Photo Credit: Frauke Riether from Pixabay Released March 14, 2021 COVID-19 Mask Mandates & Vaccine Mandates: Does the federal government have the power to implement these policies? by Sevion DaCosta ’21, Tara Mehra ’22, Marshall Bessey ’22 As President Joe Biden assumes office after a contentious election and transition, the focus shifts back to two… Continue Reading
Dear CMC Community: We are pleased to announce that Kenneth P. Miller, Don H. and Edessa Rose Associate Professor of State and Local Government, has been appointed Director of the Rose Institute of State and Local Government, effective July 1, 2021. We are thrilled to have Professor Miller take on this important leadership role at… Continue Reading
JACOB LEISCHNER’21 wrote this article for the Fall 2020 edition of the Inland Empire Outlook The right to vote, and have that vote heard, is one of the most fundamental principles of the American republic. Every ten years – following the decennial census – states engage in the process of redistricting, where new district lines… Continue Reading
The Impact of Proposition 15’s Revision on the Property Taxes of Shopping Malls in Los Angeles County by Marshall Bessey ’23 With research assistance from Naseem Nazari ’21 Background During the 1970s in California, rising property prices saddled homeowners with increasing property tax bills. By the tax year of 1977-1978, property taxes in California were fifty-two… Continue Reading
The federalism white papers were written by Rose Institute research assistants as a follow-up to the ones published in March of this year. The federalism project is supervised by CMC Government professor, Andrew Busch, who is also the director of the Rose Institute. We give special recognition to Sevion DaCosta ’21, who headed this year’s… Continue Reading
College Students Release Videos on California Ballot Measures CLAREMONT, CA (October 13, 2020): Students at the Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College have released videos providing brief, non-partisan analyses of the twelve propositions on California’s November ballot. Student teams at the Rose Institute have produced the “Video Voter” series every… Continue Reading
We are proud to present our Fall 2020 new hires who will be added on to our already impressive roster of Rose Institute Research Assistants: Daniela Corona ’23 Danny is from Half Moon Bay, California, and is majoring in Government with a Data Science Sequence. Her interest in government stems from her high school experience… Continue Reading
The Rose Institute’s Associate Director, Dr. Ken Miller, has just released Texas vs. California: A History of Their Struggle for the Future of America. This new book is a groundbreaking historical, economic, cultural, and political analysis of America’s two most powerful states — and how their rivalry is shaping the nation’s destiny. Dr. Miller is a… Continue Reading
Southern California is in danger of losing two congressional representatives following the 2020 Census, according to an analysis by the Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College using new population projections released by software and data firm ESRI. ESRI projects that California will drop from 53 to 52 congressional seats in… Continue Reading
We are proud to announce that Rose alum Melia Wong’19 has recently been awarded the John and Daria Barry Scholarship, a funded degree at Oxford University in Oxford, England. In May 2019, Melia graduated cum laude with a dual degree in government and musicology, and was awarded the Luce Scholarship for 2019-2020. Congratulations to you,… Continue Reading
