TITLE I. Chief Political Divisions of the State. Chapter I. Division of State into Counties. § 75. II. State Legislative Districts. Articles I, II. §§ 78, 90. III. Congressional Districts. § 117. IV. Equalization Districts. § 125. V. Railroad Districts. § 130. VI. Judicial Districts. § 135. Legislation Title I. 1. Enacted March 12, 1872, and then consisted of four chapters; for the history of which, see tits. "Legislation," infra, throughout the title. 2. Repealed by Stats. 1907, p. 614. 3. New title enacted by Stats. 1907, p. 614. CHAPTER I. Division of State into Counties. $75. Division of state into counties. §75. Division of state into counties. The state is divided into counties; the names, boundaries and territorial subdivisions thereof are as declared in part four of this code. County boundaries and county seats: See post, §§ 3901 et seq. Legislation § 75. 1. Enacted March 12, 1872, and, as at present, was the only section in Chapter I. 2. Repealed by Stats. 1907, p. 614, in repealing Title I. 3. Present section, in the exact language of the original code section, enacted by Stats. 1907, p. 614. CHAPTER II. State Legislative Districts. Article I. Senatorial Districts. § 78. Legislation Chapter II. 1. Enacted March 12, 1872, and then consisted of §§ 78-106, which were superseded by acts defining senatorial and assembly districts. The code commissioners say: "At this session of the legislature the state will be redistricted; when that is done the section defining the senatorial districts will take the place of this chapter. The commission might have procured the census and drawn a chapter based upon it, but the work of redistricting always assumes more or less the shape of a partisan question, and for that reason-a work of this character is not the place for it." See Stats. 1873-74, p. 366; Stats. 1891, p. 71; Stats. 1901, p. 535. 2. Repealed by Stats. 1907, p. 614, in repealing the original code Title I. 3. The present Chapter II enacted by Stats. 1907, p. 614. See supra, Legislation Title I, and infra, Legislation of the sections composing the chapter. § 78 ARTICLE I. Senatorial Districts. § 78. Senatorial districts. Senatorial districts. The state is divided into forty senatorial districts, which shall be designated and constituted as follows: 1. First. The counties of Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity and Tehama shall constitute the first senatorial district. 2. Second. The counties of Modoc, Siskiyou, Shasta and Lassen shall constitute the second senatorial district. 3. Third. The counties of Plumas, Sierra, Nevada, Placer and El Dorado shall constitute the third senatorial district. 4. Fourth. The counties of Mendocino, Colusa, Lake and Glenn shall constitute the fourth senatorial district. 5. Fifth. The counties of Napa and Solano shall constitute the fifth senatorial district. 6. Sixth. The counties of Butte, Yuba, Sutter and Yolo shall constitute the sixth senatorial district. 7. Seventh. The county of Sacramento shall constitute the seventh senatorial district. 8. Eighth. The county of Sonoma shall constitute the eighth senatorial district. 9. Ninth. Counties of Marin and Contra Costa shall constitute the ninth senatorial district. 10. Tenth. The counties of San Joaquin and Amador shall constitute the tenth senatorial district. 11. Eleventh. The counties of San Mateo, San Benito and Santa Cruz shall constitute the eleventh senatorial district. 12. Twelfth. The counties of Tuolumne, Mariposa, Stanislaus, Merced, Alpine, Mono, Madera and Calaveras shall constitute the twelfth senatorial district. 13. Thirteenth. All that portion of the county of Alameda described as follows, to wit: Beginning at a point where the line dividing Oakland and Brooklyn townships intersects the northeasterly boundary line of the county of Alameda; thence southwesterly along said dividing line to the northeasterly boundary line of the city of Piedmont; thence southeasterly and southerly following the northern and eastern boundary line of the city of Piedmont to the southeasterly corner thereof; thence southwesterly along thirteenth avenue to the center line of Fourteenth avenue; thence southerly along the center line of Fourteenth avenue to the center line of Lincoln street; thence easterly along the center line of Lincoln or East Thirty-first street to the center line of Twenty-third avenue; thence southerly along the center line of Twenty-third avenue to the center line of Sherman street, otherwise known as the old County Road; thence easterly along said old County Road to the center line of High street; thence easterly along center line of the Foothill Road, or County Road No. 3358, to the center line of Grand, or Ninetieth Avenue; thence southwesterly along said line of Ninetieth avenue, crossing East Fourteenth street to the center line of "B," or Second street; thence easterly along said "B" street to the center line of Jones, or Ninetyeighth avenue; thence southerly along the center line of Jones, or Ninety-eighth avenue, to the center line of County Road No. 1995; thence southerly along center line of County Road No. 1995 to the line divid ing Brooklyn and Eden townships; thence westerly along said township line to the line dividing Brooklyn and Alameda townships; thence southerly and westerly along the boundary line of Alameda township to the westerly boundary line of Alameda county; thence southerly along said westerly boundary line to its intersection with the northerly boundary line of Santa Clara county; thence easterly along the boundary line dividing Alameda and Santa Clara counties to a point which is the intersection of the boundary lines of the counties of Alameda, Santa Clara, Stanislaus and San Joaquin; thence northwesterly and northerly along the boundary line between the counties of Alameda and San Joaquin to a point where the boundary line dividing the counties of Alameda and Contra Costa intersects the westerly boundary line of the county of San Joaquin; thence in a southwesterly and northwesterly direction along the boundary line between the counties of Alameda and Contra Costa to the point of beginning, shall constitute the thirteenth senatorial district. 14. Fourteenth. All that portion of the county of Alameda described as follows, to wit: Beginning at a point where the westerly boundary line of the county of Alameda is intersected by the line dividing Oakland and Alameda townships; thence easterly along said dividing line to a point in Oakland harbor where said line is intersected by the line dividing Oakland and Brooklyn townships; thence northerly along the westerly boundary line of Brooklyn township, passing through the easterly arm of Lake Merritt and up Indian Gulch to the northeasterly boundary line of East Oakland Heights; thence southeasterly along said last boundary line to the center of Thirteenth avenue; thence northeasterly along center line of Thirteenth avenue, or County Road to Moraga Valley, to the center line of Fourteenth avenue; thence southerly along the center line of Fourteenth avenue to the center line of Lincoln street; thence easterly along the center line of Lincoln, or East Thirty-first street, to the center line of Twenty-third avenue; thence southerly along the center line of Twenty-third avenue to the center line of Sherman street, otherwise known as old County Road; thence easterly along said old County Road to the center line of High street; thence along the center line of Foothill Road, or County Road No. 3358, to the center line of Grand, or Ninetieth avenue; thence southerly along said line of Ninetieth avenue, crossing East Fourteenth street to "B," or Second street; thence easterly along said "B" street to the center line of Jones, or Ninety-eighth avenue; thence southerly along the center line of Jones, or Ninety-eighth avenue, to the center line of County Road No. 1995; thence southerly along center line of County Road No. 1995 to the line dividing Brooklyn and Eden townships; thence westerly along said township line to the line dividing Brooklyn and Alameda townships; thence southerly and westerly along the boundary line of Alameda township to the westerly boundary line of Alameda county; thence northwesterly along the westerly county boundary line to the southerly boundary line of Oakland township and the point of beginning, *shall constitute the fourteenth senatorial district. 15. Fifteenth. All that portion of the county of Alameda described as follows, to wit: Beginning at a point where the northern boundary line of the city of Berkeley intersects the northeasterly boundary line of the county of Alameda; thence westerly along said northern boundary line of the city of Berkeley to a point where the same is coincident with the center line of Eunice street; thence westerly along the center line of Eunice street to the center line of Milvia street; thence southerly along the center line of Milvia street to the center line of Adeline street; thence southerly along the center line of Adeline street to the northerly boundary line of the town of Emeryville; thence easterly, southerly and westerly following the boundary line of the town of Emeryville to the center line of San Pablo avenue; thence southerly along the center line of San Pablo avenue to the center line of Broadway; thence southerly along the center line of Broadway to the northern boundary line of Alameda township; thence easterly along the northern boundary line of Alameda township to the westerly line of Brooklyn township, the same being a point in Oakland harbor; thence northerly along the westerly boundary line of Brooklyn township, passing through the easterly arm of Lake Merritt and up Indian Gulch to the northeasterly boundary line of East Oakland Heights; thence southeasterly along last said boundary line to the center line of Thirteenth avenue; thence northeasterly along the center line of Thirteenth avenue, or County Road to Moraga Valley, to the southeastern corner of the city of Piedmont; thence northerly and westerly following the easterly and northerly boundary lines of the city of Piedmont to the line divid ing Brooklyn and Oakland townships; thence northeasterly along the last said township line to the boundary line of Alameda county; thence northwesterly along the county boundary line to the point of beginning, shall constitute the fifteenth senatorial district. 16. Sixteenth. All that portion of the county of Alameda described as follows, to wit: Beginning at a point where the northerly boundary line of the city of Berkeley intersects the northeasterly boundary line of the county of Alameda; thence westerly along said northern boundary line of the city of Berkeley to a point where the same is coincident with the center line of Eunice street; thence westerly along the center line of Eunice street to the center line of Milvia street; thence southerly along the center line of Milvia street to the center line of Adeline street; thence southerly along the center line of Adeline street to the northerly boundary line of the town of Emeryville; thence easterly, southerly and westerly, following the boundary line of the town of Emeryville to the center line of San Pablo avenue; thence southerly along the center line of San Pablo avenue to the center line of Broadway; thence southerly along the center line of Broadway to the northern boundary line of Alameda township; thence westerly along the line dividing Alameda and Oakland townships to the western boundary line of the county of Alameda; thence northerly along the said county boundary line to the northern boundary line of the county of Alameda; thence easterly following the northern boundary line of the county of Alameda to the point of beginning, shall constitute the sixteenth senatorial district. |