Visalia-Times Delta editorial: Proposition 93 is also the classic bait-and-switch. It gained petition signatures and lawmaker support to be placed on the ballot because it was combined with promises of redistricting reform.Redistricting reform never happened, but Proposition 93 is on the ballot anyway. And so it goes. *** The problem is, lawmakers are in charge… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Rose Report
Dr. Pitney on CA Republican Primary
From Ina Jaffe’s NPR report: Jack Pitney, government professor at Claremont McKenna College, says Republicans are afraid that in districts with relatively few GOP voters the independents might engage in “mischief voting.” “They might vote maliciously to support the weaker candidate and thereby control the general election outcome,” he says adding, “There is very little… Continue Reading
Johnson on Prop. 93 & a New Speaker
From Fred Ortega’s article in the Whittier Daily News: With Proposition 93 doing poorly in the polls – though a recent Los Angeles Times poll has half of likely voters favoring the measure – potential heirs to Nuñez will find themselves in the spotlight, said Douglas Johnson, a fellow with the Rose Institute of State… Continue Reading
Redistricting Relates to… Healthcare Reform?
Boi from Troy says: Basically, the bill was killed by far-right Republicans who thought the bill was too expensive and expansive, and far-left Democrats who didn’t think it went far enough. Without redistricting reform, California will continue to elect candidates who represent the extremes of their parties, at the expense of moderate, centrist compromises like… Continue Reading
MALDEF, California, and Redistricting
As this post on the now 40-year-old Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) says: MALDEF was also key in legal actions preventing the dilution of potential Latino influence in the redistricting process. See our archives for more. Continue Reading
Redistricting Roundup: New Prop. 93 Editorials UPDATEDx2
The Vallejo Times-Herald editorial for Proposition 93: And, Prop 93 doesn’t do anything to address the bone of contention that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger deems the biggest evil of state politics – political entrenchment through redistricting.But all flaws cannot be addressed in one measure, and the earliest redistricting can occur is after the 2010 census anyway.… Continue Reading
Dr Pitney on Brown's Emission Standards Petition
From Steve Geissinger’s article in the San Jose Mercury News: Attorney General Jerry Brown will petition federal regulators today to set stricter emission standards on off-road toys such as snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles and personal watercraft – an idea that manufacturers insist would trigger higher prices, lower performance and possibly even be the demise of some… Continue Reading
Gerrmandering: "A Documentary Film"
A blog that recently linked to us is part of an attempt to produce a documentary film called “Gerrymandering.” See their website and MySpace page, especially their slideshow of Congressional Districts. Continue Reading
Tony Quinn Reviews Willie Brown
The California Progress Report posts Tony Quinn‘s review of Basic Brown: My Life and Our Times by former Assembly Speaker Willie Brown. Continue Reading
Redistricting Writ Large
Redistricting at the macro level: GOP to Alter State Boundaries. Continue Reading