#redistricting

#redistricting

They are hungry for leaders, for heroes, for national politicians who might, like a young Barack Obama, inspire them anew. The bench, for 2028, is relatively deep - there is no shortage of governors, senators, former Biden-administration officials, and stray outsiders who may enter the primary - but no single man or woman has emerged from the heap to captivate millions.

In 2017, the California Legislature passed the California Values Act ( SB 54), which restricts local law enforcement from using their resources for immigration enforcement, except in limited cases. The law was designed to build trust between law enforcement and immigrant communities so that all residents feel safe reporting crimes and seeking protection. Yet in 2024, the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department notified ICE 132 times.

The veteran Democrat, who represents part of San Jose and a swath of central California, chairs the state's Democratic congressional delegation. That group not Newsom's office, nor state lawmakers tasked with approving the plan this week was responsible for crafting the new, politically slanted maps that voters likely will consider in November. And Lofgren was at the helm of that process this summer,

The proposal would put new congressional maps before voters in November, which are designed to oust at least five of California's nine Republican members of Congress. Democrats say the effort is a necessary counter to Republican-led gerrymandering in Texas, while GOP lawmakers in California have blasted the plan as an abuse of power. In hearings Wednesday, Republicans pressed Democrats for a clear price tag on running the statewide special election. Bill analyses of the proposals provided few details about the cost, saying the special election would cost somewhere in the "low millions" of dollars. "No one has time to figure this out, where the money is going to come from," said Asm. Dianne Dixon, R-Newport Beach.

Gov. Ron DeSantis launched a multi-pronged attack on the state's congressional districts on Wednesday, offering justifications for a mid-decade redistricting that is all-but-guaranteed to send more Republicans to Congress from Florida. DeSantis also made clear the part of the state he wants to concentrate on is South Florida - the region that is home to most of the remaining Democrats in the Florida congressional delegation. The Republican governor's move comes amid unprecedented and spreading efforts to change congressional districts across the country.

The strawberry delivery driver was making his last drop-off in Little Tokyo, unloading nearly a dozen boxes onto the sidewalk outside the Japanese American National Museum. Inside the building, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his allies were holding a news conference about a Democratic Party plan to fight back against President Trump's efforts to maintain control of the U.S. House of Representatives through redistricting in Texas.

“It's difficult for us, just in a regular election, being a smaller rural county,” said Juan Pablo Cervantes, the registrar of voters for Humboldt County, which has just over 85,000 registered voters. Usually Cervantes and his staff have at least five months of lead time to find voting sites, hire staff and procure all the machines, pens and ballots for a statewide election.

"We killed the corrupt special session, withstood unprecedented surveillance and intimidation, and rallied Democrats nationwide to join this existential fight for fair representation reshaping the entire 2026 landscape," said Texas House of Representatives Minority Leader Gene Wu.

The proposal seeks to realign congressional districts in California to favor Democrats, with only four out of 52 districts expected to have a majority of registered Republican voters.