US EditionCalifornia Supreme Court rejects GOP effort to halt Newsom’s redistricting push
The court ruled Republicans lacked evidence to block redistricting, allowing Democrats' plan to proceed and potentially add five new House seats, with a special election costing an estimated $230 million.
- The California Supreme Court denied the petition for writ of mandate and application for stay, rejecting the request to block legislative action.
- Governor Gavin Newsom pushed California Democrats to fast-track a redistricting package using a `gut and amend` legislative tactic, aiming to counter Republican mid-decade maps and trigger a special election on November 4.
- Filed two days after Democrats in Sacramento introduced the redistricting plan earlier this week, Republican petitioners argued the California Constitution's 30-day publication rule was violated due to rushed legislative action.
- The California state legislature will vote Thursday on the redistricting package, which would trigger a special election and officials estimate the cost could exceed $200 million.
- Republican state lawmakers said they will keep fighting in court and ballot box, seeking federal review by writing to the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Attorneys amid potential federal Voting Rights Act challenges before 2026 elections.
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Complaint filed against Gov. Newsom for alleged campaign law violation will not move forward
Republican Assemblymember Kate Sanchez filed the complaint last week, accusing the governor of misusing taxpayer funds to hold a rally that appeared to launch a campaign supporting the redistricting ballot initiative.
Republican legislators argued, in a lawsuit filed on Monday, that the Democratic's electoral measure had not been published sufficiently in advance to meet the public notification requirements set out in the state constitution.
CA Supreme Court denies Republicans' request to intervene in Newsom's redistricting plan
California Supreme Court denies Republicans' request to intervene and slow down Democrats' redistricting legislation, which the legislature is expected to pass on the floor Thursday.
California Supreme Court rejects GOP effort to halt Newsom’s redistricting push
The California Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a petition filed by state Republican legislators seeking to halt Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) plan to redistrict California’s congressional map. “Petitioners have failed to meet their burden of establishing a basis for relief at this time under California Constitution article IV, section 8,” reads a brief order posted to the docket. Newsom…
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