Even before Democrats finalized their plans to gerrymander California, anti-redistricting mailers were already landing in droves in Bay Area mailboxes.

The plan pushed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and his allies , according to one mailer distributed widely last week, would “strip away California’s constitutional voting protections” and “set a dangerous precedent” by temporarily pausing the state’s independent process of drawing district lines for seats in Congress.

“We cannot save democracy by burning it down in California,” reads the message. The sender? A political committee led by a billionaire’s son, Charles Munger Jr., who once led the Santa Clara County Republican Party.

Since then, Newsom has unleashed a torrent of emails seeking donations for the redistricting brawl.

“And God help

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