RESOLUTION NO. 25-139
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A POSITION OF OPPOSITION TO PROPOSITION 50 ON THE NOVEMBER 2025 BALLOT WHEREAS, Proposition 50, appearing on the November 2025 California ballot, proposes to amend the California Constitution to alter the process for drawing congressional districts; and WHEREAS, the current process, established by voters, assigns the responsibility for drawing congressional districts to the independent California Citizens Redistricting Commission, designed to operate in a non-partisan manner; and WHEREAS, Proposition 50 would transfer the authority to draw congressional districts from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission to the State Legislature; and WHEREAS, the independent California Citizens Redistricting Commission was created to ensure fair and impartial district boundaries, including safeguards to keep cities, counties, and local communities together; and WHEREAS, Proposition 50 would remove existing safeguards intended to maintain the integrity of local communities in the redistricting process; and WHEREAS, Proposition 50 proposes dividing communities, diluting their voice in Congress by forcing many more cities be split among multiple congressional districts under the measure’s new maps, and diminishing their voice by making congressional districts less competitive; and WHEREAS, Proposition 50 proposes dividing Capistrano Bight, the Orange County portion of the Oceanside Littoral Cell and a community of interest which is critical for the City of San Clemente’s sand replenishment efforts, into two congressional districts under the measure’s new maps and making the interagency coordination and collaboration more complicated and less effective; and WHEREAS, the City Council of San Clemente recognizes the importance of maintaining a transparent and independent redistricting process to uphold public trust in electoral systems; and WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente believes that Proposition 50 undermines the voter-approved framework for fair redistricting in California; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of San Clemente, California, hereby adopts an official position of opposition to Proposition 50 on the November 2025 ballot.
SECTION 1. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this _____ day of ____________________, _______.
ATTEST:
___________________________ __________________________
City Clerk of the City of Steve Knoblock, Mayor of the
San Clemente, California City of San Clemente, California STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) §
CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE )
I, LAURA CAMPAGNOLO, City Clerk of the City of San Clemente, California, do hereby certify that Resolution No. 25-139 was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Clemente held on the _______ day of _______________________, _________, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of San Clemente, California, this _____ day of _________________, ________. __________________________
CITY CLERK of the City of
San Clemente, California
Approved as to form:
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Elizabeth A. Mitchell, City Attorney
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