Read the latest updates from the 2025 special election and see the results for Measures B and C in the city of Santa Cruz and California Proposition 50.
Proposition 50
Coverage of California’s 2025 redistricting ballot measure.
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California voters approve Prop 50, redrawing congressional maps to favor Democrats
California voters overwhelmingly approved Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ballot measure on Tuesday, endorsing newly drawn maps that favor Democrats.
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In the Public Interest: Santa Cruz County’s RV demolition plan tests the limits of California’s homelessness enforcement
What’s happening this week around Santa Cruz County politics & policy, courtesy of Lookout correspondents, plus stories you might have missed.
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California Democrats made Prop 50 about Trump. Polls show it’s working as voting ends
While lopsided polling and fundraising have given the Yes on 50 campaign an undeniable advantage, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s team is taking nothing for granted as Election Day arrives.
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California Latinos take pride in casting ballots in person. ICE at polls could deter that
The Trump administration’s Justice Department announced on Friday that it will deploy personnel to monitor polling sites in five counties: Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside on Election Day. Fresno, Kern and Riverside counties are majority Latino.
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Trump’s DOJ is sending election monitors to California with voting on Prop 50 underway
The Trump administration’s Department of Justice will deploy election monitors to five California counties on Election Day, the department announced Friday, in what it describes as an effort to “ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law.” The news comes as voters are already casting ballots on Proposition 50, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to […]
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Supporters are way ahead in fundraising for Newsom’s Prop 50, but the race remains close
Opponents of California’s Proposition 50 redistricting measure want voters to resist gerrymandering. Supporters are doing everything they can to make the election about President Donald Trump.
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Santa Cruz County Republican chair frustrated by theft of ‘No on Prop 50’ yard signs
Santa Cruz County Republican Central Committee Chair Michael Lelieur said that numerous “No on Prop 50” signs have been taken from his yard and other supporters’ — something he believes is vandalism and election interference.
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Prop 50’s ‘Election Rigging Response Act’ asks us to fight fire with fire — but at what cost?
Proposition 50 would redraw California’s congressional map to counter Texas’ gerrymandering — aiming to flip the House of Representatives blue and block President Trump’s agenda. But, author Casey Beyer argues, it’s a symbolic gesture with little real power to change outcomes in Washington.
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The campaign over Gavin Newsom’s maps is one of California’s most expensive ever
Gov. Gavin Newsom is raising money from labor unions and Democrats all over the country for Proposition 50, his redistricting ballot measure. Republicans are pouring in money to fight it.