If Prop 50 passes, Republican Congressman David Valadao, who has long represented one of the richest agricultural belts in the country, would be one of five Republicans whose seat could flip to Democratic control.

The measure is Gov. Newsom’s response to the growing national fight over redistricting, sparked by President Trump’s push for Republicans in Texas to redraw their maps. If Proposition 50 passes, the state’s political map will look different from Sonoma down to San Diego.

Sami Hamdi was detained Sunday by ICE officers at San Francisco International Airport, according to federal officials. He was booked into the Golden State Annex ICE facility in the city of McFarland.

The meteoric rise in recent years of Legacy Alliance Outreach, a nonprofit once idolized by elected and civic leaders in Modesto and Stanislaus County and backed by millions of dollars in public money, stands in stark contrast to its dramatic fall.

The Department of Justice announced Friday it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions next month: Passaic County, New Jersey, and Los Angeles, Orange, Kern, Riverside and Fresno counties in California “to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law.”

The new law requires written disclosures and supporting materials whenever departments use AI to generate police reports.

Opponents of Prop. 50 want voters to resist gerrymandering. Supporters are doing everything they can to make the election about Trump.

Viral videos are circulating in the lead-up to California’s Nov. 4 special election on Proposition 50, that the small holes in the mail-in ballot envelopes are meant to show how someone voted.

Thousands of peaceful protesters packed the streets Oct. 18 as millions marched nationally in “No Kings” protests, decrying the policies of President Donald Trump.

With a peace plan moving forward, students are watching closely.