California Redistricting History: A Select Bibliography April 2005

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The reports and studies in this brief bibliography provide historical background on California redistricting.

Allen, Don A.

Legislative Sourcebook: the California Legislature and Reapportionment, 1949-1965. Sacramento, Calif.: Assembly of the State of California, 1965.
[IGSL call no.: JK2464 A8.A5sb]

Note especially Table II-H, which has two parts:

"California Legislative Districts and Counties Included Therein, 1849-1965," p. 79-101.

"Historical Maps of Senatorial and Assembly Districts, 1850-1965; and Congressional Districts, 1891-1965," p. 103-151.

Johnson, Douglas.

Competitive Districts in California: A Case Study of California's Redistricting in the 1990s. Claremont, Calif: Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College, Feb. 21, 2005.

Kousser, J. Morgan.

"Reapportionment Wars: Party, Race, and Redistricting in California, 1971-1992." In Race and Redistricting in the 1990s, edited by Bernard Grofman, 134-190. New York: Agathon Press, 1998.
[IGSL call no.: 99 00006]

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"Redistricting: California, 1971-2001." In Governing California: Politics, Government and Public Policy in the Golden State, edited by Gerald C. Lubenow and Bruce E. Cain, 137-155. Berkeley, Calif.: Institute of Governmental Studies Press, University of California, 1997.
[IGSL call no.: 97 00960]

Quinn, T. Anthony.

"California." In Reapportionment Politics: the History of Redistricting in the 50 States, edited by Leory Hardy, Alan Heslop, and Stuart Anderson, 53-57. Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1981.
[IGSL call no.: 81 02615]

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Carving up California: a History of Redistricting, 1951-1984. Claremont, Calif.: Rose Institute of State and Local Government, Claremont McKenna College, 1988.
[IGSL call no.: 92 00373]

Santillan, Richard.

California Reapportionment and the Chicano Community: an Historical Overview, 1960-1980. Claremont, Calif.: Rose Institute of State and Local Government, Claremont Men's College, 1980.
[IGSL call no.: 81 01454]

Wilkening, David Lester.

"Political History of California State Legislative Reapportionment, 1849-1977." Master's thesis, California State University, Sacramento, 1977.
[Available at the California State Library, Sacramento. Call no.: JK8768.W5]