political campaigns California; campaign finance; elections; campaign funds
This report by the Secretary of State summarizes campaign financing activity - total receipts, expenditures, cash on hand and debts - reported by major party candidates for state offices during the six-month period of July 1 through December 31,...
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 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.
Other reformers endorse those same criteria, with one addition: a requirement (in
some form) for maximizing competitiveness.
The following analysis is based on the Rose Institute's review of the 1990s
redistricting in California, in which Assembly,...
This paper is a study of the politics of redistricting. The central thesis is that redistricting struggles are a function of two party competition. Chapter 1 identifies the significance of redrawing legislative district boundaries and points out...
This report introduces the history and practice of redistricting, with special attention to California, and provides an overview of various proposals for the reform of redistricting.
This 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 to...
""Introduction to Redisctricting: Perspectives for Latinos"" consolidates two previous conference pamphlets and emphasizes material especially pertinent to Latino concerns. For an introduction to redistricting a California citizen needs a brief...
This document consists of an organized compilation of bibliography materials for reapportionment and redistricting. This bibliography list will allow others to study redistricting in depth.
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...
The materials in this packet have been developed to provide analysis and commentary on the Senate redistricting plan made public on 4 September 1991. The purpose is to present general information that may be helpful in understanding the plan as...
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 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.
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.
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.
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 book discusses the political histories and current politcal directions of the most populous state in the union: California. It discusses voting patterns in various locations such as coastal regions, the bay area and the los angeles area. This...
