California’s redistricting measure, which Gov. Newsom signed into law last Thursday, is an “emergency defensive tactic,” says a former Santa Barbara County redistricting committee member.

If approved by voters, the California redistricting could nullify five new U.S. House seats Republicans are expected to gain from a new redistricting map in Texas.

In the complaint, 13 Texas voters claim HB4 unlawfully targets majority-minority districts based on race, including in Harris County. In the Houston area, claims court documents, Black voters are being packed into a single district,