On the first Tuesday of November, California registered voters will go to the polls to vote on one topic: redistricting. Based on recent history, this really should not be occurring. It actually betrays the lack of integrity of the monopoly party in the Legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom. I recently served as a California state senator for six years. Please allow me to give you a little history.

Let’s start with Proposition 11 (2008), also known as the Voters FIRST Act. It was drafted by the director of California Common Cause, Kathay Feng. The majority of the funding came from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Dream Team and Charles Munger, Jr.. It was opposed by the California Democratic Party. It barely passed, 50.8 percent to 49.2 percent.

This voter approved initiative created the Cal

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