11 a.m., October 5, 2025
Join us this Sunday, either in person or online, as we watch and discuss a video exploring Prop 50.
This November, California voters will decide whether to approve Proposition 50, a ballot measure that would amend the state’s constitution to temporarily suspend the state’s independent redistricting commission and replace its maps with new, partisan-drawn districts.
This forum will be a presentation of the 17-minute video, Prop 50, Explained — Inside California’s Redistricting Push, in which Norm Leahy, the senior editor of Ballotpedia, interviews Maya C. Miller of CalMatters. It will be followed by discussion.
Supporters of Prop 50, led by Governor Gavin Newsom and Democratic allies, argue the change is needed to counter mid-decade redistricting efforts in states like Texas and Florida. Opponents — including Republicans, good governance groups, and even former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger — say the measure undermines reforms voters approved more than a decade ago. Maya C. Miller of CalMatters joins the show to explain how Prop 50 made it onto the ballot, what the campaigns for and against are emphasizing, and what polling suggests about its chances this November.
Ballotpedia is a nonprofit and nonpartisan online political encyclopedia that covers federal, state, and local politics, elections, and public policy in the United States. The website was founded in 2007.
CalMatters is a nonprofit news organization covering California state politics and policies, launched in 2015. Founders cited the decline in coverage of state politics as a major motivation leading up to its founding.
You can watch this video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6dieCtcMbc
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