Legislative Sourcebook; The California Legislature and..

1965. Allen, Don A., [1907-1983]. Legislative Sourcebook; The California Legislature and Reapportionment, 1849-1965. With the Assistance of the Assembly Legislature Reference Service. [Sacramento]: Assembly of the State of California, [1965]. xii, 486 pp. Portraits. Blue cloth with gilt stamped spine and front cover. Light shelfwear. Errata sheet tipped-in to front pastedown. Author's presentation inscription "To 'Cap' Weinberger with Regards/ Don A. Allen Sr." and author's property stamp to front free endpaper. Bookplate of Caspar Weinberger to verso front free endpaper. Internally clean. $25. * Allen [1907-1983] was a notable California legislator and historian. Weinberger [1917-2006], a prominent Republican politician and statesman, was President Reagan's secretary of defense from 1981 to 1987. Contents: Historical Background of Reapportionment in California; Reapportionment: Response to Change in Relative Distribution of Population; Changing Regional and Partisan Composition of the Legislature and its Committee Chairmen; Legislative Turnover.