ThinkProgress quoted Christian Grose of the USC Dornsife College about the role of early presidential primaries in winnowing the field. “I do think the early states will help winnow the field,” Christian Grose, a professor at University of Southern California (USC), told ThinkProgress. Grose noted that even if 10 candidates drop out by the time…
Another bonus episode! Host Lisa discusses Professor Manuel Pastor’s latest book, State of Resistance. The book looks at the last several decades of economic, social, and environmental transformations in California. Pastor then looks to the future to ask what these transformations can predict for the larger United States.
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CBC Radio Canada quoted Christian Grose of the USC Dornsife College about California’s shift more to the left with Gavin Newsom as the state’s governor. California’s new governor seems “a little bit more partisan” than his predecessor, Jerry Brown, according to Christian Grose, a political scientist at the University of Southern California who studies partisanship. Full article here
The Sacramento Bee published commentary by Dana Goldman and Richard Green of the USC Price School on California’s need for public infrastructure in lieu of a high-speed rail. Current financing comes from $9 billion in state bonds and $3.5 billion in federal grants. But under Brown’s leadership, California has failed to address its other unfunded infrastructure needs, they wrote.
CNBC quoted Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of the USC Price School on Rep. Devin Nunes, who chairs the House Intelligence Committee.
KPCC-FM interviewed Richard Green of the USC Lusk Center on homeownership in California.
Los Angeles Times quoted Lisa Schweitzer of the USC Price School on the likely opposition to a bullet train traveling 220 miles per hour through California cities like Bakersfield, Fresno and Palmdale.
Bloomberg quoted Christian Grose of the USC Dornsife College on the likelihood that the Democratic party will pick up a few seats in the House in November.
NPR’s “All Things Considered” interviewed Christian Grose of the USC Dornsife College about California’s top-two primary system.
The San Diego Union-Tribune cited research by Richard Green of the USC Lusk Center on the number of housing units needed to lower the cost of housing in California. However, to actually lower the cost of housing, the state would need to add roughly 2.5 million new units by 2025, or roughly 357,000 a year,…