Rose Institute Fellow Douglas Johnson was interviewed today about gerrymandering for CNN’s “American Morning” show. The topic is redistricting. The piece — assuming it makes it past the editing room — will air Thursday, February 25th at 6am EST, and at various other times throughout the day.
The clip should be available online after it first [...]
The number of redistricting commission applications is now over 21,000!
Clearly, Californians are eager to tackle the challenge of drawing legislative districts in public for the benefit of the people and voters, not for the incumbents and political insiders.
Acknowledging the surge in interest, the California State Auditor (who is in charge of the application process) extended [...]
Voice of San Diego, with whom the Rose Institute worked to put together our “Comparing San Diego County Services: A Twelve-County Analysis,” ran an insightful and comprehensive series of articles based on the Rose Institute study. The articles are all available from the Special Report center on the Voice website. And now Voice has put [...]
The Rose Institute today released a report on the provision of services by San Diego County. Both the press release and the full report are now available online.
From the press release:
“The report comprehensively analyzes San Diego County spending and services in four categories: Welfare, Public Protection, Mental Health, and Other Public Assistance. Looking at the [...]
A new Rose Institute analysis shows that voters in the Sacramento area are the most likely to apply (so far) for service on California’s new Independent Redistricting Commission. The map below shows the percentage of each county’s registered voters who have applied and been deemed “tentatively eligible” for the Commission.
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This morning the Census Bureau released state by state population estimates for July 1, 2009. The numbers show California’s population growth remains slow, as net gains from new births and immigration from other countries exceed the net loss of population to other states. Calculations by Polidata and Election Data Services indicate California is likely, but not [...]
This evening the California State Auditor released revised regulations governing the selection process for California’s 2011 Independent Redistricting Commission.
You can download the revised regulations and a memo describing the changes. Full details are available on the Auditor’s website. Final comments on the proposed regulations are due on October 15th.
Those following Rose Institute news will note that [...]
The California State Auditor has posted a draft Commission application form online. Proposition 11, which created the Redistricting Commission to handle redistricting the state’s Legislative and Board of Equalization districts in 2011, assigned the application and initial selection process to the State Auditor’s office.
The Auditor is encouraging feedback on the form and a public hearing will [...]
The Rose Institute is pleased to announce our next conference will be held October 15th, 2009.
The all-day conference will cover the financial and representational issues involved in the 2010 Census and 2011 Congressional, Legislative, and local redistricting of California.
Titled “Redistricting, The 2010 Census, and Your Budget: Changes and Challenges for California Governments,” the conference will be [...]
On August 10th, the Wall Street Journal unfortunately ran a factually inaccurate op-ed piece written by John Baker and Elliott Stonecipher entitled “Our Unconstitutional Census.”
The authors wanted to discuss whether illegal immigrants should be counted in the Census and for Congressional reapportionment. As an academic with a keen (some say obsessive) interest in the Census, I was interested to read [...]
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