By Daniel Borenstein

Proposition 50, the measure redrawing California’s congressional lines that’s at the center of the Nov. 4 statewide special election, has been attacked by opponents as a “power grab.”

That flips the responsibility for the nation’s redistricting debacle on its head. Proposition 50 isn’t an offensive move to usurp power. It’s a defensive counter to try to protect our state from political emasculation. Californians have no other good options.

It wasn’t California that started this. It was President Trump and Texas Republican lawmakers who launched a redistricting plan to ensure GOP control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Talk about trying to steal an election!

What’s at stake in this election is any hope of a check on the Trump administration.

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