Newsom and Democratic leaders say they’ll ask voters to approve their new maps only for the next few elections, returning map-drawing power to the commission following the 2030 census — and only if a Republican state moves forward with new maps. Obama applauded that temporary timeline.

Newsom, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier rallied in support of the passage of California’s Election Rigging Response Act. The retaliatory legislation establishes a process for implementing new, temporary, congressional maps in the nation’s most populous state if any other state engages in mid-decade redistricting.