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San Juan Capistrano Council directs staff to prepare opposition letter to Proposition 50
Summary
The council unanimously directed staff to prepare a letter opposing Proposition 50, with a presenting councilmember arguing the measure would disenfranchise neighboring voters and is not the appropriate response to events cited by supporters.
At the meeting’s end the council voted unanimously to direct staff to prepare a letter opposing Proposition 50, a legislatively referred constitutional amendment scheduled for a statewide special election in November.
The presenting councilmember said he did not question supporters’ good intentions but objected to the measure’s approach. He told the council he opposed "responding to something that occurred in Texas by disenfranchising and affecting your neighbors in California," and argued the proposed change would reduce representation. After brief discussion referencing California’s existing nonpartisan redistricting reforms, the council moved and seconded the direction to prepare an opposition letter; the motion passed unanimously.
Council did not finalize the text; staff were asked to prepare draft language for the council’s review and signature.
