When we cut through all the noise coming at us during this special election campaign season, California voters should rationally conclude a “yes” vote on Proposition 50 is in their interest.

We aren’t in normal times, this isn’t a normal question, and it didn’t get put on the ballot lightly. Rather, extraordinary threats have been specifically directed at California by the Trump Administration: denying disaster aid to fire victims, ordering mass arrests without warrants, and imposing tariffs that raise our cost of living and reduce activity at our ports.

I’ve had a front-row seat in the Legislature to managing response scenarios to the federal government’s withholding of your healthcare, education, and housing dollars. So long as unchecked power is allowed, this pattern would continue to

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