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
By David Tse ’15 In recent years, the prized example of economic innovation, California, has fallen by the wayside, burdened by onerous regulation and partisan government. California, which rose so brilliantly in the 1950s and 60s, has run billion-dollar deficits for over ten years in a seemingly permanent fiscal crisis. While the state continues to… Continue Reading
Written by Luke Davis ’14 Conveniently located in close proximity to Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Los Angeles counties, Ontario International Airport (ONT) provides a fantastic convenience to fliers in the Southern California area: the airport is small and easy to navigate, lines are short or non-existent, and in general, the flights run on time.… Continue Reading
Golden State Water Company, one of the largest privately-owned water companies in California and the primary supplier of water to a number of Southern California cities, and the City of Claremont have recently been engaged in heated discussion over rate increases. As a private company, Golden State Water (GSW) is permitted to submit an application… Continue Reading
On Monday, September 24th, the Rose Institute and the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum jointly sponsored a talk with California State Controller John Chiang. Chiang spoke of his time as Calfornia’s Chief Fiscal Officer during the late-2000s recession and the difficulties surrounding the handling of public dollars of the ninth-largest economy in the world. The collapse of Wall Street… Continue Reading
On Tuesday, June 6, 2012, voters in San Diego and San Jose overwhelmingly approved ballot measures to cut city workers’ retirement benefits. Sixty-six percent of San Diego voters supported the pension initiative, while nearly 70 percent of San Jose residents endorsed a similar initiative. Continue Reading
