Municipal government; City planning; Government policy; Economic policy
This object includes both a powerpoint and the report on the municipal finances of the 88 cities in Los Angeles County and selected major cities in the State of California. The purpose of the report is to provide detailed fiscal information about...
This study examines the experiences of non-legislative reapportionment commissions in other states to determine whether this form of reapportionment is in the best interests of representative government in California.
This report surveys and chronicles the Chicano experience in reapportionment and redistricting from 1960 to 1980. At the end of the report, the report gives a conclusion on results and policy recommendations for the Chicano community.
This research report intends to provide an overview of the demographic and political characteristics of California's Congressional, State Senate, and State Assembly districts, together with profiles of its counties and major cities. The data...
This study, conducted by the analyzes the results of the November 1990 California election on approved initiatives which include Proposition 140 (term limits, legislative operating budget), Proposition 121 (quake fix exemptions), Proposition 132...
Redistricting (Election law); California Politics and government
This report by Leroy Hardy and Alan Heslop analyzes various California legislative districts and their impact on California politics since World War Two.
political campaigns California; campaign finance; elections; campaign funds
This report by the Secretary of State summarizes campaign financing activity reported by candidates for the California State Legislature and state elected officeholders during the last six months of 1992.
This 1993 analysis by the Senate Office of Research (SOR) looks at the background, fiscal effects, and policy implications of each state proposition on the general election ballot and lists known supporters and opponents. SOR offers this analysis...
This publication analyzes reapportionment and redistricting in ten classical democracies, one singl-party state with som attributes of a democracy (Mexico), and one totalitarian state.
This document traces the history of reapportionment in Pennsylvania. It includes details and analysis of reapportionment from statehood to the 1990s. The focus of this document is on the Legislative Reapportionment Commission, a commission set up...
This paper outlines strategic considerations for establishing single member districts. The underlying thesis of this paper is that due to the expanding size of cities, the complexity of issues, expensive electioneering, minority...
In 1980, California voters passed Proposition 6, which set guidelines which the legislature must follow in the drawing of new district boundaries. After the passage of Proposition 6, the Rose Institute of State and Local Government conducted a...
This document is a compilation of a conference packet given to attendees of the Rose Institute Conference entitled, ""Time to Draw the Line: 2001."" In this report, the Rose Institute primarily covers redistricting law, important cases, Census...
Watsonville (Calif.) Newspapers; Voting rights United States History; law;
This document is a compilation of newspaper clippings regarding the Watsonville Voting Rights decision and a bibliography of other voting rights cases in the 1980s. The case at hand is the Gomez v. City of Watsonville case.
The Rose Institute of State and Local Government is pleased to submit this report to the City of Fort Lauderdale on a plan to establish four single-member council districts. The report analyzes the history of districting in Fort Lauderdale as well...
This document is one of a series published by the Rose Institute of State and Local Government on the redistricting process, both in California and nationally. It consolidates some previous conference pamphlets and emphasizes material especially...
