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Adopt Resolution No. 2025-59 Opposing Proposition 50
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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Travis Hopkins, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Shannon Levin, Council Policy Analyst
Subject:
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Adopt Resolution No. 2025-59 Opposing Proposition 50
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Statement of Issue:
At the request of Council Woman Van Der Mark, the Huntington Beach City Council, at its September 2, 2025 meeting, directed staff to draft a resolution for City Council approval in opposition to Governor Newsom's special election regarding redistricting.
Financial Impact:
Not applicable
Recommended Action:
recommendation
Adopt Resolution No. 2025-59, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Opposing Proposition 50."
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Alternative Action(s):
Do not approve recommended action and direct staff accordingly.
Analysis:
On August 21, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation calling for a special election to waive the state's independent redistricting process and approve new partisan congressional maps that favor one party over another.
The California Citizens Redistricting Commission (CCRC) is a state agency created by the passage of Proposition 11 (2008), also known as the Voters First Act, and later modified by Proposition 20 (2010), the Voters First Act for Congress. The CCRC is responsible for drawing new Congressional, state legislative, and state board of equalization boundaries after every census.
Proposition 50 would amend the California Constitution to allow the state to use a new, legislature-drawn congressional district map for 2026 through 2030.
Environmental Status:
This action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.
Strategic Plan Goal:
Non Applicable - Administrative Item
Attachment(s):
1. Resolution No. 2025-59