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In 1973, businesswoman and lawyer, feminist and activist Edessa Rose founded the Rose Institute of State and Local Government as a part of Claremont McKenna College to address issues specific to California’s state and local governments.
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07/04/2023
On June 21, 2023, Director Ken Miller presented to the San Gabriel Valley City Manager’s Association the recently-released report of a study on California City Managers conducted by the Rose Institute. The report presents the results of a survey conducted by the Rose Institute in early 2023 collecting data on average tenure, background, and education of California’s city managers. Read the full report using the link in our bio!
03/29/2023
Last Friday, Rose Institute and The Olson Company hosted a symposium on California state and city housing policy. The symposium was moderated by Governor Gray Davis, and the panel included current and former CA state and local government officials. The discussion shed light on the complexity and difficulties surrounding California’s housing problem.
03/17/2023
Yesterday, The Economist published an article on Texas’s economic boom. The article quotes Professor Miller about the similarities between present-day Texas and California in the mid-twentieth century. Check out the article using the following link: https://www.economist.com/briefing/2023/03/16/texass-latest-boom-is-its-biggest-yet
03/10/2023
Mark your calendars! The Rose Institute is co-sponsoring a Housing Policy Symposium moderated by Governor Gray Davis on March 24. Make sure to RSVP!
02/10/2023
Check out a article covering the Rose-Kosmont Cost of Doing Business Survey findings regarding CA businesses moving to NV.
Explore the CODBS findings at:
http://roseinstitute.org/costofdoingbusiness/
Read the LA Times article at:
https://latimes.com/politics/story/2023-02-09/northern-nevada-reno-california-business-housing
01/21/2023
LA Times featured a CMC-Rose Institute Poll which Professor Andrew Sinclair directed. Check out the article and the poll in our bio.
01/18/2023
Since its publication, the Kosmont-Rose report has been featured in multiple news reports and articles across CA and beyond. The Los Angeles Business Journal provided a comprehensive summary of the Kosmont-Rose report’s history and most recent findings. Articles coming out of cities such as Dallas, TX and Reno, NV highlighted their high rankings as inexpensive cities to do business in. ABC 2 News in Texas featured the report in their Business Report section. For more, read the whole report at roseinstitute.org/costofdoingbusiness
01/18/2023
Since its publication, the Kosmont-Rose report has been featured in multiple news reports and articles across CA and beyond. The Los Angeles Business Journal provided a comprehensive summary of the Kosmont-Rose report’s history and most recent findings. Articles coming out of cities such as Dallas, TX and Reno, NV highlighted their high rankings as inexpensive cities to do business in. ABC 2 News in Texas featured the report in their Business Report section. See some of our features at the link in our bio. For more, read the whole report at roseinstitute.org/costofdoingbusiness
12/23/2022
The Rose Institute of State and Local Government is pleased to present the 2022 Kosmont-Rose Institute Cost of Doing Business Survey. Analyzing seven variables for 158 cities in the western United States, including a selection of 118 California cities (mostly in the Los Angeles metropolitan area and inland Southern California), the Survey ranks the cities from most costly to least for each variable and also offers a composite ranking.
View the full report here: http://roseinstitute.org/costofdoingbusiness/
12/23/2022
The Rose Institute of State and Local Government is pleased to present the 2022 Kosmont-Rose Institute Cost of Doing Business Survey. Analyzing seven variables for 158 cities in the western United States, including a selection of 118 California cities (mostly in the Los Angeles metropolitan area and inland Southern California), the Survey ranks the cities from most costly to least for each variable and also offers a composite ranking.
View the full report here:
Kosmont-Rose Institute 2022 Cost of Doing Business Survey | The Rose Institute of State and Local Government Kosmont-Rose Institute 2022 Cost of Doing Business SurveyThe Rose Institute of State and Local Government is pleased to present the 2022 Kosmont-Rose Institute Cost of Doing Business Survey. The Rose Institute began working with the Kosmont Companies 20 years ago to produce a cost of doing business....
11/16/2022
cites our poll in their recent article "Why Trump is Favored to Win the 2024 Primary." Our results found that Trump led DeStantis 55 to 33 percent when compared to other candidates such as Gov. Nikki Haley or Gov. Greg Abbott.
Click the link in our bio to read the full article.
11/16/2022
FiveThirtyEight cites our poll in their recent article "Why Trump is Favored to Win the 2024 Primary." Our results found that Trump led DeStantis 55 to 33 percent when compared to other candidates such as Gov. Nikki Haley or Gov. Greg Abbott.
Why Trump Is Favored To Win The 2024 Republican Presidential Primary We don’t even know every result of 2022 yet, but the 2024 election has already begun. On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump announced that he would seek a s…
11/07/2022
Red vs. Blue States: Competing Visions for 2022 and 2024 | The Rose Institute of State and Local Government Red vs. Blue States: Competing Visions for 2022 and 2024Released on November 4, 2022 by J. Andrew Sinclair, Ph.D. & Kenneth P. Miller, J.D., Ph.D. Download PDF Competing Visions in the Nation’s Largest States The governors of the nation’s four largest states, California, Texas, Florida, and N...
11/07/2022
CA voters: as you continue to get your ballots in today and tomorrow, check out our Video Voter Guide series for a quick, informative, and non-partisan explanation of all the propositions on the ballot.
Visit our profile for the full videos or our website:
2022 Video Voter Guide | The Rose Institute of State and Local Government 2022 Video Voter Guide Californians are facing decisions on seven statewide ballot propositions in November 2022. The Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College produced this online Video Voter Guide to give voters an objective, easy-to-understand summary of these prop...
11/02/2022
Our new CMC-Rose Institute Poll finds that Pennsylvania voters think Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman is more relatable, more competent and more likely to take on economic and intellectual elites than Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz.
Read the full report here: https://roseinstitute.org/2022-pa/
Today we highlight the final proposition on the CA November ballot and our last video in the Video Voter series: Prop 31.
Prop. 31 is a referendum that gives the voters the chance to approve or reject a recent bill passed by the legislature that would ban the sale of flavored to***co products in California.
For more information, visit videovoter.org
10/24/2022
Join us on Friday Oct 28 for lunch at the Athenaeum to hear from PPIC president and survey director Mark Baldassare as he discusses the CA November election, public opinion, and policy issues that will shape California's future.
Register for the event at the Athenaeum website and view all upcoming Rose-sponsored talks at roseinstitute.org/speaker-series/
The purpose of Prop. 30 is twofold. First, it would seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by funding zero emissions vehicle (ZEV) incentives, including subsidies to purchase or lease ZEVs as well as funding for infrastructure to support the deployment of ZEVs, like charging stations.
Second, it would seek to prevent wildfires primarily by hiring and training more firefighters and engaging in other wildfire mitigation efforts. These new programs would be paid for by a tax increase of 1.75% on people with personal income over $2 million.
For more information, visit videovoter.org
Prop. 29 would implement new standards and regulations for dialysis clinics in California, including a requirement that dialysis clinics maintain at least one qualified health care worker on site while patients are being treated.
For more information, visit http://roseinstitute.org/video-voter-guide
Prop. 29 would implement new standards and regulations for dialysis clinics in California, including a requirement that dialysis clinics maintain at least one qualified health care worker on site while patients are being treated.
For more information, visit http://roseinstitute.org/video-voter-guide/
Prop. 28 would require California to fund arts and music education in K-12 public schools by an amount equal to one percent of the state government’s total spending on public schools from the previous year.
For more information, visit http://roseinstitute.org/video-voter-guide/
Prop. 27 would legalize and tax online sports gambling in California. After accounting for the state’s administrative expenses, 85% of the tax revenue from sports gambling would go to a new California state fund focusing on preventing homelessness and addressing gambling addiction. The remaining 15% would be used to support California Native American tribes that do not participate in online sports wagering.
For more information, visit http://roseinstitute.org/video-voter-guide/
Today we are looking at Prop. 26, that would allow in-person sports gambling at tribal casinos and horse racetracks, as well as additional gambling games such as craps and roulette at tribal casinos.
For more information, visit http://roseinstitute.org/video-voter-guide/
Today we are highlighting our Video Voter Guide for Proposition 1. Prop 1 would amend California’s Constitution to expressly prohibit the state from denying or interfering with an individual’s reproductive rights, including the right to choose to have an abortion or to choose or refuse contraceptives.
For more information, visit http://roseinstitute.org/video-voter-guide/
Today we are highlighting our Video Voter Guide for Proposition 1. Prop. 1 would amend California’s Constitution to expressly prohibit the state from denying or interfering with an individual’s reproductive rights, including the right to choose to have an abortion or to choose or refuse contraceptives.
For more information, visit http://roseinstitute.org/video-voter-guide/
10/06/2022
We are happy to announce that our 2022 Video Voter Guide for the CA election is live!
This series, created by a team of talented Research Assistants and led by Marshall Bessey '23, provides an easy to understand, nonpartisan overview of the propositions on the CA ballot this election cycle.
Visit http://roseinstitute.org/video-voter-guide/ to watch these videos and share them with friends and family as we approach the CA election.
09/14/2022
Join us on November 16th at the Athenaeum to hear from Larry Mantle P’23, parent of one of our very own Student Managers this year, as he discusses how talk radio has evolved in his 37 year career, and how talk radio influences our political, cultural, and social issues today. This talk is co-sponsored by the Rose and Dreier Roundtable.
Register for the event on the Athenaeum’s website, and view all upcoming Rose sponsored talks at: http://roseinstitute.org/speaker-series/
08/22/2022
We're proud to have Eric Figueroa '92, P'21, as the newest member of our Board of Governors!
Serving as the City Manager of Martinez since 2019 and guiding its City Council through the COVID-19 pandemic, Figueroa is one of the San Francisco Bay Area's top local government leaders.
After graduating from Claremont McKenna, Figueroa served as San Ramon's assistant city manager for nearly five years and also worked for the League of California Cities as a Regional Director. He is now the incoming president of the League's City Managers Department.
Figueroa’s experiences at Claremont McKenna prepared him for leadership in the public sector. While an undergraduate, he interned with the City of Los Altos and the U.S. Senate Budget Committee. He is also the proud parent of a recent CMC graduate and two other children.
“I am thrilled to take a position on the board of the Rose Institute. Claremont McKenna excels at building responsible future leaders, and the Rose is a major contributor to that mission," noted Figueroa. "I look forward to serving the students and staff for years to come.”
“Eric is an outstanding practitioner who will bring real-world insights to our research,” said Rose Director Ken Miller. “The board continues to add new members with diverse backgrounds and viewpoints to enrich the institute’s student experience and policy analysis.”
08/16/2022
Say hello to Lisa Pitney CMC ’89, vice president of government relations for the Walt Disney Company and the newest member of our Board of Governors!
Pitney has worked for Disney since 1996. She has also served on the boards of numerous organizations, including the Public Policy Institute of California, the Valley Industry and Commerce Association, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce.
She also has had a long association with Claremont McKenna, having graduated Phi Beta Kappa before earning a Master of Public Policy degree from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Additionally, Pitney is married to John J. Pitney, Jr., CMC's Roy P. Crocker Professor of Politics, with whom she has two children.
“My career has involved the interaction of business, government, and local communities. Rarely have I seen an institute like the Rose that is so adept at preparing undergraduates for careers in these overlapping fields,” stated Pitney. “I am eager to join the board of the Rose and contribute to its mission.”
“With her experience in the corporate government relations sector, Lisa has strong insights into public policy, as well as the business community’s responses to changing policies. Plus, she has a national viewpoint, having overseen Disney’s government relations efforts in multiple states,” said Rose Institute Director Ken Miller. “Her involvement with our board will bring tremendous value to both our research and the development of our students.”
08/09/2022
Let's give a warm welcome to Sean Elsbernd '97, the newest member of our Board of Governors!
Sean began his public service career as a Rose Institute research assistant, becoming a Student Manager in his senior year. He has served in a variety of crucial roles since then, including two elected terms on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, six years as Senator Dianne Feinstein's State Director, and now as San Francisco Mayor London Breed's Chief of Staff.
"Sean is an important addition to our Rose Board of Governors," noted Director Ken Miller. "His efforts to help San Francisco navigate big challenges have given him wisdom that he can share freely with our student and faculty researchers."
The Rose Board of Governors provides strategic advice to the Institute and works closely with our faculty and students. It is composed of distinguished leaders across government, business, and the press. Visit roseinstitute.org to learn more about Sean and the rest of our Board of Governors!
06/27/2022
On Saturday, the Los Angeles Times interviewed Rose Institute Director Kenneth Miller about Texas and California's increasingly divergent approaches to reproductive rights, gun control, and other major issues. Visit https://tinyurl.com/43uz6jz6 to read more!
In an America divided by abortion, guns and COVID, California and Newsom seize the moment California's governor clearly embraces his rise as a dominant, resonating voice for Democratic states nationwide
06/14/2022
This morning, Rose Faculty Advisor Andrew Sinclair spoke on KPCC's AirTalk with Larry Mantle about the unique structure and impact of California's top-two primary. Visit tinyurl.com/airtalk6142022 to learn more!
06/06/2022
California’s Primary Election is here! Check out our new Q&A explaining various aspects of the state’s top-two election system, ranging from its intended benefits for independent voters to its unique impact on elections such as the 2012 House race in .
http://roseinstitute.org/qa_ca_top-two/
Rose Institute Q&A: CA’s Top-Two Election System | The Rose Institute of State and Local Government Rose Institute Q&A: CA’s Top-Two Election System Download Full Report Rose Institute of State & Local Government Claremont McKenna College Prepared by: Andrew Sinclair, Assistant Professor of Government | [email protected] With the assistance of: Catherine Murphy, CMC ’24; Bryn Miller, CMC ’19...
05/26/2022
California continues to lose population, according to recent estimates by the California Department of Finance. After its first annual population loss in 2020 (182,083 residents), the state lost another 117,552 people in 2021.
Our new map, produced by Rose Institute researcher Thomas Short, shows that the population loss is concentrated in the state’s urban coastal areas (the San Francisco Bay Area and metro Los Angeles). Some rural and inland areas, including Riverside and San Bernardino Counties in the Inland Empire, saw modest population gains in 2021. Please visit roseinstitute.org/rose-institute-california-population-change-map/ to learn more about California’s population gains and losses down to the county level!
05/14/2022
With one last day until CMC's commencement, let's honor one last pair of Rose seniors. Jensen, Adhitya, and everyone else graduating from the Rose tomorrow: thank you for everything that you have contributed to our community and our work. We're so proud of you all, and please keep in touch!
05/12/2022
Today, we're honoring another pair of our seniors. Nohl Patterson and Henry Schulz arrived at the Rose as sophomores and quickly made the most of their time here. Be sure to wish each of them a happy commencement!
05/12/2022
Just three more days until commencement! Today, we're celebrating Gait and Robin.
Ever since our founding in 1973, the Rose Institute has published numerous studies about demographics, redistricting, regulations, public finance, and other key issues. We are proud leaders in tracking, discussing, and shaping policy in California.
Visit http://roseinstitute.org/about/history/ to find out more!
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