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Representative Sally Ann Gonzales

1996-2000

Accn. # A-2005-17

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Biographical Note

Sally Ann Gonzales served as the Democratic Representative for District 10 in Tucson for two terms from 1997 to 2000. Prior to becoming a legislator, she served on the Pascua Yaqui Tribal Council from 1992-1996 and was the Tribal Secretary for a portion of that time. Her previous occupations include being the Program Coordinator of Manos a la Vida, a breast cancer self-help intervention study for Hispanic and African-American, at the University of Arizona and a bilingual teacher for the Tucson Unified School District. In the House of Representatives, Representative Gonzales served on the Appropriations, Government Operations, Public Institutions and Universities, and Banking and Insurance Committees.

Scope and Content

The collection of Representative Gonzales’s office files covers the years 1996-2000. The files are divided into three series: correspondence, subject files, and committees. The bulk of the collection is subject files and covers the years 1997-2000.

Series Description

Series 1: Correspondence: Four folders include a variety of correspondence including constituent letters. Folder two contains correspondence regarding Representative Gonzales’s chairmanship of the welcoming committee for Nobel Peace Prize Winner Rigoberta Menchu Tum’s visit to Tucson.

Series 2: Subject Files: Sixty-three folders, the bulk of which contain research files concerning family, health, and Native American issues

Series 3: Committees: Nineteen folders of standing, joint, interim and study committees

Processing Note

For the most part, original order and creator’s labeling were maintained. If the papers were loose within the boxes, they were placed in appropriate files or new files were created. When the label did not correspond to the contents, another label was assigned.

Inventory

Series 1: Correspondence

Box:Folder	Description	Dates
1:1	Correspondence	October 1997-September 1998
1:2	Correspondence: bulk concerns Rigoberta Menchu Tum’s Visit to Tucson and the welcome ceremony	October 1998-December 1998
1:3	Correspondence: constituent and office, invitations	January 1998-July 1998
1:4	Correspondence: letters of recommendation, invitations	August 1999-December 1999

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Series 2: Subject Files

Box:Folder	Description	Dates
1:5	Bilingual Education: correspondence, clippings, proposed legislation	1998-1999
1:6	Census 2000: census worker recruitment, report, correspondence	2000
1:7	Education: memoranda, correspondence, fact sheet	2000
1:8	AIMS: memoranda, clippings, correspondence, research material
1:9	Health Issues: clippings, background information	2000
1:10	Hispanic Issues: newspaper clippings, mass mailings	1999
1:11	Liveable Wage: copies of newspaper clippings/ web pages	1999
1:12	Labor Issues: memorandum	1999
1:13	Media Tips: conference material on how best to communicate with the media	1998
1:14	Pima County: partial newspaper article	2000
1:15	Redistricting Initiative: commission guidelines/responsibilities	2000
1:16	School Vouchers/ Charter Schools: (original label-Salt of the Earth Labor College) announcements, Cleveland program, emails re charter schools	1999-2000
1:17	Town of Guadalupe: newspaper clipping, El Guadalupano newspaper (March 1999)	1999-2000
1:18	Welfare Reform: research material	1998-1999
1:19	Women’s Issues: mass mailings, clippings	1999-2000
1:20	Yaqui Registro Civil: Yaqui Language Workbook	1996
1:21	Governmental Mall Commission; membership: legislation	1999
1:22	Affirmative Action: constituent correspondence, clippings, mass mailings	1998
1:23	Arizona Heritage Alliance: correspondence	1998
1:24	Auditor General: performance and sunset review report summaries	1998-1999
1:25	Budget: correspondence, research material	1997-1999
1:26	Business Community: correspondence, clippings	1998
1:27	Center for Policy Alternatives: correspondence, conference information	1998-1999
1:28	Child and Family: clipping	n.d.
1:29	Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP): memoranda, legislation, reading material, correspondence regarding children’s health programs	1998
1:30	Arizona Department of Corrections: fact sheets, correspondence, clippings	1998-1999
1:31	Domestic Violence: correspondence supporting domestic violence legislation	2000
1:32	Criminal Justice System Financial Forecast: financing	1997-1998
1:33	Correspondence from Peter Likins, University of Arizona: re: attending deer dance	1998
1:34	Arizona Border Rights Project: correspondence	1999
1:35	Incorporation: constituent correspondence re incorporation of Tortolita, petition re: Town of South Valley	1998-1999
1:36	Intergovernmental Affairs Contacts: memorandum (list of contacts)	1998
1:37	US Department of Interior: correspondence regarding Indian Kitchen road closure	1998
1:38	Juvenile Corrections: clippings, research material	1998
1:39	Mental Health: correspondence re: treatment funding, research material	2000
1:40	Fuel Tax/ Vote Detail: (original label- Fuel Tax 1144) senate bills vote detail, correspondence re: Indian gaming	1997
1:41	Indian Issues: Slide presentation re: Hepatitis A, agenda	1998
1:42	School Finances: memoranda, charts, correspondence, draft legislation	1997
1:43	Member Voting History: Representative Gonzales’s voting record and bill sponsor list-43rd legislature.	1998
1:44	Townsite of Guadalupe: (original label-HB2325 municipal sales tax: environmental monitoring) joint memorandum of claimants re: dividing the physical responsibility for the town of Guadalupe	1998
1:45	Native American Graves Protection: legislation	1999
1:46	Native American Title to Land in Trust: Bureau of Indian Affairs proposed rules	1999
1:47	Health Insurance Children (original title HCM 2005): HB 2009, correspondence re: Kids Care legislation, research material
1:48	Nurses for a Healthier America	1999
1:49	Arizona Democrat Polling	1996, 2000
1:50	Indian Gaming: newspaper clippings re: Indian gaming in Arizona	January 1999
1:51	Proposition 300: text of proposition	1998
1:52	Proposition 200: medical marijuana use, history	1998
1:53	Proposition 105: correspondence, proposition	n.d.
2:54	State Board of Equalization: correspondence	1998
2:55	Whistleblower: correspondence regarding retaliation against whistleblowers	1997-1999
2:56	43rd Legislature, Special Session: 5th special session packet-Students FIRST, income tax	2000
2:57	Special Session: 5th special session packet, proposed amendments, engrossed bills, education 2000, mental health funding & tobacco companies, education funding	2000
2:58	Incorporation ’99: correspondence re Town of Tortolita, newspaper clippings	December 1998-1999
2:59	Community and Policy Leadership Forum Exploratory Conference: conference materials (originally in red binder)	May 17-19, 1998
2:60	Outcomes, Innovations & Best Practices: (originally in gray binder)	1999
2:61	Fourth Annual Native American Grant School Association Conference: conference materials (originally in white binder)	1999
2:62	Business File: (loose papers, not originally in a file) correspondence, research materials	1999-2000
2:63	Facts Book: Education, Children, Health, Women’s Issues & Miscellaneous Facts. Includes some pamphlets.	1999
2:64	Introduced Bills: memorandum, correspondence to tribal leaders regarding bills	1997
2:65	Arts Council: grants funded list	1997

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Series 3: Committees

Box:Folder	Description	Dates
2:66	Commerce Committee (removed from correspondence folder) minutes, fact sheets, bill summaries, engrossed bills-master planned communities	1997
2:67	Joint Committees: memorandum, constituent correspondence, committee reports, vote detail	1997
2:68	Interim Joint Legislative Study Committee: agendas, minutes, memoranda, correspondence, appointment to the committee, reports, reading material	August 1999-November 1999
2:69	Interim Joint Legislative Study Committee: agendas, minutes, memoranda, correspondence, reports, reading material	December 1999-March 2000
2:70	ESL-Bilingual Education Study Committee: correspondence, memoranda, fact sheets, agendas, legislation, reading material (ESL/BLE studies and clippings)	November 15, 1999-January 2000
2:71	ESL-Bilingual Education Study Committee: correspondence, memoranda, fact sheets, agendas, legislation, reading material-ESL/BLE studies and clippings	August 1999- November 14, 1999
2:72	Committee of Reference on Juvenile Corrections: agenda, memoranda, correspondence	September-October 1999
2:73	Interim Select Task Force on Domestic Violence: agendas, reports, memoranda-appointment to the committee, research material	September-October 1999
2:74	Joint Legislative Study Committee on State Employee Compensation: correspondence, agenda, minutes, memorandum, research material	August-November 1999
2:75	Interim Joint Legislative Committee on Hunger: memoranda, correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings	1997-2000
2:76	Committee of References-PIU Committed Youth Board: correspondence, report, power point	September 1999- November 1999
2:77	Appropriations Committee: memorandum	1998
2:78	Banking and Insurance Committee: correspondence	1997
2:79	Block Grants Committee: correspondence, research material	1997
2:80	Public Institutions and Universities	1996
2:81	School Finance (separate folder within the Education Committee folder): correspondence, draft legislation-Students FIRST, analysis, newspaper clippings	1998
2:82	Education Committee: memoranda, newspaper clippings, correspondence regarding bills	1997-1998
2:83	Health Committee: memorandum, legislation, research material	1997
2:84	Judiciary Committee: reprint newspaper-Crimes Against Children	1997-1998
2:85	Transportation Committee: correspondence, newspaper clippings	1997-2000
2:86	Ways and Means: memorandum	1998

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