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,...
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 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 is a conference packet from the Rose Institute's Local Representation Problems and Prospects conference. It includes a shedule, conference information, and some documents on redistrcting. The documents on redistricting include a primer for...
Conference agenda from a joint conference of the Rose Institute and the Institute of Social Justice on Latino empowerment, reapportionment, redistricting, and politics.
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...
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...
Intense partisan conflict over redistricting in the period 1980-1990 brought four reform
initiatives to the ballot: summaries are available in Part I, below.1 In the past few
months, apparently stimulated by the success of the recall initiative,...
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 report presents data on California's registered Latino voters. Tabular and map data are aggregated by county, congressional district, state senate distrct, and assembly district.
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 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.
Demographic surveys California; Latino Americans; Latino American History
The purpose of this Atlas is to show the locations of Latino American population concentrations in California and to chart the growth of the Latino community in the decade of the 1980s. The Atlas begins with a map of the entire state, reflecting...
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...
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...
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (Calif.) Census Maps; Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (Calif.) Ethnic relations; Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (Calif.) Maps; Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (Calif.) Maps, Pictorial; Los Angeles Metropolitan Area...
This report by the Rose Institute of State & Local Government provides detailed spatial information about the demographic composition, socioeconomic and political characteristics, and crime statistics of South Central Los Angeles. It was especially...
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.
