by Justine Dodgen Edward D. Kleinbard’s solution to America’s economic inequality might seem pretty revolutionary. Last month, The LA Times quoted Kleinbard as saying, “the left sees me as a Wall Street Journal Satanist, and the right as a stealth Marxian bent on destroying free enterprise.” When you have a plan Read more…
by Jeremy Loudenback It’s clear that even after a historic election victory in June, not everybody is ready for Robert Garcia, Long Beach’s first Latino, and openly gay mayor as well as the youngest person to ever hold the position. “I just had a breakfast meeting where someone thought I was Read more…
by Justine Dodgen and Raphael Bostic Reading Rainbow’s LeVar Burton One in four children in America is functionally illiterate, according to LeVar Burton, host and executive producer of the well-known children’s show, Reading Rainbow. Many recent studies have pointed out that America has fallen from the top ranks of educational standards, Read more…
View more photos of the event here. Price Research Center Collaborative November 18, 2014 The Price Research Collaborative aims to foster critical discussion about both specific policy areas as well as the ways in which those policy areas are being implemented. This collaborative brings together the Bedrosian Center on Governance and Read more…
by Justine Dodgen On October 26, Tunisia held free and fair elections to choose a new representative parliament for the first time since the Jasmine Revolution occurred in 2011. More than half of Tunisia’s population voted among thousands of candidates from more than 100 political parties for the People’s Assembly’s Read more…
by Jeremy Loudenback California is finding that the path toward creating more compact, transit-oriented developments is not always a smooth ride. Over the past couple of years, California has inaugurated new policies many hope will incentivize developers to build more in denser urban areas and lead to developments that prioritize transit, Read more…
Resh, William; Siddiki, Saba; McConnell, Will R. Does the Network Centrality of Government Actors Matter? Examining the Role of Government Organizations in Aquaculture Partnerships. Review of Policy Research, 11/2014, Volume 31, Issue 6. Abstract The growth in the use of collaborative governance arrangements has been accompanied by burgeoning scholarship in the Read more…
Resh, William G. Appointee–Careerist Relations in the Presidential Transition of 2008?2009. Presidential Studies Quarterly, 12/2014, Volume 44, Issue 4. Abstract This research takes a different approach from most studies of presidential transitions by examining transition preparations from the unique perspective of the career bureaucrats that provide a critical connection between transitions and Read more…
Conversations about governance, policy, and leadership November 11, 2014 12:00pm to 1:00pm Lunch with a Leader provides students with the opportunity to hear ideas from local, state, and national leaders as well as share their ideas and gain inspiration for effective governance in an enjoyable, informal setting. Robert Garcia, Mayor Read more…
by Sherry Bebitch Jeffe Nationally, a predicted narrow GOP take-over of the U.S. Senate came closer to a bone fide rout. And Republicans increased their majority in the House. What happened? Why? What does it mean to politics and policy in the run-up to the 2016 Presidential election? One thing Read more…
by Jeremy Loudenback Just in time for the weekend, here’s a governance-related wrap-up of the midterm elections held earlier this week: National As Tuesday night’s elation fades, the GOP has its work cut out for it: http://wapo.st/1Eck9UU Was it former pig castrator’s Joni Ernst’s spot or the “Say Yes to the Dress” spoofs? Best and worst Read more…
by Jeremy Loudenback The book of disappointing mayors is a long one. The ledgers are full of entries on bumbling bribe-takers, sexually harassing hizzoners, influence peddlers, and kickback artists, with a special section devoted to the crack-smoking shenanigans of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. Great leaders, unfortunately, are much harder to come Read more…
#TBT No, silly, that’s not former Washington Bullets star Chris Webber. It’s Price Prof. BILL RESH, leading a hip-hop band (“…something akin to the Roots meets Rage Against the Machine,” he says) during his W. Virginia undergrad days! He gave up his music devotees but will consider new public policy Read more…
Center Director, Raphael Bostic and Bedrosian Faculty Affiliates, Elizabeth Graddy, Pamela McCann, Juliet Musso, William Resh, and Christopher Weare among others, are presenting at this year’s Association for Public Policy Analysis and Managment (APPAM) Fall Conference in Albuquerque, NM this week. Raphael Bostic will be participating in the following roundtables: The Read more…
by Justine Dodgen As many of us are aware, climate change is a key public policy issue that has been garnering greater attention in recent years. According to Dr. Shui-Yan Tang, Professor of Public Administration at the USC Price School and Dr. Myungjung Kwon, Professor at California State University, Fullerton, local Read more…
by Jeremy Loudenback This past June, Robert Garcia shattered three glass ceilings. Garcia made history by becoming the first Latino and the first openly gay mayor of Long Beach by triumphing in a runoff election on June 3. At 36, he is also the youngest person to serve as mayor in Read more…
Arthur Acoca Acolin will be presenting a paper at the ACSP conference: Who Owns Boston’s and Philadelphia’s Chinatowns: Neighborhood Preservation and Changes in Two Ethnic Enclaves Abstract: This article describes changes in the patterns of property ownership in Philadelphia’s and Boston’s historic downtown Chinatowns over the last decade (2003-2013) and compares them to Read more…
Danielle Williams will be presenting at the APPAM Fall Research Conference: Evaluating the Academic and Behavioral Impact of “School in the Park.” Abstract: Arts enrichment programs that leverage existing community cultural institutions such as museums, zoos, and theaters have the potential to improve students’ educational experiences. This paper estimates the impact Read more…
Vincent Reina will be presenting a paper at the APPAM Fall Research Conference: Are They Protected? a National Analysis of What Happens to Subsidized Tenants When an Owner Opts out Abstract: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) financed roughly 850,000 units of housing through the project-based Section 8 program. Read more…
by Jeremy Loudenback On the eve of another election in America, we would like to take a minute to highlight the importance of voting access. So for our October Best and Worst in Governance, we call attention to those states who are moving forward with good ideas to bring more of Read more…
by Peter Robertson “Most voters still think Congress is doing a poor job and believe most of its members only get reelected because a fix is in.” Over 80 percent of those surveyed disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job, and the majority of the respondents to a recent Read more…