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 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 1993 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...
This document provides information and analysis of the reapportionment in the United States of America. It first gives a general outline of redistricting; then, it discusses the types of districting used in the different regions. It continutes to...
Redistricting; California. Legislature. Assembly.; California. Legislature. Senate.; United States. Congress. House.
This report provides summary descriptions, statistics, and maps of the official 1983 redistricting maps for California congressional, state senate, and assembly district.
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...
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...
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. ...
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,...
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.
""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...
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...
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.
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 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 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...
