SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KABC) -- A confident Gov. Gavin Newsom told national Democrats on a DNC call that he believes the legislature will vote Thursday to support and fund the Nov. 4 special election for redistricting in California .

"We'll be back in front of the voters in the most transparent and democratic way, with the maps in front of the voters to make a determination of whether or not they want to maintain those endearing principles and values that define this country for the last 249 years," Newsom said.

The Assembly and Senate appropriations committees met Wednesday to fund the special election as California Republicans cast doubt on whether the state has the money. Democrats fought back.

"The state of California pays over $80 billion in federal taxes that we do not get back,

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