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Updated Population Growth Viewer Now Live
The Rose Institute is pleased to announce an update to its interactive map application for California population growth. In addition to viewing raw population change at the Census block group level, users can now see how California has grown at both the county and congressional district levels–both percentage changes and raw changes. As expected, the… Continue Reading
A First Look at Inland Empire Census Data
By David W. Meyer ’12 The recent release of the 2010 Census data confirms that the population of the Inland Empire has grown considerably in the last decade. Since the 2000 count, Riverside County has grown by about 40 percent, while San Bernardino County has grown by about 20 percent. The majority of the growth… Continue Reading
Renewable Energy’s Future in the Inland Empire
By Elizabeth A. Johnson ’11 On April 12, 2011 Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a mandate that one-third of electricity in California must come from renewable sources by 2020. California had previously required investor-owned utilities to generate 20 percent of their electricity from clean sources by 2010, with a three year grace period. The… Continue Reading
Rose's Johnson on Latino turn-out
A recent article in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune cited Rose Institute Fellow Douglas Johnson on Latino turn-out in the 2010 midterm elections. Published on April 29, the article is titled “It’s Politics: San Gabriel Valley’s Latino voters could surprise.” Johnson says, “We’re definitely seeing more and more Latino population and more and more… Continue Reading
Redevelopment Authorities Under Fire
By Alex R. Johnson ’13 California Governor Jerry Brown’s 2011-12 Budget proposal calls for eliminating the approximately 400 redevelopment agencies throughout the state. It aims to shift economic development responsibility from the redevelopment agencies to local governments, in an attempt to cut back the enormous debt incurred by the agencies and invest the money saved… Continue Reading
ONT: An Airport in Crisis and at a Crossroads
By Sam H. Stone ’14 To the average traveler, a flight out of Ontario International Airport is a dream come true. Located in the city of Ontario, it sits at the border between Los Angeles County and San Bernardino County, and offers easy access to the LA metropolitan area as well as the Inland Empire.… Continue Reading
Rose Institute launches updated website
The Rose Institute of State and Local Government is pleased to launch the redesign of our website, www.rosereport.org. The Institute’ s new website better enables visitors to find information about the Institute and its ongoing projects. The institute will use this website to announce upcoming conferences and our fall speaker series. In addition, the new Rose Report blog… Continue Reading
Voice of San Diego cites Rose Institute study
The Voice of San Diego published an article on April 26th, citing a Rose Institute study on San Diego County public services. Written by Vlad Kogan, the article is titled “County Fiscal Policies Squeeze San Diego’s Core Public Services.” It begins by referring to a series of studies which have recently “documented the abysmal levels… Continue Reading
Electoral trends predict trouble ahead for OC Republicans
Orange County is losing its legendary status as the vanguard of California Republican politics. For decades, the county supplied the GOP with overwhelming electoral support, fresh ideas, and prominent leaders. Today, however, state and national Republicans are not looking to Orange County for leadership and demographic changes are eroding O.C. Republican strength from within. To be… Continue Reading