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Gavin Newsom: “California is one of those states with an independent…”

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Published October 3, 2025 | Video Starts at 25:27

… people of color to vote and then taking away from people of color, communities of color, the political power that they long sought and have tried to hold on to. California is one of those states with an independent redistricting commission. It was a commission that, when I was mayor, There was an effort to repeal it that I publicly opposed because long supported the idea of independent redistricting. (25:27–25:31)

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Asserts that California has an independent redistricting commission.

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