Proposition 50 Moves to the Courts

Proposition 50 Moves to the Courts

The fate of the California Congressional District maps drawn as a part of Proposition 50 has moved the courts as a series of decisions may well determine what maps will be used in the 2026 elections. The California Republican Party was the first to file a lawsuit to...
Mercury News Joins Measure A Sales Tax Opposition

Mercury News Joins Measure A Sales Tax Opposition

by Roger Riffenburgh The Bay Area News Group’s Mercury News has joined Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association, the Santa Clara County GOP, and local community leaders in opposing to Santa Clara County’s proposed sales tax increase. In a recent editorial the...
How Proposition 50 Gerrymanders the Bay Area

How Proposition 50 Gerrymanders the Bay Area

Proposition 50 ignores current constitutional requirements to respect county lines and carves up Bay Area communities in order to strengthen Democrats’ stranglehold on California. Thanks to the work of Chris Bowman, a Napa County-based statistician, we now have a...