Coachella Valley residents react to Prop 50 passage

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ)  - Passion coming from residents across the Coachella Valley as many learn the fate of Proposition 50.

The measure - passing Tuesday night.

Some calling the result a win for California, others saying it misses the mark.

“We're just giving more power to our elected officials," Johnny Coladonato, Palm Springs resident said. "The power should be with us.”

“Good," Brandon De La Riva, Indio resident said. "If they're going to be changing the rules of the game for themselves, we have to at least have a fighting chance.”

Still — turnout across the desert was strong — with residents from every corner of the Coachella Valley making their voices heard.

"I was happy to hear that even other voting centers had lines that were going hours long,"
Olivia Gonzalez, Thousand Palms resident said. "They wanted to come and they wanted to vote."

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