Making Maps
Prop 50, also known as the Election Rigging Response Act, will be on the ballot here in California, Nov. 4. Prop 50 temporarily redraws the congressional district map until 2030, allowing us to counter some of the gerrymandering being done in Republican-led states, often without the consent of their constituents. Our current president wants to be a dictator with no barriers or guardrails, completely circumventing or ignoring our Constitution and the rule of law this country was founded upon.
Most Americans do NOT support the authoritarian measures being taken against those who live in the U.S., or the loss of personal freedom and basic human rights. The Republican Congress is unwilling to stand up for the people of this country. If we want to have any chance of Democrats taking back the House in 2026 and stopping this insanity, we must respond aggressively. This is a five-alarm fire. We have been asking our representatives to take off the gloves and stand up to this administration—now it’s time for the voters to do the same. I will vote YES on 50 and hope you will too.
Janice Blalock
Santa Rosa
Land Trust Must
I appreciate the article on the work that the Mt. Tam CLT is proposing to do regarding affordable housing (“Mt. Tam Community Land Trust,” Sept. 24). I am concerned that the article implies that the organization has already made inroads, when in fact they have not at this point provided any affordable housing under the CLT model.
Sandra Becker
San Rafael
