SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Governor Gavin Newsom has been met with both support and criticism following his announcement on Thursday to redistrict California, from San Diego representatives and leaders.

While some have seen this action as a power grab, others have seen the move as necessary to prevent the Trump administration from influencing upcoming midterm elections or entertaining a third term.

“California will not sit idle as Trump and his Republican lapdogs shred our country’s democracy before our very eyes,” Newsom said. “In just six months, Trump’s unchecked power has cost Americans billions and taken an ax to the greatest democracy we’ve ever known.”

President of the California Federation of Labor Unions, and former San Diego Assemblywoman, Lorena Gonzalez was a speaker at Newsom

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