This content is available for free to all subscribers. But you really should consider a paid subscription. This unlocks our afternoon e-mails, our Saturday “What is Jon Reading” e-mail, and analysis on breaking news. Normally a subscription is a modest $7 a month or just $70 for the year. *Breaking* SCOTUS refuses CAGOP request to stop use of new Prop. 50 House maps for 2026This year‘s elections will take place on the new lines shrinking the already very small Republican delegation from California.This may be the shortest update I’ve sent in a while. The short statement from the court is in the graphic above, declining to grant an injunction.The case against prop 50 will continue, but now it goes back down to the trial court level where it will go through the judicial process which could take years. I’ve made it clear since this emergency route was filed that the odds of the court doing something here were long. As for insightful analysis, here you go: this is good news for Democrats and sucks for Republicans. You’re currently a free subscriber to So, Does It Matter? California Politics! For the full experience, upgrade your subscription. See how much more you get with an inexpensive, paid subscription, but clicking the button below! Support me in providing hard-hitting, clear-eyed analysis of California politics. I am beholding to no one, and sugar-coat nothing! |