The Rose Institute is hiring five to ten freshmen or sophomore research assistants. Opportunities for student employees include working closely with faculty who are leading experts in state and local public policy, gaining impressive professional credentials, meeting with clients, contributing to widely recognized research, and developing the technical skills to create professional publications and presentations.… Continue Reading
The Rose Institute’s April 24 panel on the L.A. mayoral race came at a crucial time. Absentee voting has begun for the May 21 run-off election between Democrats Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti, and the campaign is heating up to succeed Antonio Villaraigosa as leader of the nation’s second-largest city. The lunchtime panel at the… Continue Reading
Monday, April 15, 2013 Freeburg Forum (LC 62), Kravis Center Claremont McKenna College 4:15– 6:00p.m. Three prominent advocates of political reform evaluate recent changes in California state government, including the new Citizens Redistricting Commission, top‐two primary system, and restructured legislative term limits. Are these reforms improving our state’s politics? Are other changes needed? Kathay Feng… Continue Reading
By Ryan Driscoll ’16 Riverside County, like much of California and the United States, is currently at a crossroads with regard to health care. Public health professionals and policy makers are focusing on preventative care instead of the procedures-based approach, with the hope that the preventive care model will be more effective. As in much… Continue Reading
Written by Daniel Shane ’13 The political landscape in the Inland Empire is turning blue. Once solidly Republican, like Orange County and San Diego, the region’s political shift reflects rapid growth and demographic changes over the past decade. The Inland Empire’s population grew by almost one million between 2000 and 2010 and Latinos made up… Continue Reading
Written by Jessica Jin ’16 Over the past few decades, redevelopment agencies have operated as an influential and powerful conduit for California’s local governments to improve areas in need of economic growth. Originally authorized by the California State Legislature in 1945, redevelopment agencies were first conceived as a local tool to address regional economic issues.… Continue Reading
Listed below are results from the 2013 City of Glendale election. Click here to download an Excel version of the data. Absentee Data [scribd id=133974191 key=key-1322uejzdiu7tyb4qbpy mode=scroll] Poll Data [scribd id=133978122 key=key-lodzdo1vzf3krjme5lk mode=scroll] Combined Data [scribd id=133978123 key=key-rypg3zpw52ujv0hedsf mode=scroll] Sum Totals [scribd id=133978121 key=key-12enu5h6bpwq30zeezmo mode=scroll] Map View Larger Map Continue Reading
On February 21, the Rose Institute hosted Tim Conlan at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum for a lunch program. Tim Conlan is a professor at George Mason University who has authored numerous publications in the areas of federalism and public policy making. Conlan spoke on the subject of recent developments in federalism in the 21st… Continue Reading
This November, there were four ballot initiatives across the United States concerning the legal legitimacy of same-sex marriage. The states that proposed these initiatives were Minnesota, Washington, Maryland, and Maine. The state of Minnesota currently bans same sex marriage, but voters recently chose to reject the the Marriage Amendment to the state constitution. This amendment… Continue Reading
More states, facing massive budget shortfalls, are reexamining their tax codes in an effort to collect sales taxes from online sellers. The move is generating the greatest response from Amazon.com, the world’s largest online retailer. For years, Amazon collected sales tax in only five states — Kansas, Kentucky, New York, North Dakota and Washington —… Continue Reading
