Letter: No on Proposition 50

Russell Roof: No on Proposition 50

Proposition 50 will appear on your Nov. 4 ballot. The reason for this redistricting initiative is to flip five Republican seats into five more Democratic seats. The bill is sponsored by Gov. Gavin Newsom. There are currently 52 members from California in the U.S. House of Representatives — 43 are Democrats and nine are Republicans. If approved by the voters, there will then be 48 Democrats and only four Republicans. This example of a disproporti…

No on Prop. 50: Copying Trump’s bullying to gain power normalizes it

There are millions of Californians who don’t tidily fit into either the MAGA or anti-MAGA camps. For these voters, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s successful push to hold a special election on Nov. 4 — to decide on Proposition 50, which would allow the state to bypass reforms approved by voters in 2008 and 2010 and impose a partisan gerrymander of the state’s 52 House seats — forces a hard choice. The governor says California must act to create more Democra…

Letter: No on Proposition 50

Proposition 50 is a mismanagement of your taxes by self-serving politicians to stay in power.