CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
September 11, 1997 | NANCY CLEELAND, TIMES STAFF WRITER
More than a dozen grass-roots groups that favor stricter immigration controls, including a sponsor of California's Proposition 187, have formed a national coalition in the hope of rekindling public enthusiasm for tough anti-immigration laws. Until now, most such member organizations have been low-budget affairs, run by strong personalities with distinct, often controversial ideas and tactics.