"Lacy's proposal would ask voters if they'd like to restrict the new congressional maps only to the 2026 elections. The congressional districts already established by California's independent commission would be used in the 2028 and 2030 elections, the proposal states. Calling it a pretty simple proposition, Lacy said the idea is to restore the congressional lines already drawn by the independent commission in time for the 2028 election and reinforce that future maps will also be drawn by the commission rather than the state legislature."
"Since Proposition 50 restores the commission in 2032, why should we wait? We can accept that voters made the change for 2026, but why wait for 2032? said Lacy, who voted no on Proposition 50 but was not involved in any of the campaigns that attempted to defeat it. The Dana Point resident also said there is some concern, too, that the state legislature could turn around and take away the temporary nature of Proposition 50 and again draw future congressional maps."
James V. Lacy filed a proposal with the California attorney general to scale back the mid-cycle congressional redistricting plan enacted by Proposition 50. Proposition 50 changes congressional maps for the 2026, 2028 and 2030 elections and aims to give Democrats an advantage in five additional House races to offset Republican gerrymandering in other states. The Lacy proposal would confine the new maps to the 2026 election and require the independent commission's districts to be used in 2028 and 2030. The proposal seeks to restore commission-drawn lines for 2028 and to prevent the state legislature from reclaiming map-drawing authority. Representatives for legislative leaders did not immediately respond, and the attorney general's office will prepare the initiative title and summary.
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