Districts such as CA-01, CA-03, CA-22, CA-41, and CA-48 will be reshaped by cutting out conservative strongholds and pulling in bluer turf, tightening the squeeze on Republicans in a state where they’ve already been pushed to the margins

Newsom celebrated the win with a victory lap aimed at President Donald Trump, calling the result a triumph for, as he put it, “the principles our Founding Fathers lived and died for.”

In reality, the new map hands Democrats a weapon to blunt a GOP-favored redraw in Texas — and could help end the GOP’s razor-thin 219-213 House majority. A six-seat swing is all it would take for Democrats to retake the gavel and put up a roadblock to Trump’s agenda.

Proposition 50 replaces the boundaries drawn by California’s supposedly independent redistricting commission in 2021 with a map created under Assembly Bill 604. The commission will return after 2030, but until then, Democrats get their lines for 2026, 2028, and 2030.

Right now, Republicans still hang on across inland California while Democrats choke the coast and cities. But under this new setup, several red and swing districts — especially in the Central Valley, Inland Empire, and Orange County — get carved into friendlier territory for Democrats. GOP voters will be jammed into fewer, bulked-up districts.

One of the most aggressive changes: folding GOP-leaning Districts 3 and 5 into a single blue stronghold. Even deep-red pockets of Northern California aren’t spared, with boundaries shifting to pull in more Democratic towns and suburbs.