The Rose Institute’s conference, Redistricting, the 2010 Census, and Your Budget, is tomorrow, and aside from attending or watching the webcast, you can keep up with the conference in real time via Twitter. The Rose Institute staff will be “tweeting” throughout the conference what is said and what is happening on the Institute’s twitter account:… Continue Reading
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Redistricting, The 2010 Census, and Your Budget Conference Webcast
If you are unable to attend the Redistricting, The 2010 Census, and Your Budget Conference in-person, the entire conference will be available online via webcast. Online attendees will be able to watch video of the speakers, review all presentations and documents, and submit questions for panelists live. To register, please use the form provided here.… Continue Reading
Rose Institute Announces Full List of Speakers for Redistricting Conference
The “Redistricting, The 2010 Census, and Your Budget” Conference being held at Claremont McKenna College on October 15th will feature four panels. -Rose Study Presentation: Population Projections for Congressional Districts in 2010        -Moderator: Ken Miller, Associate Director, Rose Institute        -Douglas Johnson, Rose Fellow        -Patrick Atwater, Rose Institute        -Tony Quinn, Rose Institute… Continue Reading
Ditas Katague to Deliver Keynote Address at Rose Institute Redistricting Conference
The Rose Institute is pleased to announce that Ditas Katague will deliver the keynote address at the “Redistricting, The 2010 Census, and Your Budget” Conference being held October 15th at Claremont McKenna College. Ms. Katague, the Director of Census 2010, California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, will speak at the 12:15 lunch addressing the importance… Continue Reading
CA releases revised Commission Selection regulations
This evening the California State Auditor released revised regulations governing the selection process for California’s 2011 Independent Redistricting Commission. You can download the revised regulations and a memo describing the changes. Full details are available on the Auditor’s website. Final comments on the proposed regulations are due on October 15th. Those following Rose Institute news will… Continue Reading
Draft California Redistricting Commission application posted
The California State Auditor has posted a draft Commission application form online. Proposition 11, which created the Redistricting Commission to handle redistricting the state’s Legislative and Board of Equalization districts  in 2011, assigned the application and initial selection process to the State Auditor’s office. The Auditor is encouraging feedback on the form and a public hearing… Continue Reading
Join the Rose Institute
Each year, as CMC opens its doors to new freshmen, so does the Rose Institute. We welcome a class of around seven research assistants into the Rose in early September, and they dive right into professional responsibilities, working closely with the expert faculty, interfacing day after day with real-world clients, and contributing substantially to widely… Continue Reading
Rose Conference: Redistricting, The 2010 Census, and Your Budget
The Rose Institute is pleased to announce our next conference will be held October 15th, 2009. The all-day conference will cover the financial and representational issues involved in the 2010 Census and 2011 Congressional, Legislative, and local redistricting of California. Titled “Redistricting, The 2010 Census, and Your Budget: Changes and Challenges for California Governments,†the conference… Continue Reading
Wall Street Journal fact-checking blunder
On August 10th, the Wall Street Journal unfortunately ran a factually inaccurate op-ed piece written by John Baker and Elliott Stonecipher entitled “Our Unconstitutional Census.” The authors wanted to discuss whether illegal immigrants should be counted in the Census and for Congressional reapportionment. As an academic with a keen (some say obsessive) interest in the Census, I was interested to… Continue Reading
Draft Regulations for CA Redistricting Commission
The California State Auditor posted the draft regulations for the Commission Selection Process here. A public hearing on the regulations is scheduled for September 14th in Sacramento. Among many newsworthy items, the Auditor’s views on “Qualifications of Applicants” are perhaps the most important to the process (and the hardest elements of Proposition 11 to define).… Continue Reading