Item 23 - Councilmember Requested Item to Prepare a Resolution in Support of California Proposition 50

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EXHIBIT 1 RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSITION 50—THE ELECTION RIGGING RESPONSE ACT WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana is committed to protecting the integrity of elections and ensuring that voters have confidence in a fair and transparent democratic process; and WHEREAS, recent partisan mid-decade redistricting actions in other states, including Texas, have demonstrated the threat of political manipulation of congressional district boundaries outside of the normal decennial census process; and WHEREAS, Proposition 50, the Election Rigging Response Act, will appear on the November 4, 2025, statewide special election ballot, and is designed to safeguard California from similar election-rigging practices; and WHEREAS, Proposition 50 requires that the congressional maps enacted by the Legislature in August 2025 remain in effect through 2030, ensuring stability and preventing partisan tampering until the next census cycle; and WHEREAS, following the 2030 census, California's independent Citizens Redistricting Commission will resume its vital role in drawing congressional districts through an open, nonpartisan, and transparent process; and WHEREAS, the passage of Proposition 50 will send a clear message that California stands firmly against partisan manipulation of district maps and affirms our state's longstanding support for independent redistricting commissions as a national model of fair democracy; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana has a responsibility to defend the principles of representative government and to stand with its residents in ensuring that voters, not politicians, determine the outcomes of elections; NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana as follows: 1. The City Council hereby expresses its strong support for Proposition 50, the Election Rigging Response Act. 2. The City Council urges the voters of Santa Ana, and of California, to support Proposition 50 on November 4, 2025, as a vital measure to protect democracy, transparency, and fairness in elections. 3. The City Council directs the City Clerk to transmit copies of this Resolution to the Governor of California, the President pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the Assembly, the Orange County Board of Supervisors and other appropriate officials to affirm Santa Ana's commitment to fair representation. PASSED,APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21 st day of October, 2025.