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Receive a referral from the Legislative Committee requesting that the Board consider a position on Proposition 50, the Use of Legislative Congressional Redistricting Map Amendment on the California special election ballot on November 4, 2025.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors receive a referral from the Legislative Committee requesting that the Board consider a position on Proposition 50, the Use of Legislative Congressional Redistricting Map Amendment on the California special election ballot on November 4, 2025.
SUMMARY:
The Legislative Committee met on September 8, 2025, and reviewed Proposition 50, the Use of Legislative Congressional Redistricting Map Amendment. Proposition 50 will appear on California’s special election ballot as a legislative referred constitutional amendment on November 4, 2025. The Legislative Committee received information, discussed, and referred Proposition 50 to the Board of Supervisors for consideration.
DISCUSSION:
The California legislature passed three measures to temporarily require new congressional district maps be used in California's congressional elections through 2030.
- AB 604 (Aguiar-Curry/Gonzalez) Redistricting: Congressional districts. - This bill specified the maps that define the congressional districts for the special election vote.
- ACA 8 (Pellerin) Ballot Initiative - Proposition 50 - Congressional Redistricting. - This measure, notwithstanding the authority of the Citizens Redistricting Commission, requires the state to temporarily use the congressional districts reflected in AB 604 of the 2025-26 Regular Session for every congressional election until the new congressional boundary lines are drawn by the commission in 2031.
- SB 280 (Cervantes) Elections. - This bill calls for a special election in November.
AB 604, the map amendment, has become Proposition 50, as AB 604 cannot take effect without voter approval. A special election will now ...
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