Fresno Co. leaders rail against Prop 50 for carving county into six Congressional districts

Local leaders are urging voters to reject Proposition 50, the measure that would implement partisan Congressional districts in California.

The No on Prop 50 campaign held a press conference on Wednesday with local elected officials to highlight how the redistricting initiative would impact the Central Valley.

The backstory: Gov. Newsom signed the Election Rigging Response Act into law last month, placing Prop 50 on the ballot in a special election scheduled for Nov. 4. • The map was presented by Democrats in the Legislature and drawn to push out the GOP from California’s Congressional delegation. Republicans already only make up nine of California’s 52 Congressional representatives.

Zoom in: If voters approve the new districts, communities such as San Jose and Coalinga would be togeth