This is a general guide to redistricting and reapportionment in the United States with a focus on California. It is intended to provide legal and historical context to more specific research. The volume provides summaries of major cases related...
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...
These reports are intended to provide an overview of the politics, economics and demography of legislative districts in different regions of the state. This document explores legislative districts along California’s coasts.
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 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 research report intends to provide an overview of the demographic and political characteristics of California's Congressional, State Senate, and State Assembly districts, together with profiles of its counties and major cities. The data...
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.
Latino Americans; Voting Rights; Districts; Census; Local Elections; Representation
This draft statement outlines a strategy for the 1990's for Latino empowerment. It discusses the mission/purpose, organizational structure, activities, and resources needed for this movement. The statement emphasizes the importance of the growing...
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. ...
Richard G. Nixon analyzes the effect of earlier Supreme Court cases and their subsequent interpretation on the effects of gerrymandering and evaluates whether one man-one vote has achieved its goals of creating fairness and equity. From...
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 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 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...
