Gerrymandering Still Popular in California Reapportionment
An analysis by Howard Nichols traces the history of gerrymandering from 1812 to California’s 1971 reapportionment debate. It explains how districts were drawn to favor party control, notes past examples in Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and Palos Verdes, and discusses legal standards from Wesberry v. Sanders and Baker v. Carr guiding equal representation.
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California
Elbridge
Gerry
Massachusetts
Bay State
Chelsea
Salisbury
Yarty
Hig
Tealon
Earl Warren
State Assembly
Republic
Alphomzo Bell Jr
Santa Monica
van Nuys
Ventura County
Palos Verdes Heights
Manhattan Beach
Edmund G. Brown
Robert Crown
Alameda
Wesberry
Ocean tidal wave detector may warn Pacific region
Honolulu report says Dr. Martin Vitousek and Dr. Gaylord Miller developed ocean bottom detectors to measure long period waves. Installed at five Pacific sites, they transmit data by radio, promising quicker readings than harbor gauges and potential use across the Pacific for storm and tidal wave forecasting.
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Honolulu
UPI
Pacific
Martin Vitousek
Vilousek
University of Hawaii
Vitousek
Oahu
Hawaii
Wake Island
Western Pacific
Minami Tori Shima
Wake
Amchitke Islands
Aleutians
Vitiusek
Gaylord R. Miller
Department of Commerce and
Atomic Energy Commission
Miller
Citousek
Ganges
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Howard Nichols Center News Service
U.S. Supreme Court
Sen
Mervyn M. Dymally
Walter Foster
Sabre
Hasstea
Bell
West Bend
Eldorado
BLU Cola Ieat
Cornwall
Lady Schick Mist
Dremel
Fremont
Grimmer Blvd