The Golden State Center for Policy Studies is located in California's capital city, Sacramento. Led by Eloise Anderson, its purpose is to draw on the Institute's scholarship and research for practical application to the policies of the nation's largest and most influential state.
News
- Victor Davis Hanson Named Fellow in California Studies
Victor Davis Hanson, author of Autumn of War, and Carnage and Culture, has just been named a Fellow in California Studies at the Claremont Institute.
Recent Items
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Schwarzenegger on the State of the State
Ken Masugi analyzes California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's state of the state address, and finds it promising for the issue of budget reform. -
On the Road to a Safe and Secure California, Proposition 66 Is the Wrong Route
On November 2, Californians will be asked to vote on Proposition 66, a measure that would seriously weaken the Golden State's highly effective Three Strikes law. Fellows Edward J. Erler and Brian P. Janiskee make the case for three-strikes in a new paper, available now for download. -
Recovering Good Government in the Golden State
The fiscal crisis plaguing California stems from a simple problem—government attempting to do too much and spend too much. Eloise Anderson, Brian Janiskee, and Lindsay White offer common sense proposals for addressing the state's fiscal crisis. -
The Latest Democratic Tax Plan is Boldest Yet
Key California Democrats want to raise both the tobacco and income taxes before the Oct. 7 recall. These tax hikes, they argue, would require only a simple majority vote of each chamber of the Legislature. Nonsense, says Brian Janiskee. And unconstitutional nonsense at that. -
Letter to the Editor of the Los Angeles Times
In the November 25, 2002, Los Angeles Times, George Skelton takes aim at the party system, and the Constitution that parties were formed to protect, explains Claremont Institute Vice President Thomas Krannawitter. -
California's Expensive Propositions
In the spirit of our goldrush past, Californians have taken great financial risks with recent bond measures, writes Institute fellow Brian Janiskee. -
A Political Forecast
The California Constitution favors big government and may be the biggest obstacle to building a majority political party on the principles of freedom and limited government, writes Vice President Thomas Krannawitter. -
Al Qaedism
What happens when radical a Islamic terror network becomes an icon for American criminal sub-cultures? Claremont Institute Fellow in California Studies Victor Davis Hanson writes on the disturbing symptoms of "Al Quadism". -
California's Drug War Deception
California's biennial barrage of initiatives include an initiative that would allow first time drug offenders treatment instead of incarceration. Institute Vice President and Director of the Golden State Center Brian Kennedy describes the policy implications of Proposition 36. -
Making Sense of California's Electricity Mess
Until the State of California fully embraces free market reforms in utilities, electric bills will remain high. Vice President of Claremont Institute Brian T. Kennedy explains why. -
A Modest Proposal for Gun Control
As Americans we should direct our gun laws, not against armed, law-abiding citizens, but against those criminal elements who use guns as the instrument of their terror and violence. -
A Brainless Anti-Discrimination Bill
We should not sacrifice our children, in the face of what we know is best for them and for society, on the altar of radical ideology. -
Critics of California's $7 Million Welfare Penalty Miss the Point
California's welfare laws should incorporate the kind of tough sanctions that have proved so successful in reducing welfare dependency in other states. -
Direct Democracy in California
The California initiative process is something a voter can really sink his teeth into. But no one should want to make a steady diet of it, writes senior fellow Charles Kesler. -
California's Drug War Deception
California's biennial barrage of initiatives include an initiative that would allow first time drug offenders treatment instead of incarceration. Institute Vice President and Director of the Golden State Center Brian Kennedy describes the policy implications of Proposition 36. -
Phonics Triumphant? Traditional Reading Gets a Big Boost in California
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A Bad Solution to Low Turnout
Is last minute voter registration the answer to low turnout? Senior fellow Larry Peterman writes on this expensive new proposition, which will only lead to partisan advantages, voter fraud, and ultimately more voter discontent.
