Overview

• California voters will decide on Nov. 4 whether to temporarily adopt a new congressional map under Proposition 50.
• Trena Turner, a 2020 commission member, urges a yes vote, calling midterm redistricting a moral necessity to protect representation.
• Turner’s case links the measure to countering GOP-led mid-decade remaps in Texas and other states that she says are widely questioned as racially manipulative.
• Jeanne Raya, who chaired the first independent commission, urges a no vote, arguing Prop 50 would sideline the state’s widely praised, transparent process.
• Raya warns the proposal would substitute legislator-drawn districts aimed at securing Democratic seats across three election cycles and would carry taxpayer costs.