The Rose Report

From Mary Anne Ostrom’s article in the Mercury News:
While raising money, “he has to make it appear that he’s going to compete in California come the fall,” said Jack Pitney, a Claremont McKenna College government professor and former Republican political operative. Although given the competitive outlook in other easier states for Republicans, “at this point, [...]

From Dan Walters’ Sacramento Bee column:
One consequence of the state’s first February presidential primary election – unintended, perhaps, but a consequence nevertheless – will almost certainly be an extraordinarily low voter turnout for the June 3 regular primary.
Primary elections generally see subpar turnouts, in part because independents have almost no motivation to vote.
But June’s election [...]

From Steven Harmon’s article in the Mercury News:
The biggest obstacle to a Democratic tidal wave: districts that Democrats themselves had a hand in drawing seven years ago that protect the majority party in each and make it hard for the opposing party to mount a credible challenge.
“If they had drawn more competitive seats,” said Jack [...]

From the article by Stephen Moore, senior economics writer for the Wall Street Journal editorial page, in the Weekly Standard:
“Pensions are the second biggest line item in most municipal budgets today behind law enforcement,” says Steven Frates, a professor at Claremont McKenna College and an expert on California’s pensions system. He adds that “the annuity [...]

From Brooke Edwards’ article in the Victorville Daily Press:
“Reserves allow cities to have some financial flexibility,” said Steven Frates, senior fellow with the Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College.
The general fund is typically used to balance other city funds that don’t perform as expected, such as Victorville’s development impact fees [...]

From Alison Hewitt’s article in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune:
It’s an issue many cities struggle with, said Doug Johnson, a fellow at the Rose Institute for State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College.
“If some parts of town feel ignored, it’s a very high profile, symbolic way of showing that you’re paying attention,” Johnson said. [...]

Via Rick Hasen’s Election Law blog: he’ll be at an interesting event with Secretary of State Debra Bowen tomorrow in San Diego:
The San Diego Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society presents “Protecting the Right to Vote,” featuring The Honorable Debra Bowen, California Secretary of State; and Richard L. Hasen, William H. Hannon Distinguished Professor [...]

Speaking of Feb. 5 turnout numbers…
Dan Walters reports on turnout over at Capitol Alert:
The final numbers are in, and they reaffirm the almost uncanny accuracy of the Field Poll’s prediction that 56.6 percent of California’s registered voters would cast ballots…
Frank D. Russo of the California Progress Report breaks down some of the numbers:
…the highest primary [...]

From Hsin-Yin Lee’s article in the Washington Times:
…Ralph Rossum, a government professor at Claremont McKenna College in California, argued that the Constitution protects tribal sovereignty. He said in the Sacramento Bee that the Supreme Court should intervene and “repudiate [lower courts'] departures from clear and controlling precedents, and perform its historic role of protecting tribal [...]

From Alison Hewitt’s article in the Pasadena Star-News:
Doug Johnson, a fellow at the Rose Institute for State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College, said punishment was the likelier of two explanations for the move.
“It’s a question of whether, are they punishing him, which is probable, or is there some early supporter of Bass who [...]