GPSCC Opposes Proposition 50
The County Council and membership of the Green Party of Santa Clara County has taken a position to OPPOSE Proposition 50, on October 12, following online discussions.
Partisan gerrymandering strips the voters’ right to choose who represents them and allows politicians and parties to use voters as pawns in a power grab. The Green Party is strictly opposed to partisan gerrymandering which disenfranchises voters and is deeply undemocratic, and that is why we oppose Prop 50.
Prop 50 would temporarily repeal the Citizens Redistricting Commission that California voters voted to create in 2008 and voted to expand in 2010. It would put the power to gerrymander Congressional districts back in the hands of Democrats in the state legislature for three future elections in 2026, 2028, and 2030.
California Democratic Party has placed Prop 50 on a special election in Nov. 4th 2025 costing Californians $282M in response to Texan Republicans gerrymandering actions. Newsom and the overwhelming majority of CA Democrat representatives are painting Prop 50 as a way of “stopping election rigging” while openly admitting it is in retaliation to the Texan Republicans’ gerrymandering to gain federal congressional seats.
The Republicans have had a free hand in gerrymandering in deep Red states, Democrats also haven’t shied away from gerrymandering in every Blue state, and it was only through the establishment of the Independent Redistricting Commission that California voters were able to curb partisan gerrymandering in our state.
If either Democrat or Republican parties had any interest in truly representing voters, they would have already championed and implemented proportional representation in our state’s electoral systems which would ensure every voter is represented, including rural Democrats, urban Republicans, AND yes even Greens.
