On October 11, California Governor Jerry Brown signed eleven gun control bills, while vetoing seven others. His veto of SB 374, which would have banned all semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines, was met with support from the National Rifle Association, which had threatened to file a lawsuit if the bill became law. Senate Pro Tem… Continue Reading
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Fraud Found in Taxpayer-Funded Rehabilitation Clinics
A joint investigative effort by CNN and the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) recently revealed fraud in a number of California’s tax-payer-funded drug rehab clinics. The investigation uncovered financial fraud, misreporting, insufficient oversight, and poor hiring practices at some of the clinics, which are funded by Medi-Cal, part of the federal Medicaid health care system.… Continue Reading
Governor Tom Ridge Addresses America’s Strength in National Security
On October 31, 2013, Governor Tom Ridge spoke at the Athenaeum to a crowd of well over 130 attendees. The former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and governor of Pennsylvania addressed the critical role of local governments in the fight against terrorism. As Governor Ridge put it, local governments are on the front… Continue Reading
40th Anniversary Board of Governors Recap
On Thursday, October 17, 2013 at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, the Rose Institute for State and Local Government commemorated its 40th anniversary. The celebration was scheduled to coincide with the institute’s semi-annual Board of Governors’ meeting. The day started with CMC President Hiram Chodosh addressing students and the board members at a luncheon, followed… Continue Reading
California Raises Minimum Wage
On September 25, 2013, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill to raise California’s minimum wage to $10 per hour by 2016. Assembly Bill 10 raises the current minimum wage of $8/hour in two $1 increments, the first by July 2014 and the second by January 2016. It passed on September 12 in… Continue Reading
Rose Institute Hosts Tom Ridge This Thursday
Former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Tom Ridge will visit the Athenaeum this Thursday, October 31, as part of the Rose Institute’s speaker series. Secretary Ridge served six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1983 to 1995, before his role in the White House, and served as the governor of… Continue Reading
Director’s Report
We are off to the start of what promises to be another good year at the Rose Institute. As usual, we began our Fall semester by holding an open house for interested students, followed by an intensive application and interview process. In the end, we narrowed about seventy applications down to eight hires—five freshmen and… Continue Reading
A Note from the Student Managers
As CMC welcomed the Class of 2017 to its sunny campus, we launched right into recruiting, interviewing, and selecting a new class of research assistants at the Rose Institute. We are thrilled to announce that Charlotte Bailey, Audrey Breitwieser, Tyler Finn, Ben Fusek, Francesca Hidalgo-Wohlleben, Hannah Oh, Tim Plummer, and Tamara Skinner have joined us… Continue Reading
A Brief History of the Rose Institute’s 40 Years
This year, the Rose Institute celebrated its 40th anniversary. In its four decades, it has seen three directors, a spectacular new view from the fourth floor of the impressive Kravis Center, hundreds of student researcher alumni, a wealth of accomplishments and fond memories too numerous to list. When the Rose Institute first came to be,… Continue Reading
Henry Olsen to Give Keynote Address at 40th Anniversary Event
Legendary Rose Institute alumnus Henry Olsen ’83 will return to Claremont October 17 to deliver the keynote address at the Rose Institute’s 40th Anniversary Dinner. Mr. Olsen will offer insights on the future of American politics, including the importance of understanding the nation’s shifting demographics and the corresponding changes in the electorate. Mr. Olsen is… Continue Reading