Overview
- Major decision desks including AP, CBS News and Fox News projected passage shortly after polls closed, while California continues processing mail ballots for several days.
- The measure pauses the California Citizens Redistricting Commission and installs Legislature-drawn districts for the 2026, 2028 and 2030 elections before the commission resumes after the 2030 census.
- Democrats say the new map could tilt as many as five Republican-held House seats their way, potentially lifting their share to about 48 of the state’s 52 districts.
- The Legislature’s plan most directly targets seats held by Reps. Doug LaMalfa, Kevin Kiley, David Valadao, Ken Calvert and Darrell Issa.
- The campaign became a national proxy fight over redistricting tactics, drawing support from Gavin Newsom and Barack Obama and opposition from Arnold Schwarzenegger and GOP donor Charles Munger Jr.