The Rose Report

Thanks to Shane Goldmacher of Capitol Alert for the link:
Redistricting is an inherently political process, as the adage goes.
So Brian Olson, a computer programmer whose Web site says he works for Google, designed a computer program to automatically draw district boundaries based on the principle that allows people to “have the lowest average distance to [...]

Thanks to Kevin Roderick at LA Observed, Mike Spence at the Flashreport, and Steven Greenhut at the Orange Punch for the links to my post on the California Republican Divide.
The Secretary of State’s office officially says it knows about 553,323 ballots that still remain to be counted.
But the real number is obviously much higher, as [...]

A blog that recently linked to us is part of an attempt to produce a documentary film called “Gerrymandering.” See their website and MySpace page, especially their slideshow of Congressional Districts.

Paul Silver of the Moderate Voice mentioned us last week:
California and Arizona are both preparing to vote on redistricting plans aiming to reduce political distortions.
The California version focuses on trying to keep cities and counties contiguous, rather than broken up into obscure gerrymandered shapes. Perhaps these new districts can be made more competitive for candidates [...]

Thanks to Jeff of Gerrymandering Documentary for the link to our Gerrymandering Hall of Shame.  He might also enjoy the first installment of our modern art masterpiece series.

The Attack Machine blog posts quotes from an article on our annual Kosmont-Rose Cost of Doing Business Survey:
Recent business surveys by Kosmont & Associates, a private consulting group, and the Rose Institute at Claremont McKenna College rank the city as the second most expensive in which to do business in California.Larry Kosmont, co-author of the [...]

Thanks to Kim Pearson for the link.

Jack Santucci at The Democratic Piece says:
As the 2010 US census nears, redistricting and reapportionment enter the news. CMC’s Rose Institute has pulled together a handful of snippets concerned with redistricting reform. For others, the apportionment question is equally interesting. How will 435 House seats be reshuffled among states whose relative populations have changed?
Realist from [...]

Thanks to KQED’s John Myers of the Capitol Notes blog for the link; check out his comments on the post below:
Whether this research turns out to be valid remains unknown… but just a quick glance at the California map suggests that like-minded people aren’t bound by traditional borders. And that’s one of the challenges for [...]

A belated thanks to Shane Goldmacher from the Sacramento Bee’s Capitol Alert. Last week Goldmacher recommended The Rose Report as a “top blog covering the California political scene.” The Rose Report is now a link on the Capitol Alert website.