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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Last week the government of Santa Clara County settled out of court with the nonprofit watchdog group First Amendment Coalition, finishing a three year fight over access to the County’s electronic maps. The County had tried to charge the group what might have amounted to $250,000 for access to the mapping information that is usually [...]
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 [...]
California’s State Senate district 19 is another example of County elections officials posting more up to date results than are available from the Secretary of State. The district is comprised of territory in Los Angeles County, Santa Barbara County, and Ventura County. Democratic candidate Hannah Beth Jackson led Tony Strickland in the early counts, but [...]
The following article is from our Spring, 2008 newsletter:
As summer approaches, we finalize spring semester projects and reflect upon another great year at the Rose Institute. We give a big thank you to our class of 2008 student managers, Pierce Rossum and Emily Pears, who have led us to the Rose Institute’s 35th year. Peter [...]
From the James Fee GIS Blog:
If this working “on-demand” model were available it would be a gold-mine for political interest groups and consumer marketing firms.
I’m loving certain, simple aspects of the GovTrack site. The Open Planning Project gives the website a wee bit of assistance. See their GeoServer Project.
The following article is from our Fall, 2007 newsletter:
The 2007-2008 school year marks a pivotal moment for the Kosmont-Rose Institute Cost of Doing Business Survey, as the management team continues to develop last year’s improvements. In fall 2006, student manager Emily Pears and Kosmont Manager Ritika Puri succeeded in cutting data collection time in half. [...]
The following article is from our Fall, 2007 newsletter:
One of the principal reasons the Rose Institute has been so successful in educating our students in critical thinking skills, problem solving, presentation abilities, and the fundamentals of public policy is that we land major grants and contracts from real-life clients who expect that the research findings [...]
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