{"id":2564,"date":"2025-07-21T12:07:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T19:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/california\/?post_type=press&p=2564"},"modified":"2025-08-22T08:49:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T15:49:58","slug":"dangerous-wrong-experts-warn-against-mid-decade-redistricting","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/california\/press\/dangerous-wrong-experts-warn-against-mid-decade-redistricting\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDangerous & Wrong\u201d: Experts Warn Against Mid-Decade Redistricting"},"template":"","class_list":["post-2564","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Retaliatory map re-drawing threatens fair representation in California ","featured_image":"","press_type":157,"authors":"","related_issues":[429],"related_work":false,"location":3},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"UPDATE - August 2025:<\/strong> California's redistricting plan complies with all six of Common Cause's fairness criteria for mid-decade redistricting<\/a>, and as a result we will not oppose their efforts<\/a>.\r\n\r\nSacramento<\/b> \u2014 Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom suggested the potential for mid-decade redistricting in California to challenge the same effort in Texas, which would gerrymander the state in Republican\u2019s favor. Voting rights and redistricting experts, including Common Cause and Patricia Sinay, a Commissioner for the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, warn against this move, which would threaten California\u2019s Citizens Redistricting Commission and fair representation in the state.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cPoint blank, this is a dangerous move,\u201d<\/span> said Darius Kemp, executive director of California Common Cause.<\/b> \u201cWe know independent redistricting works because California has been the national leader for years. We can\u2019t afford to put our state\u2019s democracy on the line during a time of national instability.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nThere is zero legal standing for the California legislature to re-draw maps, and a special election would be risky and expensive. The last special election in 2021 to recall Governor Newsom cost taxpayers just over <\/span>$200 million<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe California Constitution gives sole authority to draw districts to an independent redistricting commission voters overwhelmingly approved in 2008. By taking map-drawing power away from self-interested politicians, California\u2019s independent process has resulted in maps that are drawn based on the needs of local communities. The 2020 process resulted in zero lawsuits \u2014 a highly unusual outcome for a typically contentious process.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cThere is no way to do a rushed redistricting process, either in California or Texas, that honors the people and our communities,\u201d <\/span>said Russia Chavis Cardenas, deputy director of California Common Cause. \u201c<\/b>Redistricting requires outreach, education, and public input, which takes time. Any attempt to pick up partisan seats undermines our democracy and weakens the political power of the people.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\nStudies show<\/span><\/a> that independent redistricting commissions work and stand as the best way to draw district maps that work for communities. Handing the power back to incumbent legislators, lobbyists, and special interests would welcome political gamesmanship and make it harder for communities to advocate for the resources they need once this moment has passed.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"The very purpose of the state\u2019s independent redistricting commission is to protect voters from partisan power grabs like this,\u201d said <\/span>Patricia Sinay, a Democrat serving on the California Citizen Redistricting Commission.<\/b> \u201cIf this were to succeed, it would set a dangerous precedent for suppressing voters across the nation \u2014 an especially dangerous tactic during a crucial moment for our country\u2019s democracy.\"\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}}]},"yoast_head":"\n\u201cDangerous & Wrong\u201d: Experts Warn Against Mid-Decade Redistricting - 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