California entered the union in 1850 and began a development that has typically been onward and upward. This study looks at one facet of its development --representation and its institutional manifestations in terms of reapportionment and...
This paper is intended as an introductory outline and check-list for decision makers in local governments that are making single-member districts for the first time of that are realigning their existing districts.
This study explores the origin and history of the gerrymander, types of gerrymandering, gerrymandering and the use of technology, the threat of the gerrymander to representational democracy, and possible solutions to this threat.
Districts; Election statistics; Representatives in Congress (United States);
This document traces the political history of Representative Richard Lehman of California's 19th Congressional district. It includes a brief biography, voting records and statistics, campaign contribution information, maps of the district, election...
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 report is meant to analyze the effects of ethnic gerrymandering and reapportionment on the Chicano community in California. It provides of an analysis of the effects of the reapportionment and gerrymandering on the Chicano community, in recent...
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 is a summary of California Initiatives in all elections from 1966-2002. It includes a summary of the text and intent of the initiatives and details on the results of the measures in elections.
Dr. Richard Morrill and the Rose Institute of State and Local Government created a model redistricting plan for the 1981 California redistricting. The plan used the best available good government criteria to create majority-minority districts and...
The career professionalization of members of the U.S. House of Representatives has been influenced by an assortment of historical, socio-economic and political factors rooted both within the congressional institution and members' home state...
This doctoral dissertation studies the choices made in the redistricting process, as well as Hispanic representation in local jurisdictions, in California and Arizona.
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...
Proposition 6 was approved by the voters of California in June of 1980. Although its language is fairly straightforward, this simplicity belies a long history of reapportionment law on the state and federal levels. Furhter, it is the product of...
This document provides an in-depth background of districting and apportionment in the 1960s. It includes an overview of Congressional and State Assembly districts. It also includes analysis and state-by-state maps of the districts.
House of Representatives (U.S); Californians; California; Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.); Bibliography; Elections; Districts; Voting; Representatives in Congress (United Statess); Research
This research bibliography lists sources related to the study of the California State Delegation in the United States Congress. These souces include profiles of individual representatives, general references about Congressional districts 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...
This report by the Rose Institute of State & Local Government introduces redistricting techniques and technology (as of 1965 through the 1980s) and details the tasks involved in a typical redistricting project.
The essays in this volume, produced through the cooperation of some 58 researchers from across the United states, are inteded to increase public awareness of how redistricting has been performed historically in each of the 50 states and how the...
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...
