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...
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...
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.
National Weather Service (U.S.); Ventura County (Calif.); Ventura County (Calif.) History, Local
This report by Milton Kramer is a case study of the National Weather Services' 1994 installation of a radar tower in the upper Ojai valley (at Sulphur Mountain) and citizens' challenges to the tower siting.
The purpose of this Atlas is to show the locations of Filipino American population concentrations in California and to chart the growth of the Filipino community in the decade of the 1980s. The Atlas begins with a map of the entire state,...
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 document is a compilation of a conference packet given to attendees of the Rose Institute Conference entitled, ""Time to Draw the Line: 2001."" In this report, the Rose Institute primarily covers redistricting law, important cases, Census...
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...
This document is one of a series published by the Rose Institute of State and Local Government on the redistricting process, both in California and nationally. It consolidates some previous conference pamphlets and emphasizes material especially...
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 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...
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...
