Newsom’s Prop 50 campaign heats up with new ads targeting California voters

California politics heated up Tuesday as Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Yes on Prop. 50 campaign launched a multimillion-dollar ad blitz linking Donald Trump to efforts to “rig elections” by demanding redistricting in Texas, while Republican donor Charles Munger and former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy led opposition efforts portraying the measure as either a threat to California’s independent redistricting commission or a power grab for Newsom’s future ambitions. Meanwhile, in Sacramento, City Councilmember Mai Vang moved closer to challenging longtime Rep. Doris Matsui in California’s 7th Congressional District, filing paperwork for a potential bid despite Matsui’s endorsements from regional mayors. And on the legal front, Attorney General Rob Bonta hailed Judge Charles Breyer’s ruling that Trump’s deployment of Marines and National Guard troops for domestic policing violated the Posse Comitatus Act, a decision Bonta said affirms that “the power of the executive is not boundless,” even as the administration prepares an appeal.