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Your guide to key ballot measures being voted on in California and New York City on Tuesday
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Voters in California and New York City will be voting on key ballot measures on Tuesday, with some of them drawing national attention for their significance.
Both measures could have ripple effects far beyond their borders — influencing control of Congress and reshaping how America’s biggest city conducts elections. Together, the proposals offer voters in the nation’s two largest blue strongholds a chance to reshape how political power and housing policy are decided.
Read on to learn more about each of the top measures.
California’s Proposition 50
The most notable ballot measure being voted on is Proposition 50 in California, where residents are deciding whether to pass a ballot proposition which would dramatically alter the state’s congressional districts. The measure puts the left-leaning state front and center in the high-stakes political fight over redistricting.
California state lawmakers this summer approved a special proposition on the November ballot to obtain voter approval to temporarily sidetrack the state’s nonpartisan redistricting commission and return the power to draw the congressional maps to the Democratic-dominated legislature.
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The effort, which could create five more Democratic-leaning congressional districts, aims to counter the passage in the red-state of Texas of a new map that aims to create up to five right-leaning House seats. Failure to approve the measure would be a stinging setback for Democrats.
Proponents and opponents of Proposition 50 reported raising more than $215 million as of Oct. 2, with much of the money being dished out to pay for a deluge of ads on both sides.
One of the two main groups countering Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Democrats is labeling its effort «Stop Sacramento’s Power Grab.»
Also getting into the fight is former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the last Republican governor of California.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom looks on during a bill signing event related to redrawing the state’s congressional maps on Aug. 21, 2025, in Sacramento, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
«That’s what they want to do is take us backwards. This is why it is important for you to vote no on Prop 50,» Schwarzenegger says in an ad against Proposition 50. «Democracy — we’ve got to protect it, and we’ve got to go and fight for it.»
When voters head to the polls, a «Yes» vote will approve the Newsom-backed plan to re-draw the maps starting in 2026 and a «No» vote would keep the existing maps.
New York City’s Proposal 6
In addition to deciding who will be the city’s next mayor, 5.1 million registered New York City voters will also decide on a measure, known as Question 6, that would move election dates for city offices to the same year as federal presidential elections.
According to the city’s official election website, «‘Yes’ moves City elections to the same year as Federal Presidential Elections, when permitted by state law. ‘No’ leaves laws unchanged.»
Advocates of moving the election to coincide with federal elections argue it will increase turnout and thus provide results more representative of the electorate as a whole.
Opponents argue that key local issues will get buried in national politics if the elections are moved.
Housing related ballot measures in New York City
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Affordable housing is perhaps the most talked about campaign issue in New York City and voters will be asked two questions related to that issue when they walk into polling places on Tuesday.
Proposal 2 is framed as a way to «fast track» affordable housing in the city.
«This proposal would make two new processes to fast-track certain affordable housing projects,» New York City’s election website says. «The first process is for publicly financed affordable housing projects. The second process is for affordable housing projects in the 12 community districts with the lowest rates of affordable housing development.»
Proposal 4 in New York City is described by the collection committee as a vote to, «Establish an Affordable Housing Appeals Board with Council, Borough, and Citywide Representation.»
«This proposal would change the current land use review process when the City Council rejects or changes an affordable housing project,» the measure is framed.
«The proposal would create an Affordable Housing Appeals Board, made up of the local Borough President, Speaker of the City Council, and Mayor. The proposal would allow the Appeals Board to reverse the City Council’s decision with a two-to-one vote.»
Housing is also the focus of Proposal 3, «where a Yes» vote «simplifies review for limited land-use changes, including modest housing and minor infrastructure projects» and a «no» vote is described as a vote that «leaves these changes subject to longer review, with final decision by City Council.»
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The founder and executive chairman of Govini, a software firm with deep Pentagon ties, has been arrested and charged with soliciting sexual contact with a preteen girl, according to the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office.
Eric Gillespie, 57, of Pittsburgh, allegedly tried to arrange a meeting with a young girl through an online chat platform often used by sex offenders, authorities said. An undercover agent posing as an adult intercepted Gillespie’s messages.
«Our Child Predator Section proactively uncovered this defendant who, under an online pseudonym, was lurking online to access children,» Attorney General Dave Sunday said. «During the investigation, Gillespie alluded to methods he accessed children, and other evidence was found regarding contact with children,» the office said in a statement…READ MORE.
Govini founder Eric Gillespie was caught in a child sex sting operation. A view of the Pentagon on December 13, 2024, in Washington, DC. Home to the US Defense Department, the Pentagon is one of the world’s largest office buildings. (Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General; Daniel SLIM / AFP via Getty Images)
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Líderes indígenas reclamaron una mayor participación en la COP30 de Brasil y pidieron reunirse con el presidente Lula da Silva
En la COP30, la primera conferencia climática de la ONU celebrada en plena Amazonía, diversas voces indígenas brasileñas expresaron sentirse poco escuchadas, a pesar del respaldo declarado del presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva a sus causas.
Entre ellas se destaca la del emblemático cacique Raoni Metuktire, figura reconocida internacionalmente por la defensa de la selva. La tensión afloró el martes por la noche, cuando varias decenas de indígenas y activistas irrumpieron en el recinto de la cumbre en Belém, antes de ser desalojados por fuerzas de seguridad.
Las imágenes del incidente recorrieron medios de comunicación de todo el mundo, reflejando el malestar en parte del movimiento indígena.
Aunque Lula impulsó medidas como la homologación de dieciséis territorios indígenas, una reducción notable de la deforestación y el nombramiento de Sonia Guajajara en el recién creado Ministerio de los Pueblos Indígenas, líderes como Raoni consideran insuficientes estos pasos ante los nuevos desafíos.
El cacique advirtió que solicitará una reunión personal con el mandatario. “Voy a pedir una cita con él y, si es necesario, le tiraré de la oreja para que me escuche”, sostuvo y mostró su postura: “Apoyo al presidente Lula, pero debe escucharnos (…) tiene que respetarnos”.
Raoni criticó concretamente dos proyectos del gobierno: la exploración petrolera cerca de la desembocadura del Amazonas, iniciada en octubre, y la propuesta del Ferrogrão, una vía férrea de casi mil kilómetros para el transporte de cereales desde el centro agrícola del país hacia el litoral.
“Lo vamos a resolver; vamos a tener fuerza. No podemos permitir que esa perforación de petróleo suceda. Si estas malas acciones continúan, tendremos problemas”, alertó el líder indígena.
Durante la investidura presidencial de Lula el 1 de enero de 2023, Raoni formó parte del grupo de personalidades que entregaron simbólicamente la banda presidencial al jefe de Estado, quien volvió así al poder por tercera vez.
El miércoles, Raoni participó junto a otros jefes indígenas en una conferencia de prensa a bordo de un barco sobre el río Guamá, encuentro realizado bajo el marco de la Cumbre de los Pueblos, un evento paralelo que acompaña en Belém las negociaciones internacionales sobre el clima.
Durante el encuentro realizado en la zona verde —el espacio reservado para la sociedad civil en la cumbre climática y distante de la zona azul, donde transcurren las negociaciones oficiales—, los jefes indígenas insistieron en la necesidad de contar con voz y voto en el principal foro climático internacional. “Deberíamos estar allá en la zona azul sentados con los líderes y no aquí”, sostuvo Roani.
Los indígenas que participaron en la marcha en Belém defendieron sus acciones tras el incidente registrado en el ingreso al recinto de la COP30, que según la ONU tuvo un saldó de dos agentes de seguridad levemente heridos.
Dona Neves Arara Vermelha explicó en conferencia de prensa que “nadie cometió ningún acto de vandalismo, pero fue para llamar la atención”, y enfatizó: “Nadie tenía la intención de romper, de vandalizar”.
En el tercer día de la cumbre, la joven Auricélia Arapiun manifestó: “Todavía esperamos discutir con el presidente Lula, con los gobernantes, (…) sentarnos a la mesa de negociaciones. Se niegan a escuchar lo que decimos aquí”. Ambas mujeres pertenecen a la etnia arapiun de la región del Bajo Tapajós, en el estado de Pará.
Como parte del cronograma de protestas, el sábado se realizará en Belém una masiva “Marcha de los Pueblos por el Clima”, en la que pueblos originarios y organizaciones civiles reclamarán “justicia climática” y la defensa de los territorios indígenas.
Por su parte, aunque Raoni señaló con firmeza sus demandas al presidente Lula, también hizo un llamado a la convivencia e indicó: “Hace mucho tiempo, los blancos y los indígenas peleaban, se enfrentaban. Trabajo para que vivamos pacíficamente y en armonía”.
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A bill to end the record-breaking U.S. government shutdown is headed to President Donald Trump’s desk after more than 42 days.
Federal funding legislation aimed at opening the government passed in the House Wednesday evening, ending the weeks-long fiscal standoff that has largely paralyzed Congress since Oct. 1. Republicans on the House floor erupted in cheers when the bill prevailed while the majority of Democrats quietly exited the chamber.
The White House said Trump would sign the bill at 9:45 p.m. this evening.
Six Democrats voted with all but two Republicans to pass the bill with a 222 to 209 margin. The Democrats who voted in favor of the legislation are Reps. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, Adam Gray, D-Calif., Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash, and Don Davis, D-N.C.
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When the House took its initial vote on federal funding legislation on Sept. 19, just one Democrat — Golden — voted with the GOP.
The vast majority of House Democrats opposed the bill, however, including their senior ranks.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., reiterated to reporters hours before the vote that Democrats were frustrated the bill did not do anything about COVID-19 pandemic-era healthcare subsidies under Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Those enhanced tax credits expire this year.
«House Democrats are here on the Capitol steps to reiterate our strong opposition to this spending bill because it fails to address the Republican healthcare crisis, and it fails to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credit,» Jeffries said.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., sounded optimistic in comments to reporters Wednesday morning ahead of the vote, however.
«I wanted to come out and say that we believe the long national nightmare will be over tonight,» Johnson said. «It was completely and utterly foolish and pointless in the end.»
Some drama threatened to crack House GOP unity earlier in the day, however, as some Republicans in the lower chamber seethed over a last-minute provision added to the bill that allows senators whose communications were tapped during former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s probe to sue the federal government for $500,000 each.
Reps. Chip Roy, R-Texas, Austin Scott, R-Ga., and Morgan Griffith, W.Va., all shared concerns with the measure but said they would not extend the government shutdown over it.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington Nov. 3, 2025. (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)
Johnson appeared to placate their and others’ concerns, at least for now, with a promise to vote next week on separate legislation repealing that provision.
Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., told reporters he would vote against the bill over its inclusion, however.
«I’m not voting to send Lindsey Graham half a million dollars,» he told reporters.
He and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., voted against the final bill, but their opposition was not enough to sink legislation.
«What Republicans learned is if their opening offer is Joe Biden’s budget, they can survive the shutdown. That’s the vote,» Massie told reporters afterwards.
Meanwhile, the shutdown’s effects on the country have grown more severe by the day.
Many of the thousands of air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents who had to work without pay were forced to take second jobs, causing nationwide flight delays and cancellations amid staffing shortages at the country’s busiest airports. Millions of Americans who rely on federal benefits were also left in limbo as funding for critical government programs ran close to drying out.
At the heart of the issue was Democratic leaders’ refusal to back any funding bill that did not also extend the enhanced Obamacare subsidies. Democrats argued it was their best hope of preventing healthcare price hikes for Americans across the U.S.
Republicans agreed to hold conversations on reforming what they saw as a broken healthcare system, but they refused to pair any partisan priority with federal funding.
In the end, a compromise led by the Senate — which saw eight Democrats in the upper chamber join colleagues to pass the bill in a 60 to 40 vote — included a side deal guaranteeing the left a vote on extending the enhanced subsidies sometime in December.
President Donald Trump speaks during a breakfast with Senate and House Republicans in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington Nov. 5, 2025. (Evan Vucci/AP Newsroom)
Johnson has made no such promise in the House, however.
And the lack of a guarantee on extending those subsidies has angered progressives and Democratic leaders.
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«What were Republicans willing to give in the end, other more than a handshake deal to take a future vote on extending the healthcare subsidies?» Rep. Shomari Figures, D-Ala., said Wednesday. «We all know that a future vote is the equivalent of asking two wolves and a chicken to vote on what’s for dinner. It is dead on arrival.»
Republican Study Committee Chairman August Pfluger, R-Texas, criticized Democrats for prolonging the shutdown for little payoff.
«They literally got absolutely nothing except for a total and complete surrender, that accomplished nothing more than hurting American families,» he said.
The bill kicks the current federal funding fight to Jan. 30, by which point House GOP leaders said they were confident they’ll finish work on a longer-term deal for fiscal year 2026.
It also includes full-year federal spending for the Department of Agriculture, the legislative branch, and the Department of Veterans Affairs — three of 12 annual appropriations bills that Congress is tasked with passing annually.
«There are nine remaining bills, and we’d like to get all of those done in the next few weeks. And, so, [House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla.] and his appropriators will be working overtime,» House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., told Fox News Digital.
Asked if he thought they’d get it done by that date, Cole said, «I think we can.»
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