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.
Redistricting; California Legislature; Statistical analysis
This report provides information on and illustrates the defects of the Senate redistricting plan passed by the Legislature (S.B. 287) on September 16, 1991 and subsequently vetoed by Governor Wilson
This is a collection of reports about Senate and Assembly districts in California. The reports offer political, economic, demographic and geographic profiles of each district. Each report begins with a map locating the district within the state. ...
Redistricting (Election law); Reapportionment (Election law); Hispanics in the United States
This volume contributes to the literature in political science concerning Hispanic participation in the American political system. It features a collection of scholarly articles detailing the involvement of Hispanics in the redistricting process...
In 1981, a coalition of Latino groups and activists banded together as "Californios for Fair Representation" (CFR) in order to push for additional representations for Latinos in accordance with their increased population. CFR rain straight into...
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: 1991."" In this report, the Rose Institute primarily covers redistricting law, important cases, Census...
This doctoral dissertation studies the choices made in the redistricting process, as well as Hispanic representation in local jurisdictions, in California and Arizona.
Election districts; Population statistics; Minorities; Landmark decisions; Representation; Equality
This report written for the Mayor and City Council of the city of Phoenix assesses the quality of plans developed by citizens for the redistricting of the city. Further, the Rose Insitute of State and Local Government sought to perform the...
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...
This study presents a variety of data on each district in San Diego County. Demographic data is taken from the 1970 census, and economic information from chambers of commerce in counties and cities and census data. The report concludes with a...
Conference agenda from a joint conference of the Rose Institute and the Institute of Social Justice on Latino empowerment, reapportionment, redistricting, and politics.
This conference packet includes information on the 1981 confernce hosted by the Rose Institute of State and Local Government and background information on redistricting. The background information, focusing on the context of the 1980 elections and...
This report from the Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College finds that Proposition 77 would result in a significant increase in competition in California elections. The Institute's research finds that Proposition...
A report on the California redistricting and reapportionment process, from 1951-1984. They spend time analyzing each political parties motivation for redistricting, as well as the legal and political ramifications of the reapportionment and...
T. Anthony Quinn writes about the failure of one man-one vote from Reynolds v. Sims and its impracticality through examples in Texas and California. He argues that one man-one vote has not created equality and gerrymandering still limits...
California Population; California Population Maps; California Population Statistics; California Population Statistics Maps; Chinese Americans; Chinese Americans California
This report by the Rose Institute of State & Local Government provides detailed spatial and statistical information about the Chinese American population of California.