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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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 doctoral dissertation studies the choices made in the redistricting process, as well as Hispanic representation in local jurisdictions, in California and Arizona.
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...
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.
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...