Section 3. Office Files and Working Collection

This section consists of the following:

Office Files, Miscellaneous, listed alphabetically by the headings established in the Masters' Office.

Office Files, By Place, listed alphabetically by locality.

Working Papers, that is, materials produced by the staff in the course of its work, listed as individual items.

Contents of the office files received in the original folders set up by the Masters' staff are not listed by individual item.

Office Files - Miscellaneous

• Bus schedules [includes local airlines]
• Census information
• Census order data
• Communications re reapportionment (letters, resolutions, etc.) [arranged by month, June through November 1973]
• Criteria research file
• Criteria research, correspondence
• Hearings [May through August 1973, correspondence related to arrangements forhearings, expressions of approval, disapproval, etc.]
• Hearings - requests for notice and rules
• Hearings - request for oral presentation [indexed alphabetically and geographical listing supplied]
• Miscellaneous correspondence
• Other states, special masters reports
• Parties [lists of parties to suits to be notified,etc.]
• Population - subdivision
• Populations AD and CD [Assembly districts and Congressional districts]
• State highway traffic
• Tape timings
• Tracts to split - Congress

Office Files - by Place

Central California - newspaper circulation
Northern California - newspaper circulation
Southern California - newspaper circulation

Counties:

Alameda
Contra Costa
Fresno
Kern
Los Angeles
Los Angeles - newspaper circulation
Marin
Monterey
Orange
Placer
Riverside
Sacramento
Sacramento ­ newspaper circulation
Sacramento county
San Bernardino
San Diego
San Diego ­ newspaper circulation
San Francisco
San Joaquin
San Mateo
Santa Barbara
Santa Clara
Solano
Sonoma
Stanislaus
Tulare
Ventura

Working Papers

These have been put into 1 manila envelope, marked "Working papers"

Master's Plan Data Sheet, Congressional Districts, State Senate Districts, Assembly Districts [Masters' political analysis of their own plan]

Memorandum to Special Masters: Criteria for Consideration in Redistricting, Gordon E. Baker, May 24, 1973

Memorandum, Part II: Practical Considerations, Gordon E. Baker, Consultant, n.d.

Meeting of the Special Masters, May 23, 1973, San Francisco, California [minutes], Paul L. McKaskle, Chief Counsel, n.d.

Computer Tape

Tape of Final Data Used on the Computer by the Special Masters on Reapportionment, with Letter of Transmittal (December 31, 1973) [no coding guide; for explanatory correspondence see IGS Library office file]

Maps

1. Census Tracts County of Los Angeles, April 1, 1970 ­­ U.S. Census [with plastic overlay of Masters' final Assembly districts]
2. Census Tracts County of Los Angeles, April 1, 1970 ­­ U.S. Census [with plastic overlay showing divisions created by Special Masters for ease of description "hunks and chunks"]
3. [Los Angeles area with Masters' provisional markings for Congressional districts]
4. Members of Congress Plan [with markings]

   Census Tract Outline, Los Angeles Five County Area
   Census Tract Outline, San Diego County
   Census Tract Outline, [San Francisco] Bay Area and Vicinity

5. [4 plastic overlays, copies of Members of Congress Plan maps made by the Masters; 2 copies marked "Revised Members of Congress Plan"]
6. Orange County, Western Section [with Masters' markings for Congressional districts]
7. [San Diego County, plastic overlay showing Masters' final markings for Assembly districts; for use with Western Economic Research base map]
8. [San Francisco] Bay and River Area [mounted with Masters' final markings for Assembly districts]

   [Duplicate plastic overlay]

9. [San Francisco] Bay and River Area [mounted with Masters' final markings for Congressional districts]
10. State of California [with Masters' markings]

    Assembly Districts
    Senatorial Districts
    Congressional Districts

Section 4. Miscellaneous

A considerable body of miscellaneous materials accumulated by the Masters is listed in this section. Some items were requested by them others were not requested or used in preparing the apportionment plan.

All materials which could not be positively identified have been included with as complete a description as possible.

Materials Ordered by or Presented to the Masters

1. Assembly Journal, June 29, 1973, pp. 5909-5910 [Xerox copy]
2. Assembly Plan as Proposed in S.B. 195 [computer printout], May/June 1973?
3. [Assembly Computer Analysis of Masters' Plan, Assembly, Senate and Congress], September 1973?
4. [Assembly Representation of Masters' Assembly Redistricting Proposal, tables and maps]
5. Bills Authored and Coauthored by Assemblymen, 1965 General Session [mounted chart]
6. Berman. [Computer Analysis of Masters' Senate Plan], n.d.
7. Carney, Francis M. Letter to Chief Clerk, January 17, 1972
   Carney, Francis M. Address to Chief Justice, January 17, 1972
8. Changes in Apportionment, County of Los Angeles and City and County of San Francisco, 1890-1950 [mounted chart]
9. Claremont Institute of State and Local Government. 1973 California Reapportionment as Proposed by the Special Masters for the California Supreme Court, n.d.
10. Current Assembly Districts [tables, map], n.d.
11. [Group of printouts]

    Modified SB 195 Plan Presented by Assembly Minority Leadership
    Modified SB 195 Plan, Alternate A, Presented by Assembly Minority Leadership
    Modified SB 195 Plan, Alternate B, Presented by Assembly Minority Leadership

12. Harmer, John L. Letter to All Senators re Reapportionment [marked "EX 1"], January 29, 1973
13. Senate Bill no. 18, Amended in Assembly November 19, 1971 ... Introduced by Senator Dymally [marked 'Exhibit C"]
14. Senate Committee on Elections, Transcript of Hearings, AB 280, 281, and 540, Prepared by the Assembly Committee on Elections and Reapportionment, Assemblyman Robert W. Crown, Chairman, Friday, June 2, 1961
15. U.S. Census Bureau. Revision Sheets [final population data used by the Masters]
    Maps
16. Assembly District, 1^st----80^th, Chapter 3, 1965, Second Extraordinary Session
17. Assembly Districts, Assembly Bill no. 12

    [California State]
    Sacramento and Vicinity
    Greater San Jose Southern Area
    Greater San Jose Northern Area
    East Bay Cities (Northern Section)
    East Bay Cities (Southern Section)
    San Francisco
    San Francisco [Peninsula]
    Fresno and Kings Counties
    Fresno, Clovis, Fowler and Vicinity
    Kern County
    Metropolitan Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley Area
    Metropolitan Los Angeles, San Gabriel Valley Area
    Metropolitan Los Angeles, Central Area
    Metropolitan Los Angeles, Southern Area
    Metropolitan Los Angeles, Pomona Valley Area
    Orange County
    Cities of San Bernardino-Redlands
    City of Riverside
    San Diego County
    San Diego County area

18. California County Subdivisions - Census County Divisions and Places
19. California the Golden State [relief map]

    [Plastic overlays]
    1961 Assembly Districts
    Senate Districts As Proposed in A.B. 1978 As Last Amended in Assembly
    Senate Districts As Proposed in S.B. 6 As Last Amended in Senate

20. Census Tracts 1970, Ventura County, Western Los Angeles County
21. Congressional Districts, A.B. 16 [rolled]

    Metropolitan Sacramento Eastern Area
    Metropolitan Sacramento Western Area
    Contra Costa County
    Richmond, El Cerrito, San Pablo, Pinole, El Sobrante and Vicinity
    Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, Albany­Piedmont, Emeryville
    San Francisco
    Hayward, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, Castro Valley and Vicinity
    Greater San Jose Northern Area
    Metropolitan San Jose Eastern Area
    Greater San Jose Southern Area
    Daly City, South San Francisco, San Bruno, Pacifica, Millbrae, Brisbane, Colma
    San Mateo, Burlingame, Belmont, Hillsborough, Foster City
    Palo Alto and Vicinity...
    Redwood City, San Carlos, Portola Valley, Woodside
    [Modesto Area]
    Merced County
    San Luis Obispo County
    Santa Barbara County
    Ventura County
    [Bakersfield Area]
    San Fernando Valley Area
    San Gabriel Valley Area
    Central Area Metropolitan Los Angeles
    Southern Area Metropolitan Los Angeles
    Orange County
    Cities of San Bernardino­Redlands
    Pomona Valley Area, Metropolitan Los Angeles
    San Diego County
    San Diego Area
    City of Riverside

22. Contra Costa County, California, 1972 Official Map

    [Plastic Overlay] 1970 Census Tracts

23. Cities, Communities and Freeways in the Los Angeles Five County Area [plastic overlay for use with Western Economic Research base map]
24. [Group of Maps, folded]

    Isleton
    Sacramento County Elementary and High School Districts
    Sacramento
    Folsom
    Galt

25. [Group of 4 Maps with markings., folded], S.B. 62, corrected July 5, 1973

    San Diego County
    Census Tracts 1970, Greater Los Angeles Area
    California
    San Francisco Bay, 1970 Census Tracts

26. [Group of maps in envelope, with markings and notation "Commission I"]

    California, Northern Half
    California, Southern Half
    Contra Costa County, Western Section
    Fresno County and Part of Kings County
    Metropolitan Los Angeles, Central Area
    Metropolitan Los Angeles, Pomona Valley Area
    Metropolitan Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley Area
    Metropolitan Los Angeles, San Gabriel Valley Area
    Metropolitan Los Angeles, Southern Area
    Los Angeles and Vicinity
    Oakland, Adjacent Cities and Southern Alameda County
    Orange County and Vicinity
    Sacramento
    Riverside County and City of Riverside
    San Diego and Vicinity
    San Diego County and Cities of Oceanside, Carlsbad, Escondido
    San Francisco Peninsula, Central Section
    San Francisco and Northern Peninsula
    San Jose
    Stockton
    Santa Barbara
    Ventura County and Cities of Santa Paula, Ventura, Oxnard

27. [Group of maps in box]

    Ridgecrest City
    Maricopa City
    Shafter City
    Taft City
    Tehachapi City
    Wasco City
    Arvin City
    California City
    Delano City
    McFarland City
    Delano Union School District
    West Kern Community College District
    Bakersfield Area Political Boundaries -- Map to Date, September 12, 1972; Precincts, Assembly Districts, Congressional Districts, Judicial Districts, Supervisoria1 Districts
    Congressional Districts and Precinct Detail Map, February 1, 1972, California A.B. 16, December 7, 1972; Congressional Districts and Precincts of Kern County, February 1, 1972, California A.B. 16, December 7, 1971 [sic]
    S.B. 195, Amended June 4, 1973 [California and detail for larger cities or counties]
    General Election Precincts, Kern County, February 6, 1973
    General Election Precincts, Kern County, September 12, 1972
    Supervisorial Districts of Kern County, As Adopted per Ordinance No. G­1510, October 5, 1971
    Judicial Districts of Kern County As Defined by Ordinance No. G­278, Adopted January 15, 1957; Map to Date, November 1, 1972
    City of Bakersfield, Ward Boundaries and General Election Precincts, October 12, 1972
    Map for Election, April 18, 1973, Kern Joint Junior College District, January 19, 1973
    Map for Election, April 18, 1973, West Kern Community College District, January 19, 1973
    Map for Election, April 18, 1973, Kern County Joint Union High School District, January 19, 1973
    Map for Election, April 18, 1973, Taft Union High School District, December 29, 1972
    School District Map of Kern County, August 18, 1971, Showing a Unified School District as of July 1, 1974
    Santa Clara County Road Map [with district lines added]
    Monterey Area Road Map [with district lines added]
    Merced Area Road Map [with district lines added]
    Congressional District, A.B. 16 (Senate Elections and Reapportionment Committee)
    San Francisco [partial, with handwritten notes]
    California [with pencilled notes and district lines added, basic reapportionment areas for Assembly, after equalization]
    Senatorial Districts, S.B. 2
    Current Assembly Districts (1965 Extraordinary Session)
    Escalon and Environs, San Joaquin County
    Ripon and Environs, San Joaquin County
    Lodi
    Manteca
    Tracy
    Stockton and Environs

28. 1970 Census Tracts, City of San Diego and Vicinity, Prepared by City Planning Department
29. [Orange County] Census Tracts, April 1, 1970 -- U.S. Census, Prepared from Bureau of the Census Descriptions by the Orange County Planning Department
30. Precinct Index Map, First----Fifth Contra Costa County Supervisorial District [folded]
31. Preliminary Census Tracts, County of Los Angeles, April 1, 1970 (Regional Planning Commission)
32. Riverside County, Election Precincts

    School Districts
    Judicial Districts
    Supervisorial Districts

33. S.B. 2 Senatorial Districts, Los Angeles County, Passed December 20, 1971
    San Mateo County, California [with markings of incorporated cities and LAFCO­assigned spheres of influence]

    San Mateo County, California [population]
    San Mateo County, 1970 Census Tracts [plastic overlay]

34. Senatorial Districts, Chapter 3, 1965 Extraordinary Session
35. Senatorial Districts S.B. 2

    California
    San Francisco and Vicinity
    Santa Clara County
    Sacramento and Vicinity
    San Diego and Vicinity
    Orange County

36. Shasta County, California [partial, 3 sheets numbered] 1, 2 and 3 of 6
37. [Stanislaus County with markings, numbered pages] 2----17