Assignment 1, First
Paper, "Tracing Current Districts."
The 2001 redistricting plan was enacted in two separate bills: AB632 covering Senate and Congressional districts, and SB802 covering Assembly and Board of Equalization districts. The bills passed the legislature September 13, 2001, and were signed by the governor September 26, 2001.
- Maps
- California Journal's
Legislative District Maps of California. (California Journal)
- Statewide maps with insets for the San Francisco and Los Angeles metropolitan regions. Includes brief narrative descriptions.
[Print. IGSL Ref.]
- Online Maps. (State Legislature)
- Includes both maps and demographic data sheets of the districts.
Assembly | Senate | Congressional Districts
- Online Maps. (Statewide Database)
- Includes party registration data.
Assembly | Senate | Congressional Districts
- Online 2001 District Maps Showing Changes from 1991 Districts. (Statewide Database)
- Use zoom feature to increase map size and display map legend.
Assembly | Senate | Congressional Districts.
- Individual Maps of
the California Election Districts. (Capitol Enquiry)
- Detailed district maps in large
binder.
[Print. IGSL Ref.]
- District Profiles and Data
- District
Profiles of the California Election Districts. (Capitol Enquiry)
- Includes maps, demographic
information and registration/voting data.
[Print. IGSL Ref.]
- California Target Book.
- Insider district-level election analysis. Check the "Political Analysis" sections in the volumes for the 2002 election cycle.
[Print. IGSL unbound journals]
- Who's Who in the California Legislature: 2003-04 ed. (Capitol Enquiry)
- Mostly profiles of incubent Senators and Assemblymembers, but includes Assembly and Senate district maps and some data.
[Print. IGSL call no. A9553]
- 109th Congressional District Summary Files. (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Scroll down to the "Quick Access" feature for creating tables and maps.
- Congressional Districts in the 2000s. (Congressional Quarterly, Inc.)
- Narrative profiles with some statistical information.
[Print. IGSL Ref.; Doe Ref JK1341.C65 2003 Govt/Stat]
Following the inability of the California governor and legislature to agree on a redistricting plan, the California Supreme Court appointed three special masters to propose a plan. The masters presented their plan to the Supreme Court in November 1991, and the Supreme Court adopted the plan on January 27, 1992.
In the 1991 plan two adjacent Assembly districts were "nested" to form each Senate district.
- The Special Masters Report
- Report
and Recommendations of the Special Masters on Reapportionment,
1991.
- Section 5 of the report discusses the drawing of specific districts. District maps and population/voter registration data are included in appendices.
- Background Materials Used in the Deliberations of the Special Masters.
- The materials are housed in an archive at the IGS Library and described in this Finding
aid. The materials consist mostly of submissions of various stakeholders supporting or opposing specific redistricting plans.
- Maps
- California Journal's Legislative District Maps of California. (California Journal)
- Statewide maps with insets for the San Francisco and Los Angeles metropolitan regions. Includes brief narrative descriptions.
[Print. IGSL call no.: 92 00401]
- Online Maps. (Statewide Database)
- Includes brief district descriptions provided by the California Journal:
Assembly | Senate | Congressional districts.
- California District Maps, 1992-2001. (Capitol Enquiry)
- Detailed maps in binder.
[Print. IGSL call no.: 93 01738]
- California 1992 Court-Ordered Reapportionment Maps. (California Secretary of State)
- Assembly Districts. [Print. IGSL call no.: f 92 00633]
Senate Districts. [Print. IGSL call no.: f 92 00636]
Congressional Districts. IGSL call no.: f 92 00635]
Detailed maps.
- District Profiles and Data
- Online Demographic and Socioeconomic Data by District from the 1990 Census. (Statewide Database)
- Who's Who in the California Legislature: 1993-94, 1995-96 and 1999-00 eds. (Capitol Enquiry)
- The 1993-94, 1995-96 and 1999-00 editions include maps and brief descriptions of Assembly and Senate districts.
[Print. IGSL call no.: A9553]
- California
Political Almanac: 2005-06 ed. online.
1993-94 through 1999-00 editions at IGS Library. (California
Journal Press)
- The legislator profiles include narrative information about Senate, Asssembly and Congressional districts.
[Print. IGSL call no.: A8419]
- Congressional Districts in the 1990s. (Congressional Quarterly, Inc.)
- Narrative profiles with some statistical information.
[Print. IGSL call no.: 93 01760; Doe Ref JK1341.C64 1993 Govt/Stat]
The legislature adopted the final 1980s redistricting plan in December 1982 after a contentious two-step process. (For a succinct chronology, see "The Long Reapportionment Trail: a Calendar of Confusion and Controversy," in the redistricting special section of the March 1983 California Journal.)
- Maps
- Legislative District Maps of California. (California Journal)
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Statewide maps with insets for the San Francisco and Los Angeles metropolitan regions. Includes brief narrative descriptions.
Also issued as a special section of the March 1983 California Journal.
[Print. IGSL call no.: 85 00338; JK8768.L4 1983 Main]
- California State Assembly 1982 Reapportionment plan. (State Legislature)
- Detailed Assembly district maps.
[Print. IGSL call no.: f 2005 0101]
- State Senate Districts, 1982 Reapportionment Plan (Senate Bill 3X, 1982 Extraordinary Session). (State Legislature)
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Detailed Senate district maps.
[Print. IGSL call no.: f 83 02476]
- Congressional Districts of the 99th Congress. Part 6, California. (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Census data with maps.
[Print. IGSL call no.: A7234 99th; HA201 1980x pt. 6 Main]
- District Profiles and Data
- An Analysis Comparing the Official Redistricting Plans with the Sebastiani Redistricting Plans. (Rose Institute, Claremont McKenna College)
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In three parts:
State Senate Districts. [Print. IGSL call no.: 83 01450]
State Assembly Districts. [Print. IGSL call no.: 83 01451]
Congressional Districts. [Print. IGSL call no.: 83 01452]
The "official redistricting plans" are the final adopted plans. Includes maps, and voter registration and voting data for 1978-1982 by district. Scanned PDF versions of the official plans are online: Senate | Assembly | Congressional Districts.
- Who's Who in the California Legislature: 1991 ed. (Capitol Enquiry)
- The 1991edition include maps and brief descriptions of 1982 Assembly and Senate districts.
[Print. IGSL call no.: A9553]
- California Political Almanac: 1989-90 and 1991-92 eds. (California Journal Press)
- The profiles of Senators and Assemblymembers include narrative information about 1982 Senate and Assembly districts.
[Print. IGSL call no.: A8419]
- Congressional Districts in the 1980s (Congressional Quarterly)
-
Narrative profiles with maps and some statistical information.
[Print. IGSL call no. 84 01125; JK1341 .C63 1983 GovtRefe]
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Statement of the Vote/Election Returns. (California Secretary of State)
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- Election results by county appear in the main Statement of the Vote. Election results by city appear in the Supplement to the Statement of the Vote.
Print. IGSL A3099, General election; A2217, Primary election. GovtRefe
JK8793 latest 2 elections, earlier in Main stacks.
Also online, June 1992 onward (but Supplement not always included): www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_elections.htm
- Report of Registration. (California. Secretary of State)
- Voter registration by party and "Declined to state." Includes breakdowns by county and city.
Print. IGSL A1097; GovtRefe JK8791.A3 latest; earlier volumes in Main stacks.
Also online Jan. 1999 onward: www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_u.htm
Use online news services to find stories on redistricting in a particular area. The major online news services are:
- Lexis-Nexis Academic.
- To search newspapers in California, select U.S. News in the "Step One: Select a News Category" box. Then select California News Sources in the "Step Two: Select a News Source" box.
Enter appropriate keywords in the "Step Three" boxes.
Set the Date Range in Step Four; the default is Previous six months. You can limit your search to a specific newspaper from the Source List.
- Access World News
- Includes full-text access to over 25 California newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times from 1985 onward and the Sacramento Bee from 1984 onward. Lexis-Nexis includes only the most recent six months of the Los Angeles Times, and the Sacramento Bee only from Jan. 2002 onward.
To maximize search options, click on "Advanced Seacrh" next to the Search button.
The Statewide Database is California's official redistricting database, and is a rich repository of data on election districts, voter registration and elections. There are links to Statewide Database map files above. You may find these data files useful:
- Online Election and Registration Data by District.
- 1994 election through 2002 election. Zipped Excel files. Codes for table headings appear in accompanying codebooks.
- Online Demographic and Socioeconomic Data by District from the 2000 Census.
- Includes zipped Excel files. Codes for table headings appear in accompanying codebooks.
