Politics & Government
California GOP Legislators File Emergency Petition To Put Redistricting Efforts On Hold
California lawmakers are under a tight deadline to get the redistricting effort through the chamber before the November special election.
August 20, 2025
Republican state legislators have filed an emergency petition with the California Supreme Court to put a Democratic-led mid-decade redistricting effort on hold.
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Filed Tuesday by the Dhillon Law Group and a number of California GOP lawmakers, the petition challenges what they say is an attempt by the Democratic-controlled legislature to bypass a 30-day public review period for such measures mandated by the state constitution.
"I believe Democrats, independents and Republicans want a voice on who represents them," Republican state Sen. Tony Strickland of Huntington Beach said Tuesday at a press conference announcing the petition.
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