Recently released results from a Public Policy Institute of California Poll suggest building support for Proposition 11. The poll, of 1186 likely voters shows statewide support growing from September with an increase from 38% yes to 41% yes, with a decreasing amount of undecided voters, likely resulting from increased advertising as the election gets closer.… Continue Reading
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Supreme Court to Hear Voting Rights Act Case
An interesting case has come up in the United States Supreme Court relating to how the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is applied to districts. According to the Wilmington Star News, the controversy over the act relates to what defines a district as being “majority minority.” The Supreme Court appeared divided Tuesday as justices questioned… Continue Reading
Doug Johnson on Practices in Moreno Valley City Council Races
Dan Lee’s article in the Press-Enterprise discusses the city council races in Moreno Valley. Lee describes how the Moreno Valley Taxpayers Association has spent $3,200 on slate mailers for candidates Molina and Hastings. Doug Johnson explains what slate mailers are and how they are used: “Douglas Johnson, an elections expert at the Rose Institute for… Continue Reading
The Eureka Reporter Recommends Voting Yes on Prop 11
The Eureka Reporter made its voting recommendations, urging readers to vote yes on Prop 11. The Eureka Reporter highlights how Prop 11 would give any qualified citizen the ability to apply to serve on the commission, and how Prop 11 ends the conflict of interest legislators have with drawing their own districts: “This measure would… Continue Reading
Schwarzenegger and Bloomberg Campaign Together For Proposition 11
According to PolitikerCA, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently campaigned together in Los Angeles on behalf of Proposition 11. Mayor Bloomberg has been frequently been described as a prominent party-independent voice, and was briefly mentioned as a possible unifying Presidential candidate this year during such partisan times. Schwarzenegger had… Continue Reading
Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association Endorses Proposition 11
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association, straying from its traditional subject of the taxation of Californians, has decided to endorse proposition 11, according to the Flash Report. The organization does however relate the Proposition back to taxes and fiscal policy in California: “The current system fixes elections so that fewer than five percent of state representatives… Continue Reading
School Board President Supports Prop 11
Joann Steinmeier, president of the Arcadia Unified School District board of education, voices support of Proposition 11 in an editorial in the Pasadena Star-News, arguing that the measure has advantages over previous efforts at redistricting reform in California: “The good news is Proposition 11 is a well thought out and well-written alternative to our current… Continue Reading
LA Times Analyzes Pros and Cons of Prop 11
The Los Angeles times recently had an article taking a look at the potential arguments for and against Proposition 11. Some of the arguments in favor: At its simplest, Proposition 11 would remove the Legislature’s conflict of interest in drawing its districts after the 2010 census and each decade thereafter. But proponents — who include… Continue Reading
Chico Enterprise Record Support Proposition 11
The Chico Enterprise Record recently released an editorial in favor of Proposition 11. The piece talks specifically about how the current redistricting has affected the districts in their area of the state: Butte County. Legislative districts should be drawn so they make geographic sense. Instead, we have crooked districts that are drawn to give one… Continue Reading
Manfred Keil, Rose Institute Fellow, to Speak on Economic Outlook
According to the Desert Sun of Palm Springs California, Professor Manfred Keil, the chair of the economics department at the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance at Claremont McKenna College, and a fellow with the Rose Institute, will be part of a panel at an economic outlook summit for the Coachella Valley. Continue Reading