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Gavin Newsom said at a signing ceremony late Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Assembly approved the measure going before voters, Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8, on a 57-20 vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Jasmeet Bains, who is running for Congress in a competitive Central Valley seat, was the only Democrat to vote against the plan. Two other Democrats, Dawn Addis of Morro Bay and Alex Lee of San José, did not vote. 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Alex Padilla, D-California, (left) looks on at a press conference at the Democracy Center, Japanese American National Museum, on Aug. 14, 2025, in Los Angeles. 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>Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049973/newsoms-break-the-glass-plan-sets-up-california-midterm-redistricting-fight\">first publicly floated the idea\u003c/a> of redrawing the state’s congressional map in July, after President Donald Trump called on Republicans in Texas to pass new maps adding more GOP-friendly seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some Democrats in the Legislature initially expressed reservations about the idea. California voters gave congressional line-drawing powers to an independent commission in 2010, and the state’s current maps are drawn to reflect community input, not to maximize partisan advantage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after weeks of internal discussion between state leaders and Democrats in California’s congressional delegation, the party and allied advocacy groups \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051494/california-democrats-back-newsom-plan-to-redraw-congressional-maps-for-2026\">united behind\u003c/a> the plan. 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Republicans in both houses assailed the plan as a reckless escalation of partisan warfare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You move forward fighting fire with fire, what happens? You burn it all down,” Republican Assembly Leader James Gallagher said. “And in this case, it affects our most fundamental American principle: representation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s proposed map threatens five incumbent Republican congress members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Northern California, Republican Reps. 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"content": "\u003cp class=\"e-91036-text encore-text-body-medium\" data-encore-id=\"text\" data-slate-node=\"element\">\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\">\u003cspan class=\"sc-kAyceB grEoze\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\">After pressure from President Donald Trump, Texas Republicans unveiled a new map redrawing the state’s congressional districts 5 years early, in order to win more GOP seats in next year’s midterm elections. \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"e-91036-text encore-text-body-medium\" data-encore-id=\"text\" data-slate-node=\"element\" data-slate-fragment=\"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\">\u003cspan data-slate-node=\"text\">\u003cspan class=\"sc-kAyceB grEoze\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\">We talk with KQED’s Guy Marzorati about how California Democrats are clapping back with their own redrawn maps. If the state legislature approves this new map, voters will have the final say in a special election this November.\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-encore-id=\"text\" data-slate-node=\"element\" data-slate-fragment=\"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\">\u003cstrong>Links:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli data-encore-id=\"text\" data-slate-node=\"element\" data-slate-fragment=\"JTVCJTdCJTIydHlwZSUyMiUzQSUyMnBhcmFncmFwaCUyMiUyQyUyMmNoaWxkcmVuJTIyJTNBJTVCJTdCJTIydGV4dCUyMiUzQSUyMkFmdGVyJTIwcHJlc3N1cmUlMjBmcm9tJTIwUHJlc2lkZW50JTIwRG9uYWxkJTIwVHJ1bXAlMkMlMjBUZXhhcyUyMFJlcHVibGljYW5zJTIwdW52ZWlsZWQlMjBhJTIwbmV3JTIwbWFwJTIwcmVkcmF3aW5nJTIwdGhlJTIwc3RhdGUlRTIlODAlOTlzJTIwY29uZ3Jlc3Npb25hbCUyMGRpc3RyaWN0cyUyMDUlMjB5ZWFycyUyMGVhcmx5JTJDJTIwaW4lMjBvcmRlciUyMHRvJTIwd2luJTIwbW9yZSUyMEdPUCUyMHNlYXRzJTIwaW4lMjBuZXh0JTIweWVhciVFMiU4MCU5OXMlMjBtaWR0ZXJtJTIwZWxlY3Rpb25zLiUyMCUyMiU3RCU1RCU3RCUyQyU3QiUyMnR5cGUlMjIlM0ElMjJwYXJhZ3JhcGglMjIlMkMlMjJjaGlsZHJlbiUyMiUzQSU1QiU3QiUyMnRleHQlMjIlM0ElMjJXZSUyMHRhbGslMjB3aXRoJTIwS1FFRCdzJTIwR3V5JTIwTWFyem9yYXRpJTIwYWJvdXQlMjBob3clMjBDYWxpZm9ybmlhJTIwRGVtb2NyYXRzJTIwYXJlJTIwY2xhcHBpbmclMjBiYWNrJTIwd2l0aCUyMHRoZWlyJTIwb3duJTIwcmVkcmF3biUyMG1hcHMuJTIwSWYlMjB0aGUlMjBzdGF0ZSUyMGxlZ2lzbGF0dXJlJTIwYXBwcm92ZXMlMjB0aGlzJTIwbmV3JTIwbWFwJTJDJTIwdm90ZXJzJTIwd2lsbCUyMGhhdmUlMjB0aGUlMjBmaW5hbCUyMHNheSUyMGluJTIwYSUyMHNwZWNpYWwlMjBlbGVjdGlvbiUyMHRoaXMlMjBOb3ZlbWJlci4lMjIlN0QlNUQlN0QlNUQ=\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052702/california-redistricting-plan-may-swing-on-this-sonoma-county-shakeup\">California Redistricting Plan May Swing on This Sonoma County Shakeup\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-encore-id=\"text\" data-slate-node=\"element\" data-slate-fragment=\"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\">\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/08/find-out-if-your-vote-could-be-affected-by-newsoms-redistricting-plans/\">Find out if your vote could be affected by Newsom’s redistricting plans\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ci>Some members of the KQED podcast team are represented by The Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. San Francisco Northern California Local.\u003c/i>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC5439632163&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:00:00] Late last week, Governor Gavin Newsom stood at a podium inside the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, gearing up for another fight against the Trump administration. On the podium were the words, election rigging response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003c/strong>[00:00:26] Donald Trump, you have poked the bear, and we will punch back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:00:34] After pressure from President Trump, Republicans in Texas are trying to redraw the state’s congressional districts five years early in order to win more Republican seats during the 2026 midterm elections. Now, California voters will likely be asked to weigh in in November on whether to redrew our own congressional maps. To counteract what’s happening in states like Texas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003c/strong>[00:01:05] Here’s the good thing about California, folks, we’re the size of 21 state populations combined. We’re the fourth-largest economy in the world. We are not a small, isolated state. I know they say, don’t mess with Texas. Well, don’t mess with the great Golden State.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:01:25] Today, what California’s new proposed congressional maps look like, and what it means for all of us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:01:41] The message that we’ve heard from Newsom both at this rally and kind of for weeks has been California did not start this fight. This is parties, you know, politicians stepping in saying, we expressly want to redraw these lines to help our party. And it started in Texas where President Trump went to Governor Greg Abbott in Texas and state legislative leaders and said, I want you to redraw the state’s congressional lines to add five seats for Republicans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003c/strong>[00:02:20] We can’t stand back and watch this democracy disappear district by district all across this country, not just in Texas. We need to stand up, not just California. Other blue states need to stand up. We need to be firm in our resolve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:02:37] The message that we’ve heard from Newsom both at this rally and kind of for weeks has been that when you have states like Texas, most notably that has pursued a gerrymander, a redraw of their districts to help Republicans, that there needed to be some response from Democrats here in California to redraw our maps to help the Democratic Party in next year’s midterms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003c/strong>[00:03:00] It’s not good enough to just hold hands, have a candlelight vigil, and talk about the way the world should be. We have got to recognize the cards that have been dealt. And we have got meet fire with fire. And we’ve got to be held to a higher level of accountability. So that’s what this is about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:03:24] Explain, Guy, the mechanics here. How is this different from how California currently draws its maps?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:03:34] Usually the redistricting in California and other states happens after the census comes out. It’s rare that you have new lines being drawn in the middle of the decade without a new census. So currently in California we have an independent citizens redistricting commission. This body was created by the voters back in 2008 and this was really a response to the previous practice in California where the lines were drawn by politicians. Voters had enough of that and you saw this campaign led by former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to take the power away from elected officials drawing the lines and give it towards this independent commission. And the commission does not look at who is gonna benefit politically from the lines. In fact, they don’t even look at voter registration. They don’t really look at any political indicator. They’re looking at California and these districts through the lens of what’s the most fair way to draw lines. Let’s figure out how to make sure we’re not splitting up cities. Where they’re places of worship, where the big business corridors in the state, and let’s try to group those together in these maps. This would be a big change from that. This would go to the voters and say, can we give the power to draw these congressional districts back to the state legislature up until 2030? And the state Legislature is going to approve a map before the election so voters will know going into the polls, okay, if we give power back to legislature for this map, this is what they have in mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:05:02] And of course, the big news most recently is what exactly those maps are gonna look like. So what did we learn about what these new districts would look like and can you tick through some of the biggest changes there?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:05:19] Here’s kind of from South to North, how the map makers thought about these lines to help Democrats. Perhaps the biggest change was the 41st Congressional District, which is in the Inland Empire. It’s currently represented by Republican Ken Calvert. That district was basically just lifted up into the air and dropped into LA County, which is as blue as you can get, very democratic. You know, that right away is going to make it difficult for Ken Calvert to win re-election in the district he, you know, currently nominally represents. The kind of fallout from that was you had another district currently held by Republican Darrell Issa near San Diego move up towards Palm Springs. Now that becomes more of a Democratic district. You had changes in the Central Valley where districts were pulled north. Both to help incumbent Democrats like Adam Gray, his district around Merced was moved up towards Stockton. That helps it become more democratic and changes to the Bakersfield district helped by Republican David Valadao, making it more of a Democratic district. And then in Northern California, you had two major changes to the lines here. The first is around Sacramento, where Republican Kevin Kiley represents this district that starts kind of in the suburbs east of Sacramento and then runs down the spine of the state. His district now shifts more towards the city of Sacramento, again, towards a more liberal democratic area. And then the last big change starts at the very Northern part of the State. This is the first congressional district. Right now, it covers a lot of conservative areas in the far north of the state, up to the Oregon border. And when this district was redrawn, it actually is pulled down into Sonoma County, all the way down to including the city of Santa Rosa. So suddenly, the biggest share of this district is now Sonoma county. Now we know Sonoma country, part of the Bay, very heavily democratic. This will make the first congressional district very difficult for a Republican. Like the one who currently holds it, Doug LaMalfa, to actually win re-election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:07:40] So if I’m counting that right, that’s five districts where there are currently sitting Republicans, now potentially under these new maps and under these districts in peril.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:07:54] Right, and that was the goal all along, right? Because Texas, their lines move five districts towards the Republican column. The goal here was to kind of counter that with five districts in California move towards Democrats. Now we should say, these are just statistics on paper where you now have these five districts that Democrats could win. We still have to have the election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:16] Well, let’s zoom in on Sonoma County real quick. What has the reaction been like since these new proposed maps have been released?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:08:29] Yeah, I mean, I’ll say just at the outset, this whole, you know, map making and line drawing is a very insider game, right? If you just walk the streets of Santa Rosa today, there’s probably not going to be many people giving, you know, thoughts on how this line redraw works. But for the folks who are really kind of involved in Democratic Party politics in the North Bay, this is a huge deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pat Sabo \u003c/strong>[00:08:52] The Republicans have pushed us into a stand that we have to take. And if we don’t, then we have no rights standing up and saying that democracy matters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:09:04] Pat Sabo is the party chair of the Sonoma County Democrats. What you hear from Pat is what we’ve heard a lot from kind of the rank and file Democrats in California and across the country, which is the desire to really be more confrontational in their politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pat Sabo \u003c/strong>[00:09:22] 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>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:09:36] This is what is at the heart of this plan, I think for Newsom and other Democrats. It’s like, let’s kind of go on the offensive. Let’s make this move that, yeah, it goes against norms. It goes against, you know, kind of good governance principles, but let’s have more of a partisan fight at the ballot box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pat Sabo \u003c/strong>[00:09:55] We know that we have to work hard to get this done in a very short period of time. And that is to do boots on the ground, to get out, to reach out to our communities, and to educate as many as quickly as we can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:10:09] What we’ve heard from Pat and other kind of party activists is a real excitement for getting out there and talking to voters about this plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:10:22] We’ll have more with KQED politics and government correspondent Guy Marzorotti after the break. Stay with us. Guy, are all Democrats super pumped about this? Or have you heard more mixed feelings from people?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:10:44] Yeah, no, I think there’s definitely going to be some mixed feelings about this. There was a poll done by Politico and some groups at Berkeley last week that asked, like, would you be in favor of keeping the independent redistricting commission or handing it over these line drawing powers over to the legislature? And over 60% of Democrats said, no, we want to keep the commission. Now, part of that is like how you frame the question, right? When it becomes more about Trump and fighting Republicans, I would expect to those numbers change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Beth Hadley \u003c/strong>[00:11:23] I’m afraid that people will distrust government more. You know, they’ll just see it as another ploy by the politicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:11:30] A good example of this is Beth Hadley, who’s the president of the Sonoma Valley Democrats. And she said, yeah, you know, like she has some reservations about this idea that if you go ahead and you give redistricting powers back to elected officials, it could make people more distrustful of government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Beth Hadley \u003c/strong>[00:11:46] They’ll feel like Democrats are sinking to the level of Republicans. I mean, there, there are a lot of cons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:11:53] But at the end of the day, Beth falls where I think a lot of Democrats could potentially fall with this, is that if you start viewing it through more of a partisan lens and the desire to take on Trump and take on Republicans, then the idea of redrawing these lines becomes a more attractive proposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Beth Hadley \u003c/strong>[00:12:11] We need to take back the house. We need some guardrails and whatever that takes. As much as I dislike the idea of gerrymandering, I think we have to support this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:12:22] What about the other side of that coin? I imagine Republicans in California are not very happy about these proposed maps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:12:33] Yeah, I mean, Republicans have come out really strongly opposed to these redistricting plans. Obviously, there’s a kernel of self-preservation in here, right, like this congressional map would hurt Republicans, would likely lead some of them to lose their seats. And Republicans have really turned this back to the idea that voters in the first place in California were the ones who approved this independent commission and saying that it’s a betrayal. Of the voters to now go ahead and hand these line drawing powers back to the state legislature for congressional lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Kevin Kiley \u003c/strong>[00:13:06] California voters overwhelmingly voted in 2010 to say that we should have voters choosing our representatives, we shouldn’t have representatives choosing their voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:13:16] So Kevin Kiley is a Republican Congress member who represents the area around Sacramento and actually much of Eastern California. And he’s come out as a strong opponent of this redistricting plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Kevin Kiley \u003c/strong>[00:13:29] When you degrade the electoral process in a way that we’re seeing right now, especially in California, then everyone suffers as a result of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:13:40] In fact, he’s gone so far as to even introduce legislation in the House of Representatives to ban all mid-decade redistricting. So basically, stop what California’s doing, stop what Texas is doing. And Kylie has called on the Speaker of the House Of Representatives, Mike Johnson, and said, you know, he wants to see the Speaker come out and say, let’s just stop all of this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Kevin Kiley \u003c/strong>[00:13:59] I’m willing to use any and all means, legislative means necessary to get the bill passed, but even before that, the speaker and leader Jeffries could show some leadership and say, enough is enough. This is not the sort of thing that Americans want. Let’s just call a truce on all of this and get back to the issues that really matter to the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:14:20] Well that’s that guy, I mean a lot needs to happen before these maps become the blueprint, right? So what exactly is the timeline here?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:14:31] We’re just this week kind of watching this move through the legislative process in Sacramento. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:00:00] Late last week, Governor Gavin Newsom stood at a podium inside the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, gearing up for another fight against the Trump administration. On the podium were the words, election rigging response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003c/strong>[00:00:26] Donald Trump, you have poked the bear, and we will punch back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:00:34] After pressure from President Trump, Republicans in Texas are trying to redraw the state’s congressional districts five years early in order to win more Republican seats during the 2026 midterm elections. Now, California voters will likely be asked to weigh in in November on whether to redrew our own congressional maps. To counteract what’s happening in states like Texas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003c/strong>[00:01:05] Here’s the good thing about California, folks, we’re the size of 21 state populations combined. We’re the fourth-largest economy in the world. We are not a small, isolated state. I know they say, don’t mess with Texas. Well, don’t mess with the great Golden State.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:01:25] Today, what California’s new proposed congressional maps look like, and what it means for all of us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:01:41] The message that we’ve heard from Newsom both at this rally and kind of for weeks has been California did not start this fight. This is parties, you know, politicians stepping in saying, we expressly want to redraw these lines to help our party. And it started in Texas where President Trump went to Governor Greg Abbott in Texas and state legislative leaders and said, I want you to redraw the state’s congressional lines to add five seats for Republicans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003c/strong>[00:02:20] We can’t stand back and watch this democracy disappear district by district all across this country, not just in Texas. We need to stand up, not just California. Other blue states need to stand up. 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How is this different from how California currently draws its maps?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:03:34] Usually the redistricting in California and other states happens after the census comes out. It’s rare that you have new lines being drawn in the middle of the decade without a new census. So currently in California we have an independent citizens redistricting commission. This body was created by the voters back in 2008 and this was really a response to the previous practice in California where the lines were drawn by politicians. Voters had enough of that and you saw this campaign led by former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to take the power away from elected officials drawing the lines and give it towards this independent commission. And the commission does not look at who is gonna benefit politically from the lines. In fact, they don’t even look at voter registration. They don’t really look at any political indicator. They’re looking at California and these districts through the lens of what’s the most fair way to draw lines. Let’s figure out how to make sure we’re not splitting up cities. Where they’re places of worship, where the big business corridors in the state, and let’s try to group those together in these maps. This would be a big change from that. This would go to the voters and say, can we give the power to draw these congressional districts back to the state legislature up until 2030? And the state Legislature is going to approve a map before the election so voters will know going into the polls, okay, if we give power back to legislature for this map, this is what they have in mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:05:02] And of course, the big news most recently is what exactly those maps are gonna look like. So what did we learn about what these new districts would look like and can you tick through some of the biggest changes there?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:05:19] Here’s kind of from South to North, how the map makers thought about these lines to help Democrats. Perhaps the biggest change was the 41st Congressional District, which is in the Inland Empire. It’s currently represented by Republican Ken Calvert. That district was basically just lifted up into the air and dropped into LA County, which is as blue as you can get, very democratic. You know, that right away is going to make it difficult for Ken Calvert to win re-election in the district he, you know, currently nominally represents. The kind of fallout from that was you had another district currently held by Republican Darrell Issa near San Diego move up towards Palm Springs. Now that becomes more of a Democratic district. You had changes in the Central Valley where districts were pulled north. Both to help incumbent Democrats like Adam Gray, his district around Merced was moved up towards Stockton. That helps it become more democratic and changes to the Bakersfield district helped by Republican David Valadao, making it more of a Democratic district. And then in Northern California, you had two major changes to the lines here. The first is around Sacramento, where Republican Kevin Kiley represents this district that starts kind of in the suburbs east of Sacramento and then runs down the spine of the state. His district now shifts more towards the city of Sacramento, again, towards a more liberal democratic area. And then the last big change starts at the very Northern part of the State. This is the first congressional district. Right now, it covers a lot of conservative areas in the far north of the state, up to the Oregon border. And when this district was redrawn, it actually is pulled down into Sonoma County, all the way down to including the city of Santa Rosa. So suddenly, the biggest share of this district is now Sonoma county. Now we know Sonoma country, part of the Bay, very heavily democratic. This will make the first congressional district very difficult for a Republican. Like the one who currently holds it, Doug LaMalfa, to actually win re-election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:07:40] So if I’m counting that right, that’s five districts where there are currently sitting Republicans, now potentially under these new maps and under these districts in peril.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:07:54] Right, and that was the goal all along, right? Because Texas, their lines move five districts towards the Republican column. The goal here was to kind of counter that with five districts in California move towards Democrats. Now we should say, these are just statistics on paper where you now have these five districts that Democrats could win. We still have to have the election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:16] Well, let’s zoom in on Sonoma County real quick. What has the reaction been like since these new proposed maps have been released?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:08:29] Yeah, I mean, I’ll say just at the outset, this whole, you know, map making and line drawing is a very insider game, right? If you just walk the streets of Santa Rosa today, there’s probably not going to be many people giving, you know, thoughts on how this line redraw works. But for the folks who are really kind of involved in Democratic Party politics in the North Bay, this is a huge deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pat Sabo \u003c/strong>[00:08:52] The Republicans have pushed us into a stand that we have to take. And if we don’t, then we have no rights standing up and saying that democracy matters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:09:04] Pat Sabo is the party chair of the Sonoma County Democrats. What you hear from Pat is what we’ve heard a lot from kind of the rank and file Democrats in California and across the country, which is the desire to really be more confrontational in their politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pat Sabo \u003c/strong>[00:09:22] 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>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:09:36] This is what is at the heart of this plan, I think for Newsom and other Democrats. It’s like, let’s kind of go on the offensive. Let’s make this move that, yeah, it goes against norms. It goes against, you know, kind of good governance principles, but let’s have more of a partisan fight at the ballot box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pat Sabo \u003c/strong>[00:09:55] We know that we have to work hard to get this done in a very short period of time. And that is to do boots on the ground, to get out, to reach out to our communities, and to educate as many as quickly as we can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:10:09] What we’ve heard from Pat and other kind of party activists is a real excitement for getting out there and talking to voters about this plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:10:22] We’ll have more with KQED politics and government correspondent Guy Marzorotti after the break. Stay with us. Guy, are all Democrats super pumped about this? Or have you heard more mixed feelings from people?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:10:44] Yeah, no, I think there’s definitely going to be some mixed feelings about this. There was a poll done by Politico and some groups at Berkeley last week that asked, like, would you be in favor of keeping the independent redistricting commission or handing it over these line drawing powers over to the legislature? And over 60% of Democrats said, no, we want to keep the commission. Now, part of that is like how you frame the question, right? When it becomes more about Trump and fighting Republicans, I would expect to those numbers change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Beth Hadley \u003c/strong>[00:11:23] I’m afraid that people will distrust government more. You know, they’ll just see it as another ploy by the politicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:11:30] A good example of this is Beth Hadley, who’s the president of the Sonoma Valley Democrats. And she said, yeah, you know, like she has some reservations about this idea that if you go ahead and you give redistricting powers back to elected officials, it could make people more distrustful of government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Beth Hadley \u003c/strong>[00:11:46] They’ll feel like Democrats are sinking to the level of Republicans. I mean, there, there are a lot of cons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:11:53] But at the end of the day, Beth falls where I think a lot of Democrats could potentially fall with this, is that if you start viewing it through more of a partisan lens and the desire to take on Trump and take on Republicans, then the idea of redrawing these lines becomes a more attractive proposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Beth Hadley \u003c/strong>[00:12:11] We need to take back the house. We need some guardrails and whatever that takes. As much as I dislike the idea of gerrymandering, I think we have to support this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:12:22] What about the other side of that coin? I imagine Republicans in California are not very happy about these proposed maps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:12:33] Yeah, I mean, Republicans have come out really strongly opposed to these redistricting plans. Obviously, there’s a kernel of self-preservation in here, right, like this congressional map would hurt Republicans, would likely lead some of them to lose their seats. And Republicans have really turned this back to the idea that voters in the first place in California were the ones who approved this independent commission and saying that it’s a betrayal. Of the voters to now go ahead and hand these line drawing powers back to the state legislature for congressional lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Kevin Kiley \u003c/strong>[00:13:06] California voters overwhelmingly voted in 2010 to say that we should have voters choosing our representatives, we shouldn’t have representatives choosing their voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:13:16] So Kevin Kiley is a Republican Congress member who represents the area around Sacramento and actually much of Eastern California. And he’s come out as a strong opponent of this redistricting plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Kevin Kiley \u003c/strong>[00:13:29] When you degrade the electoral process in a way that we’re seeing right now, especially in California, then everyone suffers as a result of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:13:40] In fact, he’s gone so far as to even introduce legislation in the House of Representatives to ban all mid-decade redistricting. So basically, stop what California’s doing, stop what Texas is doing. And Kylie has called on the Speaker of the House Of Representatives, Mike Johnson, and said, you know, he wants to see the Speaker come out and say, let’s just stop all of this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Kevin Kiley \u003c/strong>[00:13:59] I’m willing to use any and all means, legislative means necessary to get the bill passed, but even before that, the speaker and leader Jeffries could show some leadership and say, enough is enough. This is not the sort of thing that Americans want. Let’s just call a truce on all of this and get back to the issues that really matter to the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:14:20] Well that’s that guy, I mean a lot needs to happen before these maps become the blueprint, right? So what exactly is the timeline here?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:14:31] We’re just this week kind of watching this move through the legislative process in Sacramento. They’re gonna go through the motions this week and kind of take the votes needed to get this on the ballot in November. And they do need to do that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:14:46] If ultimately everything goes how Democrats want it to with these new districts, how much of an impact could these new district actually have on Trump’s ability to do what he wants in his last two years of his term on things like immigration, the environment, all these issues that Californians really care about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:15:12] I’m looking at this redistricting battle as kind of one piece in what will ultimately decide the House elections in 2026. This is kind of like setting the roadmap for where these elections will take place. There’s still all the other things that actually decide an election. What are the issues of the day? Most notably in a midterm, it’s often a reflection and a referendum on the president. So how are voters perceptions of the economy? How are voter perceptions of the job? That Trump is doing as president, who are the candidates that ultimately end up running in these seats. Those will all go a long way in determining who actually controls the house and whether or not Republicans will continue to have unified control of government. I will say that the line drawing matters perhaps more in this election just because we have seen to some extent kind of a partisan gridlock in the house map. There are fewer and fewer congressional districts and seats that are really actually up for grabs. Both parties are battling for fewer and fewer truly competitive seats. And so I think that’s why you’re seeing so much emphasis and so much attention on these line drawing battles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:16:33] Well, Guy, thank you so much for breaking this all down for me. Um, I didn’t think it would be an election year, but here we are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:16:41] Here we are. Yep, thanks for having me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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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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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. 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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>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The map will need to be approved by the state Legislature, and then by California voters in a special election set to be held on Nov. 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are key takeaways from the proposed House map:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Northern California\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The new lines instantly imperil two incumbent Republicans in the northern part of the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. 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.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>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. Darrell Issa, is stretched north over the San Jacinto Mountains and into Palm Springs — giving Democrats a prime opportunity to unseat Issa.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The path ahead\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The state Legislature returns from summer recess Monday and will hold a hearing on the new map on Tuesday morning, in the Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers are expected to vote on the new map and a constitutional amendment that shifts line-drawing powers away from the state’s independent redistricting commission — a change that will need approval from California voters in an election that Democrats hope to schedule for Nov. 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additional legislation will set aside money for counties to administer the election, and enact a trigger clause to nullify the map changes should Republican-led states such as Texas drop their redistricting plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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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. 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",
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The governor’s call for maps favoring Democrats appears to have won over legislators after some expressed early concerns about an accelerated push to set aside California’s current \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894003/booming-asian-population-could-gain-bigger-influence-in-new-bay-area-voter-maps\">nonpartisan \u003c/a>district boundaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a press conference in Sacramento, California Democratic leaders appeared alongside legislators from Texas, who fled their home state to delay a Republican-led redistricting effort aimed at boosting the GOP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas said he anticipates a new map favoring Democrats will be released next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will not allow Trump’s Republican Party to rig this system and take permanent control of the U.S. House of Representatives,” he said. “We are prepared and we will fight fire with fire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats are racing to approve the redistricting measure. 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Lawmakers will also take a separate vote on the new congressional lines, which Newsom said will allow voters to see the finished map they are being asked to approve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a San José Democrat who chairs the state’s Democratic caucus in Congress, said all of California’s Democratic congressmembers back the push for new district lines. She said a redraw could net Democrats five additional seats, which would match the gains that Republicans in Texas are targeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom first floated the idea of a Democratic gerrymander in July, after President Donald Trump encouraged Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special session to redraw Texas maps.[aside postID=news_12050346 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomRobBontaGetty.jpg']Some Democrats in California initially were skeptical of scrapping the district lines drawn by the state’s independent redistricting commission. Voters approved a ballot measure in 2008 creating the commission to draw state legislative district lines, and expanded its power to congressional maps with a separate measure in 2010.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others worried about the tight timeline to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049973/newsoms-break-the-glass-plan-sets-up-california-midterm-redistricting-fight\">place a measure before voters\u003c/a> and the added burden on local election officials to prepare for a special election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in recent weeks, Democrats in the Legislature have rallied to the cause of partisan redistricting, as Trump and Republican leaders push to redraw maps across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not a turn-the-other-cheek moment while they continue to send blow after blow to the foundations of democracy,” Assemblymember Isaac Bryan said. “Where I’m from in Los Angeles, when they go low, we squabble up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Republicans have criticized the push for new congressional lines. Rep. Kevin Kiley, a Sacramento Republican seen by many as vulnerable in a redraw, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050983/californias-political-maps-are-drawn-independently-will-newsom-change-that\">introduced\u003c/a> a bill in Congress to block mid-decade redistricting nationwide. 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Gavin Newsom’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049973/newsoms-break-the-glass-plan-sets-up-california-midterm-redistricting-fight\">push to redraw\u003c/a> California’s congressional district lines may provide more than just a boost to Democrats’ chances at winning the House — it could also satisfy liberal voters itching to adopt a more bare-knuckles approach to politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his soft rollout of a plan to combat potential \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/07/30/nx-s1-5485293/texas-redistricting-proposed-congressional-map\">pro-Republican\u003c/a> maps in Texas, Newsom has made clear that he wishes it didn’t have to come to this — that he supports California’s nonpartisan redistricting system. 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The goal: frame the map fight about Democrats vs. Republicans, California vs. Texas — not fair mapmaking vs. partisan redraws.[aside postID=news_12030198 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/KamalaHarrisAP4.jpg']“California cannot stand by with one hand tied behind its back, playing by a different set of rules,” Attorney General Rob Bonta said Tuesday. “While Texas runs roughshod over the political redistricting process to clearly try to get political advantage to prevail in the next set of elections.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The challenge for the potential “no” campaign will be convincing California Democrats that the benefits of nonpartisan mapmaking outweigh the urge to win back the House at all costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894003/booming-asian-population-could-gain-bigger-influence-in-new-bay-area-voter-maps\">I covered the Citizens Redistricting Commission\u003c/a> as it drew California’s current political lines. The group heard months of testimony — largely on Zoom — about the local ties that Californians felt should inform their political maps: the geographic borders, business corridors and places of worship that defined what the commission called “communities of interest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was not an Emmy-worthy viewing experience. But there are success stories to tell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take the Berryessa neighborhood of San José, a predominantly Asian community with sizable Chinese, Vietnamese and Filipino populations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before 2010, when our political lines were drawn to benefit incumbents, Berryessa was split among four state Assembly and two state Senate districts. 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