Standing in his way is a bow-tie-wearing physicist who loves classical Japanese poetry and is heir to a Berkshire Hathaway fortune. Charles Munger Jr., son of the late billionaire investor Charles Munger, has already poured $30 million into opposing the California governor’s efforts to revamp the state’s congressional districts in favor of Democrats. Munger is a Republican, but his crusade is far more about fighting gerrymandering than party preferences.
I think you’re quite underestimating the extent of gerrymandering. The reason they haven’t gone all out prior is out of 2 core reasons;fear voters would vote against them if they do and fear the other party would retaliate with similar measures. Option one is obviously been found to not be an issue, and now that they think they can seize permanent power with it, option 2 is also starting to be ignored by Republicans --but the dems are following through with the ever present implicit threat