US EditionCalifornia Supreme Court rejects latest GOP effort to halt redistricting plan
The court rejected GOP challenges to Proposition 50, which could cost over $200 million and aims to replace California's independent redistricting with partisan maps favoring Democrats.
- On Aug. 27, 2025, the California Supreme Court denied an emergency petition to block Proposition 50 from the Nov. 4 special election, stating, `The petition for write of mandate and application for stay are denied`.
- The petitioners contend that Democrats used a `gut and amend` tactic on Assembly Bill 604 and Senate Bill 280 to bypass the 30-day review, undermining the Citizens Redistricting Commission and combining two ballot questions.
- The 432-page submission asserted that the California Republican Party, the Dhillon Law Group, Senators Suzette Martinez Valladares and Tony Strickland, and Assemblymembers Tri Ta and Kate Sanchez argued the initiative violated the Constitution by undermining redistricting and combining questions.
- Newsom responded that Governor Gavin Newsom celebrated the court's decision, tweeting `48 hours later, this case has already been rejected. We'll keep winning`, while Republican petitioners vowed continued fights after the unexplained order.
- The dispute matters nationally because Proposition 50 would ask voters this November to adopt new congressional maps for the 2026, 2028 and 2030 elections, aiming to flip five Republican-held seats as a counter to Texas redistricting, national political observers warn.
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