By Black Star News
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California Governor Gavin Newsom, and California Democrats, are responding to the Texas Republicans gerrymandering map rigging scheme, to steal five new Congressional seats, orchestrated by Donald Trump: Newsom announced that California will do the same thing by rigging five new seats for Democrats.
The gerrymandering map legislation, in California, is coming one day after Texas Republicans passed their new rigged Congressional map. Thursday, California Democrats passed several bills as their gerrymander response to Texas Republicans and Trump. Newsom then signed the “Election Rigging Response Act” legislative package.
In a statement, Governor Newsom explained the actions of California.
“Californians have been uniquely targeted by the Trump Administration, and thanks to the hard work of the California legislature, they will have a choice to fight back — and bring much needed accountability to Trump’s efforts to undermine the democratic process.”
During the signing ceremony, Newsom said, “We’re giving the American people a fair chance. Because when all things are equal, we’re all playing by the same set of rules, there’s no question that the Republican party will be the minority party in the House of Representatives next year.”
Governor Newsom also issued a proclamation, in which he called for a November 4, 2025, special election. The proclamation can be viewed here.
The Speaker of the California State Assembly, Robert Rivas, said the legislation was necessary to stop Trump’s political “power grab.”
“California will not be a bystander to Trump’s power grab. We are acting to defend our state from his attacks, by taking it directly to the voters. Californians believe in democracy and freedom, and we will not stand by while the House is hijacked by authoritarianism. Today, we gave every Californian the opportunity to stop Trump by saying yes to our people, to our state, and to American democracy.”
California’s Senate Majority Leader, Mike McGuire, talked about Trump’s blatant attempt to “steal our election.”
“The Election Rigging Response Act legislation allows voters the chance to stop Trump and Republican attempts to blatantly steal our election. This legislation is temporary, and it’s all about fairness. And, today’s action means we’re fighting back for our democracy and our future — not with fire — but with the power of the voters and millions of folks across the Golden State.”
The office of California Governor also released the following regarding the new legislative package:
About the legislative package
- Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8 (Rivas, McGuire): allows Californians the ability to adopt a new, temporary Congressional map, in response to the congressional redistricting in Texas, that neutralizes Trump’s power grab.
- Senate Bill 280 (Cervantes, Pellerin): establishes timelines and procedures to conduct a statewide special election for Proposition 50, and provides the funding for the special election, set to take place on November 4, 2025.
- Assembly Bill 604 (Aguiar-Curry, Gonzalez): establishes the temporary Congressional District Maps that would take effect if the people vote to pass ACA 8 on November 4.
This bill package implements Governor Newsom’s framework announced last week in Los Angeles at the Democracy Center, alongside leaders from across the Golden State like Planned Parenthood, labor unions, community organizations and educators, as well as key elected officials at the federal, state, and local level.
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