1 month ago
9
(KRON) -- Governor Gavin Newsom has responded with a elemental connection to a Republican suit challenging Proposition 50.
"Good luck, losers," Newsom's bureau tweeted connected Wednesday.
The suit was filed by the Dhillon Law Group, Central Valley-area Assemblyman David Tangipa, 18 California voters, and the California Republican Party, according to a station connected the party's Facebook page. In a video posted to societal media, Mike Colombo, a San Francisco lawyer with the Dhillon Law Group, said the representation enacted by Prop 50's transition was "unconstitutional."
"The representation is designed to favour 1 contention of California voters implicit others. This violates the 14th Amendment's warrant of adjacent extortion nether the law, and the close nether the 15th Amendment, to not person one's ballot abridged due to the fact that of race," Colombo argued. "When drafting the Proposition 50 map, the main advisor who drew the representation has stated that the archetypal happening that helium did was to summation the powerfulness of Latino voters."
Dhillon Law Group spouse Mike Columbo, 2nd from left, speaks to reporters during a property league announcing a national suit challenging Proposition 50, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, successful Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)"Additionally, the authorities legislature has announced that the maps summation the powerfulness of Latino voters," helium continued.
In a connection posted to X, Newsom's bureau was dismissive of the effort.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom listens to speakers during a run lawsuit connected Proposition 50 successful San Francisco, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)"We haven't reviewed the lawsuit, but if it's from the California Republican Party and Harmeet Dhillon's instrumentality firm, it's going to fail," Newsom's bureau said.
Harmeet Dhillon, laminitis of the instrumentality firm, is simply a erstwhile seat of the California Republican Party and presently serves arsenic U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division nether President Donald Trump.
On Tuesday, California voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 50, a statewide redistricting measurement that lays the groundwork for Democrats to prime up 5 further House seats. The measurement was drawn up successful effect to akin redistricting efforts mounted by the GOP successful Texas.
With astir 75% of ballots tallied, 63% of voters were successful favour of the measure's passage.
