Get the Facts About Proposition 50
FACT:
Prop 50 Repeals Voter-Approved Independent Redistricting
Prop 50 Repeals Voter-Approved Independent Redistricting
- Prop 50 seeks to change the constitution and repeal a voter-approved reform that put the independent Citizens Redistricting Commission in charge of drawing California’s Congressional districts.
- Approving Prop 50 puts the State Legislature in charge of drawing California’s Congressional maps.
- Rejecting Prop 50 keeps the current voter-approved system.
FACT:
Prop 50’s Special Election Costs $300 Million
Prop 50’s Special Election Costs $300 Million
- Prop 50’s special election will cost taxpayers nearly $300 million while California is facing a $20 billion deficit.
- Instead of funding key priorities like public safety and emergency response, Gavin Newsom and the State Legislature are wasting hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on a partisan special election to help elect more Democrats.
FACT:
Prop 50 Returns us to Politicians’ Backroom Deals
Prop 50 Returns us to Politicians’ Backroom Deals
- Prop 50 will return us to the era when politicians drew safe districts in dark backrooms without public scrutiny to guarantee their reelection, denying voters any real choice and shutting out many women and people of color from office.
FACT:
Prop 50 Divides Communities for Political Gain
Prop 50 Divides Communities for Political Gain
Prop 50 will override the maps created by the voter-approved independent California Citizens Redistricting Commission, which aim to preserve communities of interest, in favor of partisan districts that guarantee reelection for politicians.
Statewide, these new maps will divide counties 114 times and cities 141 times—reducing community representation and silencing voters’ voices.
Stop Gavin Newsom and the Politicians’ Power Grab.
Protect Independent Redistricting.
Vote NO on Prop 50.
Vote NO on Prop 50.