Overview

• California’s Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a second GOP request to block Proposition 50, leaving the redistricting measure on the Nov. 4 special election ballot.
• Prop 50 would suspend the Citizens Redistricting Commission for the 2026, 2028 and 2030 elections and allow lawmakers to adopt new congressional maps aimed at adding about five Democratic seats.
• Assembly GOP leader James Gallagher unveiled a nonbinding “two-state solution” to split off roughly 35 inland counties with more than 10 million residents in protest of the remap.
• Democrats labeled the split-state bid a political stunt, and with supermajorities in both chambers it faces virtually no chance of advancing.
• California’s push is a direct counter to Texas Republicans’ mid-decade redraw encouraged by President Trump, and a UC Berkeley poll reported 48% of voters would support Prop 50 while 36% opposed the idea.