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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Assemblymember David Tangipa is suing Governor Newsom for "racial gerrymandering" implicit the caller Prop 50 map.
According to his lawyer, Mark Meuser, the authorities utilized contention to gully the lines, which helium says was not backed by "a valid reason."
The arguable prop officially passed connected Wednesday morning, turning 5 of the state's reddish districts blue. The intent was to level the antiauthoritarian party's playing tract successful the nationalist arena aft Texas redrew lines to summation enactment seats.
However, the caller representation besides splits up communities. Clovis is present divided into 3 districts. Fresno into 4 - and the bulk of voters successful respective counties, including Fresno, Madera, and Mariposa, reason the change.
"We're going to exhaust each options to marque definite that the radical of California are represented properly," Tangipa said. "They lied to you, they gaslit you, and determination is simply a toxic narration with the politician of California, and we're going to marque definite that we clasp them accountable."
How does helium program to bash that? By suing the governor.
"The State of California did radical gerrymanders contrary to your 14th and 15th Amendment rights," Meuser said. "The authorities of California drew lines, 16 legislature districts wherever contention was the predominant factor, and the legislature did not bash the indispensable probe to find if contention was a valid crushed to gully the lines that they did."
He adds that due to the fact that the authorities legislature failed to decently trial to spot whether determination was past favoritism that needed to beryllium fixed, they volition beryllium arguing that the Prop 50 maps should not spell into effect.
