POLITICS

Proposition 50 Spurs Rural Power Fears

Redding and other rural Northern California communities are bracing for Proposition 50, a ballot measure that would redraw U.S. House maps and could merge conservative Shasta, Siskiyou and Modoc counties with liberal Marin County. Opponents call it gerrymandering that would drown out rural voices; Gov. Gavin Newsom frames it as a response to Republican mapmaking elsewhere. With Democrats returning nearly twice as many ballots and anti-Prop 50 ads fading, anxiety is rising. Rep. Doug LaMalfa opposes the measure, while some locals back it, noting map control would revert to an independent commission after 2030.

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