MOST RECENTLY IN THE NEWS:
Los Angeles Times 04/22/2022: Goodbye, L.A. and San Francisco. Hello, Riverside and Central Valley. California moves: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-04-27/california-los-angeles-san-francisco-population-decline (or view in PDF)
CMC Currents 09/29/2021: Rose Institute gauges voter attitudes | Claremont McKenna College (cmc.edu)
KPCC Air-Talk with Larry Mantle 09/21/2021 Title: The Politics of California and New York…: https://www.kpcc.org/show/airtalk/2021-09-21/congressman-adam-schiff-introduces-bill-to-curb-presidential-abuses-of-power
Real Clear Policy 08/16/2021: New Evidence Confirms Widespread Support for the Death Penalty
Le Monde 02/01/2021: [Le Monde] Interviews with Professor Ken Miller | Texas | Californie (scribd.com)
Daily Democrat: https://www.dailydemocrat.com/2020/11/02/district-elections-are-helping-minorities/
ABC 10News San Diego: https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/san-diego-could-lose-a-congressional-seat-after-the-2020-census-expert-says
Orange County Register: Local district elections open doors for minorities in Orange County cities
Sacramento Bee: https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article246185600.html?ac_cid=DM299149&ac_bid=-1804359733
KPCC / NPR (public radio): https://laist.com/latest/post/20200723/california-2020-census-redistricting-49th-district
Orange County Register: https://www.ocregister.com/2020/07/08/study-in-a-first-california-poised-to-lose-house-seats/
San Jose Mercury: https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/07/15/walters-three-california-crises-spawn-a-fourth-the-census/
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin: https://www.dailybulletin.com/2020/07/16/three-california-crises-spawn-a-fourth/
CalWatch: https://calmatters.org/commentary/dan-walters/2020/07/california-census-congress-seats/
Orange County Register: https://www.ocregister.com/2020/07/16/three-california-crises-spawn-a-fourth/
East Bay Times: http://www.eastbaytimenews.com/2020/07/15/walters-three-california-crises-spawn-a-fourth-the-census/
Los Angeles Daily News: https://www.dailynews.com/2020/07/16/three-california-crises-spawn-a-fourth/
Census
- LA Could Lose A Congressional Seat — Here’s Why | LAis| April 27, 2020
- California on track to lose at least one congressional seat after 2020 Census | The Sacramento Bee, May 13, 2019
- LA has the Most to Lose in Census Undercount, Study Finds | Siliconeer, April 29, 2019
- Census 2020: Los Angeles County’s loss could be the Inland Empire’s gain in 2021 redistricting | The Press-Enterprise, April 22, 2019
Redistricting
- Judge ‘miffed’ lawmakers hired expert to criticize special master rather than help |The Progressive Post, January 5, 2018
- Republican redistricting is taking a beating in the courts right now | The Washington Post | January 28, 2017
Elections
California Voting Rights Act
October 12 2020 | Orange County Register | https://www.ocregister.com/2020/10/12/local-district-elections-open-doors-for-minorities-in-orange-county-cities/
August 26, 2018 | CALMatters |https://calmatters.org/articles/commentary/a-low-profile-revolution-changes-local-governments/
July 23,2017 | Mercury News
“Following claims that its at-large election system excludes Latino voters, the city of Morgan Hill will soon hold by-district elections.”
- http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/23/claims-of-racial-bias-prompt-switch-to-district-elections/
- http://www.coastalview.com/opinion/district-elections-would-diversify-city-council/article_3e711744-6ca9-11e7-aaf6-db5ef98281a6.html
July 20, 2017 | Coastal View
“According to the Rose Institute in Claremont, more than 30 California cities have implemented district elections in recent years.”
February 2017 | Western City | http://www.westerncity.com/Western-City/February-2017/California-Voting-Rights-Act-Reform-Spurs-Collaboration/
December 9, 2016 | 89.3 KPCC
“More than 200 jurisdictions in California, mostly cities and school districts, have adopted by-district voting in recent years, according to the Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College. Most of them have been pressured, and in some cases forced, to do so by Latino advocacy groups and private lawyers wielding the California Voting Rights Act, or CVRA.”
November 16, 2016 | PublicCEO | http://www.publicceo.com/2016/11/california-voters-approve-changes-in-local-government-and-elect-more-latinos-to-city-councils/
October 23, 2016 | http://www.ocregister.com/2016/10/23/local-voting-in-historic-upheaval-as-cities-change-how-officials-are-elected/
Video Voter
- http://www.ocregister.com/articles/drug-735477-price-measure.html
- http://www.presstelegram.com/health/20161113/momentum-to-regulate-drug-prices-uncertain-after-prop-61-defeat-republican-victories
- http://khn.org/news/californias-drug-price-initiative-will-voters-send-a-signal-to-washington/
- http://votersedge.org/ca
- http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/california-playbook/2016/10/politico-california-playbook-schwarzenegger-wishes-he-could-run-for-president-california-reflects-on-tom-hayden-obama-reads-mean-tweets-in-la-217034
- https://calmatters.org/articles/prop-prep-californians-tackle-jumbo-ballot-with-humor/
- http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2016/11/cant-figure-ballot-measures-video-voter-will-help/
- http://californiahealthline.org/news/momentum-to-regulate-drug-prices-uncertain-after-prop-61-defeat-republican-victories/
- http://www.sgvtribune.com/government-and-politics/20161031/a-bill-aimed-at-increasing-voter-participation-in-la-county-is-creating-a-lot-of-confusion-frustration
Gerrymandering
- http://www.kcet.org/shows/socal_connected/content/episodes/october-27-2010.html
- http://www.kcet.org/shows/socal_connected/between-the-lines.html
SoCal Connected on CD31 election
Al Jazeera America “Committees Gone Wild”
CNN transcript:
Kosmont-Rose Institute Cost of Doing Business
- 2016-2017 Survey
- 2015-2016 Survey
Rose in the Movies
- Fellow Douglas Johnson was interviewed (at the 5:01 minute mark) and students made a lot of maps for the 2008 Gerrymandering documentary: http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/gerrymandering
- In a big project, we made maps for the documentary about gangs in Los Angeles, called “Made in America”: http://documentaryheaven.com/crisps-and-bloods-made-in-america/. The map of the crisps and bloods territory appears, after considerable work by their graphic artists, briefly at the 3:30 minute mark and then in much more detail at the 32:20 minute mark, and there is a thanks to the Rose Institute in the closing credits.