
PR Baloney or Massive Abuse of Power, the Democrats’ Attempt to Circumvent California’s Redistricting Commission
When I first read about Governor Newsom’s plan to “redistrict” California’s Congressional districts to counter the move in Texas to change its Congressional district lines, I thought his plan to be flawed. I don’t know anything about the rules in Texas regarding the redistricting process there, but California supposedly has a “bipartisan, independent” redistricting commission. Neither the Governor nor the Legislature is supposed to have the power to draw district lines.
Then, the Democrat Attorney General, Rob Bonta, rendered an opinion saying the Legislature could override the redistricting commission, and propose its own plan, submit that plan to the voters, and work to counter the Texas redistricting. Article XXI of the California Constitution directly contradicts the Attorney General’s legal opinion. Attorney General Bonta is not driven by the law, but rather the partisan politics that both he and Governor Newsom have pursued for years here in California. Article XXI says, rather clearly, the commission draws the districts once a decade, and that’s it. (section 1 of Article XXI)
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