CalChamber Board Votes to Remain Neutral on Proposition 50

The California Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has voted to remain neutral on Proposition 50, the ballot measure requiring a special redrawing of the state’s existing congressional districts.

The CalChamber Board took action at its regularly scheduled quarterly meeting on Sept. 19, choosing to neither support nor oppose the redistricting measure on the Nov. 4 statewide ballot.

“We trust California voters to decide if Proposition 50 is in their interest and urge all voters to be informed and make their voices heard,” said CalChamber Board Chair Maryam S. Brown.

Proposition 50 would replace the state’s current maps, drawn in 2021 by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, with new U.S. House districts approved last month by the state Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom. Under Prop. 50, the maps would be used from 2026 through 2030 — at which point the citizens commission would draw new maps based on data collected in the next decennial census.

Board members are elected by CalChamber’s member businesses and are executives at their respective companies. Currently numbering almost 90 individuals, they represent the diversity of California’s economy as leaders in key industries and both small and large businesses. Board members serve three-year terms.