'Protect Families, Not Politicians': CA GOP Lawmaker Tears Into Dems Over Redistricting Cost

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During debate in the California State Assembly on Thursday, Republican State Rep. Kate Sanchez spoke about the Democrats' proposed congressional redistricting.

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00:00Colleagues, as we listen to the debates today on the floor, do you understand now why people

00:07feel the system is rigged against them? These discussions are not just about maps. They're

00:12about our values. It's about whether this legislature is listening to the people of

00:16California or only to itself. On April 23rd, 2025, Speaker Robert Rivas said something that hit home

00:24for so many of us. California's cost of living is the single biggest threat to our future.

00:30Middle-class families earning $125,000 a year are struggling to afford rent, child care, groceries,

00:38and that is not sustainable. He was right. I see it in my community every single day. Heck,

00:44I've lived it. Families working two to three jobs, parents leaving the house before the sun comes up,

00:49and coming home late at night, still wondering if they're able to make enough for rent to keep the

00:55lights on or to put food on the table. And yet here we are asking for $250 million from those same

01:02families and spending it on redistricting, on carving up maps to protect politicians. Let's be real.

01:11This $250 million is not going to put a bag of groceries on the table. It doesn't help a mom pay

01:18for child care. It doesn't keep a roof over a family's head. What it does do is make life

01:24harder for the very people who are already struggling the most. That money could be used

01:30to keep teachers in classrooms, to reduce child care wait lists that working parents have been

01:35stuck on for years, to fund wildfire prevention, or to expand mental health services that our communities

01:42so desperately need. Instead, Sacramento wants to waste it on politics. And that's the problem.

01:49Too often, this building puts the needs of politicians before the needs of the people. And that's why

01:54so many Californians, especially in working-class communities and in Latino communities like

02:00mine, feel forgotten. We came here to serve the people, to serve our brothers, to serve our sisters,

02:08in our neighborhoods, not to serve ourselves. And the people are telling us loud and clear,

02:14they cannot afford more broken promises. So I urge you, stand with our California families. Stand with the

02:23workers who are breaking their backs to give their children and their kids a better future. Reject this

02:28$250 million power grab. Reject rigging the system against the people. Protect families, not politicians.

02:38I urge a no on SB 280.

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