferson Public Radio he’s aware of the skeptics and knows what he’s up against.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve got to take the time and make the effort to humanize myself, to show that I do care,” Huffman said. “I’m not some caricature of an urban elite that knows nothing about rural America.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chico, also in District 1, is a bright blue dot in a sea of red. If Proposition 50 is approved, it would stay in District 1, but would be clustered into the same district as some wealthy Bay Area cities like Santa Rosa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chico and Santa Rosa voted for Kamala Harris and agreed on seven out of the 10 propositions on the 2024 ballot. But Chico resident Walt Stile said political affinity doesn’t equate to a connection, and that people in Santa Rosa aren’t likely to care about issues that Chico faces, like flooding in the Sacramento River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think people in Santa Rosa even know where Chico is,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And when Chico resident Denise Katsikas thinks of Santa Rosa, her first thought is fancy wineries and wealth. (In 2023, Santa Rosa, with its many vineyards, was ranked \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2023/11/07/santa-rosa-ranks-among-top-25-most-expensive-places-to-live-in-the-us-according-to-us-news-world-report/\">eighth out of the 25 most expensive places to live\u003c/a> in the United States, according to a U.S. News & World Report.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m closer to being evicted from my home that’s not paid off than I am to being a billionaire,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, Katsikas is in favor of Proposition 50.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>—\u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ijpr.org/people/roman-battaglia\">\u003cem>Roman Battaglia\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, Jefferson Public Radio and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mynspr.org/people/sarina-grossi\">\u003cem>Sarina Grossi\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, North State Public Radio\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>District 41\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Quick Take: Welcome to the horsey hamlet of Norco, where voters want to protect their way of life, and “Gavin Newsom” is a dirty word. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Life in Norco, a rural city of about 25,000 in Riverside County, is built around horses. Locals call it “Horsetown USA.” Just ask resident Don Pettinger, who rides his reddish-brown horse, “Rusty,” through his neighborhood — the sidewalks in Norco are horse trails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What does Norco stand for? It stands for the equestrian lifestyle … being able to get our horse and go ride,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pettinger and many others in Norco worry they’ll lose their equestrian way of life if Proposition 50 passes. That’s because Norco would be shifted from a staunchly conservative district into one that’s solidly Democratic, urban and possibly unsympathetic to what Pettinger and others here hold dear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061954\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061954\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1448\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided3-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaDivided3-1536x1112.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The city of Norco’s Main Street — which boasts a “Horsetown, USA” sign in addition to horse trails instead of sidewalks — is seen on Oct. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Madison Aument/KVCR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If we get a representative here who is representing Los Angeles or parts of Pomona or something like that, she’s not going to be used to our lifestyles, or whoever that Congress person is,” he said. “We need someone who knows who we are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norco’s current representative, Republican Ken Calvert, \u003ca href=\"https://calvert.house.gov/about-ken/biography\">was born and raised in Corona\u003c/a>, which is just one town over. He’s represented District 41 for more than 30 years. Pettinger abhors the idea of Proposition 50 taking Calvert away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s more an issue of a power grab by the governor and the state trying to put their will in place so that they can help control Congress for whoever might control the White House next,” Pettinger said. “And it’s not right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calvert has served on the House Appropriations Committee for more than a decade. Norco City Councilmember Kevin Bash said over the years, the congressman has delivered funding to the region for several big infrastructure projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He built \u003ca href=\"https://www.rctc.org/community-celebrates-completion-of-mayor-berwin-hanna-bridge-and-hamner-widening-projects/\">two bridges\u003c/a> for us,” Bash said. “He’s put together a \u003ca href=\"https://kesq.com/news/2024/03/06/millions-in-federal-funding-for-infrastructure-projects-could-be-on-its-way-to-the-coachella-valley/\">recycled water treatment plant\u003c/a> to help the Navy, to help our lake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bash worries that without Calvert, Norco might not get what it needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet conversations with Bash and many other Republicans in town often turn away from Congress and focus instead on state politics, where Democrats hold the power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, they say state policies that require high-density housing threaten Norco’s way of life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our biggest enemy is the state of California,” Bash said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And as many California Republicans see it, Gov. Newsom — who launched Proposition 50 in response to gerrymandering efforts in Texas — \u003cem>is \u003c/em>the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But many Democrats in Norco see Proposition 50’s proposed map as an opportunity to get rid of Calvert. Chair of the Riverside County Democratic Party Joy Silver said after more than 30 years, it’s about time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ken Calvert, I think, is just one of those guys who touts the party line,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, Calvert voted to cut Medicaid, by way of voting for the Big Beautiful Bill, and he holds an “\u003ca href=\"https://calvert.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/calvert-evo.house.gov/files/migrated/UploadedFiles/Calvert_Amnesty.pdf\">enforcement-first\u003c/a>” stance on immigration. Local Democrats also say he’s notorious for not hosting town hall events. According to Calvert’s website, the last town hall was held \u003ca href=\"https://calvert.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-calvert-announces-telephone-town-hall\">in 2017\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That doesn’t matter much to Don Pettinger. Even though there’s no sign Congress would come for his horse trails, he still worries that a new district map would stir up trouble for Norco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let us be Horsetown, USA,” he said. “Let us be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>—\u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kvcrnews.org/people/madison-aument\">\u003cem>Madison Aument\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, KVCR\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of \u003c/em>California Divided,\u003cem> a digital and audio series about Proposition 50 produced by \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/californianewsroom\">\u003cem>The California Newsroom\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, a collaboration of public media outlets throughout the state and KQED’s The California Report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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And that worries farmers in his district. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">State Attorney General Rob Bonta says the monitors that the U.S. Department of Justice is sending to five California counties \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/brief/news/politics/bonta-bashes-trump-administration-plan-to-send-election-monitors-to-california\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">will not be allowed to interfere in the voting process.\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Los Angeles Dodgers \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/10/28/g-s1-95311/dodgers-over-blue-jays-world-series\">won a marathon Game 3 of the World Series\u003c/a>, as Freddie Freeman hit a walk-off home run in the 18th inning.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061715/california-divided-heres-whats-at-stake-for-californians-whose-districts-could-get-rewritten-by-prop-50\">\u003cstrong>Central Valley Farmers Say Redistricting Could Have Huge Impact On Industry\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If Californians pass \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/proposition-50\">Proposition 50\u003c/a> next week, several areas of the state could see far different representation in the coming years. That includes the Central Valley, where agriculture is king.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charles Meyer grows a cornucopia of crops on his 1500 acres in Stratford, in Kings County. “We’re growing wheat, we’re growing alfalfa, we’re growing almonds, we’re growing pistachios,” he said. Kings County is one of three agricultural counties that make up District 22, represented by Republican Congressman David Valadao. Farms bring in billions of dollars to the region and Meyer said he feels the elected leader in District 22 should represent the interests of the agriculture industry, like Valadao, a former dairy farmer. “You become attached to the ground. It’s like our boys in the military, they give their life for the country. We feel about our ground about like that,” Meyer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valadao is in danger of losing his seat if maps are redrawn and Prop 50 passes. Meyer said the new maps are an overreach, blaming Democrats for rising farming costs and slumping profits. And while it’s a common thought among the farming community, Democrats in the region welcome a possible change, blaming Valadao for issues like healthcare costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/brief/news/politics/bonta-bashes-trump-administration-plan-to-send-election-monitors-to-california\">Attorney General Says Federal Election Monitors Are Unnecessary\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Monday denounced plans by the Justice Department to send election monitors to California, where \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/promoting-early-voting-and-protecting-voting-rights-together-attorney-general\">voting is underway\u003c/a> in the closely watched contest over Proposition 50.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration announced Friday that it would send monitors to five counties, including Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Kern and Fresno for the Nov. 4 special election. The Justice Department said in a news release that it would send monitors to polling places and to offices of registrars of voters “to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law.” The move comes in response to a request for monitors by the California Republican Party, which claimed voting irregularities in past elections including that voters received incorrect ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not uncommon for the federal government to monitor elections, but Bonta questioned the motives behind the decision. “These are not normal times so it is with a great deal of concern that I see these so-called election monitors coming to California,” he said. “We have to look at the broader context here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Donald Trump has claimed there’s widespread voter fraud in California, where 81% of ballots are mailed in. He reiterated his position as recently as Sunday on his \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115441871289276790\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Truth Social account. \u003c/a>Bonta said Monday that voter fraud is extremely rare in California, and Secretary of State Shirley Weber says \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/election-cybersecurity/trusted-information\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>on her website\u003c/u>\u003c/a> that mail-in ballots provide more election security, not less. Bonta said the election monitors are designed to bolster the president’s claim of election fraud and to sow fear among citizen immigrant voters. The attorney general promised to monitor the monitors. “Of course there will be observers of the election monitors — so-called election monitors — that the DOJ is sending. They will not be allowed to do things that they are not allowed to do,” he said. “They can watch and observe like everybody else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/10/28/g-s1-95311/dodgers-over-blue-jays-world-series\">\u003cstrong>After 18 Innings, Dodgers Prevail Over Blue Jays In World Series Classic\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Freddie Freeman homered leading off the bottom of the 18th inning, Shohei Ohtani went deep twice in another record-setting performance and the Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 in Game 3 on Monday night to win a World Series classic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defending champion Dodgers took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven matchup and still have a chance to win the title at home — something they haven’t done since 1963.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Freeman connected off left-hander Brendon Little, sending a 406-foot drive to straightaway center field to finally end a game that lasted 6 hours, 39 minutes, and matched the longest by innings in postseason history. 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The DOJ did not respond to questions about when the poll-monitoring deployment would begin — and whether other federal agencies would be involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local election officials had a more measured response to the announcement of federal poll watchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The presence of election observers is not unusual and is a standard practice across the country,” Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan said in a statement. “Federal election monitors, like all election observers, are welcome to view election activities at designated locations to confirm transparency and integrity in the election process. 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On Friday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061545/bay-area-spared-from-federal-immigration-enforcement-surge-officials-say\">Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee confirmed\u003c/a> the expected immigration enforcement had been canceled in the greater Bay Area as well.[aside label=\"2025 California Special Election\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/proposition-50,Learn about Proposition 50' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Aside-2025-Special-Election-Voter-Guide-Proposition-50-1200x675-1.png]But in a wide-ranging interview with KQED, Newsom said the threats have left a “chill” on residents in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People [in Los Angeles] are scared to go out to the playground or park,” Newsom said. “People [are] still scared to go to school.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ongoing confrontations with Trump have elevated Newsom’s national profile and won praise from Democrats across the country. 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One of the most vocal critics is Charles Munger Jr., a physicist and political activist who is \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061188/top-proposition-50-opponent-confident-despite-spending-slowdown\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">the top donor for the No on Prop 50 campaign.\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bay Area officials are pushing back on news of Trump administration plans to send dozens of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061080/federal-border-agents-to-arrive-in-bay-area-as-cities-brace-for-enforcement-surge\">Border Patrol agents to the Bay Area.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 class=\"routes-Site-routes-Post-Title-__Title__title\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061188/top-proposition-50-opponent-confident-despite-spending-slowdown\">\u003cstrong>Top Proposition 50 Opponent Confident Despite Spending Slowdown\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Charles Munger Jr., the Bay Area megadonor leading the campaign against \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/proposition-50\">Proposition 50\u003c/a>, said he remained confident opponents can defeat the redistricting measure on the November ballot, despite a recent slowdown in their campaign spending and the measure \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-poll-california-prop-50-redistricting-trump/\">pulling ahead \u003c/a>in most \u003ca href=\"https://app.displayr.com/Dashboard?id=707a2765-e49a-4b3e-923d-761bedaf3c37#page=4172bb6a-a0e3-4c41-a979-45229cdbea14\">polls.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Palo Alto physicist has spent nearly $33 million against Proposition 50, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/electionsnews\">would replace\u003c/a> California’s current congressional lines, drawn by a citizen commission, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052376/here-is-how-democrats-plan-to-redraw-californias-congressional-map\">with a map favoring Democrats\u003c/a>. Munger Jr. bankrolled the 2008 ballot measure that created the citizen commission and is far and away the top spender in this year’s campaign. “I’ve spent a literal fortune now and a great deal of time, energy and frankly agony in trying to keep this future from overtaking the people of California,” Munger Jr. said. “And it’s now up to them what they do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an\u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-megadonor-opposing-proposition-50-explains-his/id79681292?i=1000733153673\"> interview with KQED’s The California Report\u003c/a>, the normally reclusive Munger Jr. pushed back against supporters of the measure, including Gov. 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