The case against Prop 50 — and why I’m voting for it anyway
https://sfstandard.com/opinion/2025/10/14/case-prop-50-i-m-voting-anyway/
The case against Prop 50 — and why I’m voting for it anyway
Published Oct. 14, 2025 • 6:00am
I dislike everything about Proposition 50, the Gov. Gavin Newsom-led effort to gerrymander California’s congressional districts to attempt to add five additional seats.
But I am going to vote for it anyway.
My reasoning is straightforward: This is no time to stand on principle. If this bad idea has even a small potential to restrain Donald Trump, it’s worth doing.
That said, there are many reasons the “Election Rigging Response Act” shouldn’t become law. The first is that it’s a tremendous waste of money and energy for a single act of direct democracy.
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