On October 9, Claremont McKenna’s Inland Empire Center and UCLA’s Anderson School of Management held the fourth annual CMC-UCLA Inland Empire Forecast Conference at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, CA. The Inland Empire Center (IEC) is a collaborative effort between the Rose Institute of State and Local Government and the Lowe Institute of… Continue Reading
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Rose Institute hosts talk with Congressman and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy
On Thursday, April 12th, the Rose Institute and the Kravis Leadership Institute jointly sponsored an Athenaeum talk and meeting with Rose and KLI students with Congressman and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy spoke about his experiences in college, his early career and small business ventures, and his ascension to the California State Assembly, where he was the first freshman Republican legislator in state history elected to assume the top Republican post in the California State Assembly.
Rose Institute hosts panel discussion of Texas vs. California politics
On April 3rd, the Rose Institute hosted an academic panel at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum entitled “As Texas Goes . . . How California Lost Its Edge.” The panel featured Chuck DeVore ’85, a Visiting Senior Scholar for Fiscal Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation; Erica Grieder, the southwest correspondent for The Economist; and Eric Helland, the Robert J. Lowe Professor of Economics at Claremont McKenna College. Focusing on policy and demographic differences between California—a state that has witnessed significant economic decline—and Texas, the panel aimed to facilitate a discussion about what California can learn from Texas’s pro-growth policy model.
2012: Ray Remy receives Rose Award for Public Service
On Saturday March 25th, Ray Remy (CMC ‘59) was awarded the Rose Institute Award for Excellence in Public Service. The Rose Award acknowledges an individual or organization that demonstrates an enduring commitment to exemplary public service. Honor, integrity, leadership, and a philanthropic spirit are among the defining characteristics of this individual or organization.
Rose Fellow Doug Johnson on Ballot Designation Challenges
On March 23rd, the San Bernardino Sun published an article titled “Ramos funds legal action against opponent Derry, seeking removal of term ‘businessman’.” The article centers on the request of a supporter of Board of Supervisors candidate James Ramos’ for a judge to order Ramos’ opponent, incumbent Niel Derry, to remove the word businessman from Derry’s ballot statement.
Rose Fellow Doug Johnson on Shifting Demographics
On March 18th, the Pasadena Star News published an article titled “State’s 49th Assembly District home to changing demographic and multi-ethnic coalition”. The article discusses the shifting demographics of the San Gabriel Valley, and the formation of a multi-ethnic coalition, and what these changes mean for the state and the nation.
Rose Fellow Doug Johnson on Competitive Local Primary Races
On March 12th, The San Bernardino Sun posted an article titled “California Republican Party announces endorsements picks Miller over Dutton”. The article discussed the Republican Party’s endorsement of longtime lawmaker Rep. Gary Miller the 31st Congressional District seat and the strong competition Miller continues to face from state Sen. Bob Dutton (R). The article also covers the lack of a GOP endorsement for the 8th Congressional District, a large area including most of the eastern end of San Bernardino County and extending northward into Inyo County.
Rose Fellow Doug Johnson on Campaign Donations
On March 9th, the La Canada Valley Sun published an article titled “Obama, Romney cash in locally”. The article discussed the donation habits of Southern California residents to Presidential campaigns in 2011, quoting Rose Institute Fellow Doug Johnson.
California Pension Reform: Gov. Brown and Republicans vs. Democrats?
California’s pension problems are well-documented. According to a report by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, the state’s public employee pension system is underfunded by $535 billion. $360 billion would have to be injected into pension and health care benefit systems immediately just to give California an 80 percent chance of meeting 80 percent of the obligations in 16 years.
2011 Kosmont-Rose Institute Cost of Doing Business Survey Executive Summary
This year, the Rose Institute is proud to release an online preview of the 2011 Kosmont-Rose Institute Cost of Doing Business Survey Executive Summary. The annual Survey uses comprehensive data about fees, taxes, and economic incentives to analyze the relative cost of doing business in 421 cities across the country. The nine-page Executive Summary preview offers an overview of the Survey’s Highlights, discussion of the 20 Most and Least Expensive Cities, a sample of the Executive Summary’s in-depth individual county analyses and useful GIS maps, and excerpts from its big-picture analysis.