Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION
1. Procedural History
2. Conclusions and Recommendations
2. REVIEW OF CRITERIA
1. Introduction
2. Voting Rights Act
1. Overview
2. Guidelines in Thornburg v. Gingles
1. Geographic Compactness
2. Size of Minority Group
3. Political Cohesiveness; Multiple Minorities
4. Minority Influence Claims
3. Population Equality
1. State Legislative Districts
2. Congressional Districts
4. The State Constitution, Reinecke, and the Voting Rights Act
1. State Constitutional Requirements
1. Contiguity
2. Geographical Integrity
2. The Reinecke IV Requirements
3. Interrelationships Between Article XXI and Reinecke IV Criteria
1. Population Equality
2. Contiguity, Geographic Integrity, Community of Interest and Compactness
3. City and County Boundaries and Community of Interest
4. Interrelationships Between State Criteria and the Voting Rights Act
5. Combining Assembly Districts to Form Senate Districts
3. WHY WE REJECT OTHER PLANS
4. THE PROCESS USED IN DRAWING PLANS
5. PLANS RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION
1. Assembly Plan
1. In General
2. North Coastal Region Districts
3. North Interior Region Districts
4. Southern California Region Districts
2. Senate Plan
1. In General
2. North Coastal Region Districts
3. North Interior Region Districts
4. Southern California Region Districts
3. Congressional Plan
1. In General
2. North Coastal Region Districts
3. North Interior Region Districts
4. Southern California Region Districts
4. State Board of Equalization Plan
6. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
1. "Political Fairness" and Incumbent Status
2. Final Disposition of Materials