San Diego's Rural, Urban Areas Would Join Under Gerrymandering

San Diego's rural, urban areas would join under gerrymandering

Proposition 50 proposes to join San Diego’s rural and urban East County together in an effort to weaken Republican voting power in the area. This content Newsom’s Prop. 50 would tie coastal cities to desert towns under San Diego maps appeared first on inewsource.

California's Prop. 50 Will Just Create More Problems

SAN DIEGO — In California, voters are accustomed to supporting lousy ballot initiatives because we believe the alternative to be much worse. But Prop. 50, a redistricting initiative that attempts to o

Newsom's Prop. 50 would tie coastal cities to desert towns under San Diego maps

In summary San Diego County is divided by its urban and rural regions in congressional maps. Proposition 50 would join them together in an attempt to weaken Republican voting power. Fredrich Bahrke moved to Lakeside 25 years ago, lured by the ranch-style homes that dot its open landscape and the slower pace of life in the town of 63,000.  “I’ve always been an out-in-the-country kind of boy. The rural life is more comfortable for me,” Bahrke said…