California Redistricting
1980

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Introduction

The 1980 redistricting was a contentious two-step process. In September 1981 Democratic majorities in the legislature enacted a plan for Senate, Assembly and Congressional districts. The plan was used in the 1982 elections only. The Republican Party backed successful referendum measures that overturned the plan in the June 1982 election (Propositions 10, 11 and 12).* However, the state Supreme Court had already ruled that the 1982 elections would proceed according to the plan. Following voter rejection of a redistricting reform proposal on the November 1982 ballot (Proposition 14),* the legislature quickly enacted a second--and final--redistricting plan in December 1982.

For a succinct chronology of the redistricting process, see "The Long Reapportionment Trail: a Calendar of Confusion and Controversy," in Legislative District Maps of California, issued in 1983 by California Journal Press as both a separate publication and a special section of the March 1983 California Journal.

*Full-text and ballot arguments are available online at the California Ballot Propositions Database of the Hastings College of the Law Library. Enter the proposition number and election year in the appropriate search boxes.
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September 1981 Plan

Reapportionment 1981. Special section in the California Journal, v. 12, no. 11 (Nov. 1981). 16 p.
Statewide maps with insets for the San Francisco and Los Angeles metropolitan regions. Includes brief narratives of the 1981 redistricting process, and brief narratives about each district.
Assembly Districts, 1981 Apportionment Plan. Sacramento: Assembly Elections & Reapportionment Committee, [1982?]
Detailed district maps.
[IGSL call no.: f 82 00930]
California State Senate 1981 Reapportionment Plan (Senate Bills 99 & 7, 1981 Regular Session). Sacramento: Senate Elections and Reapportionment Committee, [1982?]
Detailed district maps.
[IGSL call no.: f 82 00505]
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December 1982 Plan (Final)

Legislative District Maps of California. Sacramento: California Journal Press, c1983. 16 p.
Also issued as a special section of the March 1983 California Journal.
Statewide maps with insets for the San Francisco and Los Angeles metropolitan regions. Includes brief narratives of the 1982 redistricting process, and brief narratives about each district.
[IGSL call no.: 85 00338]
California State Assembly 1982 Reapportionment plan. Sacramento: Assembly Committee on Elections and Reapportionment, [1985?]
Detailed district maps.
[IGSL call no.: f 2005 0101]
State Senate Districts, 1982 Reapportionment Plan (Senate Bill 3X, 1982 Extraordinary Session). Sacramento: Senate Elections and Reapportionment Committee, [1983?]
Detailed district maps.
[IGSL call no.: f 83 02476]
Congressional Districts of the 99th Congress. Part 6, California. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1985.
Detailed district maps and demographic data.
[IGSL call no.: A7234 99th]
An Analysis Comparing the Official Redistricting Plans with the Sebastiani Redistricting Plans. Claremont: Rose Institute, Claremont McKenna College, [1983?]
In three parts:
    State Senate Districts. [IGSL call no.: 83 01450]
    State Assembly Districts. [IGSL call no.: 83 01451]
    Congressional Districts. [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.
"The Incumbent-Protection Plan for Legislative Reapportionment," California Journal, v. 14, no. 2 (Feb. 1983), p. 83-84.
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