UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORT Institute of Governmental Studies Summer 2012/Vol. 53, No. 1 Politics and Scholarship at IGS INSIDE High Court Cites IGS Research – 3 The 2011–12 academic year saw IGS continue its long tradition of connecting the New Gardner Fellows – 4 practical political world with Cal’s trademark scholarship and research. Above, clockwise A Republican at Berkeley – 7 from top left: Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to an IGS class; winners of Synar and Percy Funding Student Research – 10 student research grants; Congresswoman Doris Matsui, with Controller John Chiang and Cali- Matsui Center Dedicated – 12 fornia Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu, cuts a ribbon on the renovated Matsui Center; 9/11 Ten Years Later – 14 U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin along with legendary pollsters Peter Hart and Merv Field at the IGS Salon Sen. Durbin at Salon Gala – 16 Gala; former state Sen. Dick Ackerman, an IGS Legislator-in-Residence, tours the Capitol Speakers at IGS – 22 with Cal-in-Sacramento Fellows; IGS Director Jack Citrin and his former student, Sacra- Ideas on California Reform – 26 mento Mayor Kevin Johnson, at the Gala; and Matsui Washington Fellow Megan Blanchard Jerry Brown’s Path to the Capitol – 28 enjoys an event in the IGS Library. The IGS Honor Roll – 30 Copyright © 2012 by the Regents of the University of California ISSN 0033-3417 UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY INST. OF GOVERNMENTAL STUDIES 109 Moses Hall #2370 Berkeley, California 94720-2370 510 642-1473 DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE FAX 510-642-3020 http://.igs.berkeley.edu [email protected] debate healthcare. Anyone spending much time at IGS this year heard a lot of very smart people ADMINISTRATION talking about very important issues. Jack Citrin, Director Marc Levin, Associate Director As always, our work bene¿ted students. The Barbara Campbell, Management Matsui Center sent student interns to Washing- Services Officer ton, Sacramento, and southern California. We bid Nick Robinson, Library Director An Extraordinary Ethan Rarick, Director of Publications farewell to ¿ve graduate students who received Year at IGS their doctorates and moved on to notable academ- NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ic positions at MIT, Cal, UC Merced, USC, and Karen Getman Darius Anderson, Chair Syracuse. Our Synar and Percy grants provided Bill Brandt William E. Grayson Jack Citrin Peter A. Brightbill Peter D. Hart students with the ¿nancial resources to study a di- Stephen D. Burns David M. Howard verse array of topics, from the human aftermath of Bryan Cameron Robert W. Naylor Christopher J. Carr Daniel Pellissier the Iraq War to the interaction of American busi- David A. Carrillo Laurence Pelosi Looking back at the past academic year, I’m ness and labor in the middle of the 20th century. Kelly C. Calkin Heather Podesta struck by the many ways in which IGS accom- It was also an extraordinary year for the re- David Chai Karen Skelton Darek DeFreece Lisa Suennen plished one of its main goals—connecting the search program that lies at the heart of the IGS David DeGroot Duf Sundheim leaders of today with the leaders of tomorrow. mission. This winter the California Supreme Pamela Duffy Susie Swatt Take a look at the pictures on the cover of this is- Court cited a paper published by IGS in a criti- Bevan Dufty Christine Treadway Eric George Kris Van Giesen sue of the PAR. There are members of Congress, cal decision on the state’s new system of redis- statewide elected of¿cials, the mayor of a major tricting. That paper appeared in the California FACULTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE California city, a justice of the California Su- Journal of Politics and Policy, which we publish, Laura Stoker, Chair Steve Raphael preme Court—and there are the young faces of and which produced special issues this year on Irene Bloemraad Susan Rasky our students, future leaders who enjoyed a ¿rst- California electoral reform and the Obama health David A. Hollinger Eric Schickler Ann Keller David J. Vogel hand look at many of the most important issues care reforms. We published two books that touch Taeku Lee John C. Yoo facing our state and nation, whether by studying on issues of core importance to IGS—a history of The Institute of Governmental Studies’ Public in a classroom, conducting research, or work- the 2010 gubernatorial election and a case study Affairs Report is published annually. The ing in the nitty-gritty world of real politics. This on voter mobilization in California. Our semi- University of California’s primary center for interdisciplinary research in politics and public is precisely what IGS should be doing, and I’m nars and colloquia focused on current research in policy, the Institute was established in 1919. proud that we did it so well this year. American politics; political history; foreign and Its staff includes faculty with joint IGS and de- As you can see by reading the pages that defense policy; political psychology; and race, partmental appointments, research specialists, visiting scholars, and graduate students. Draw- follow, our line-up of visitors this year was truly ethnicity, and immigration. ing on the Institute’s major reference library, extraordinary. At the annual Salon Gala, U.S. All of this is possible only because of gener- they conduct research in public policy, public Sen. Dick Durbin spoke, while renowned Califor- ous help from our many donors and supporters. administration, American politics, urban prob- lems, federalism, technology and government, nia pollster Merv Field and Sacramento Mayor At the Salon Gala we recognized Darius and Sarah and regional development. (and Cal alum) Kevin Johnson received major IGS Anderson by naming our Distinguished Service Ethan Rarick, Editor awards. When we dedicated our expanded Mat- Award in their honor. Darius is the chairman of Maria Wolf, Assistant Editor sui Center, Congresswoman Doris Matsui was the our IGS National Advisory Council and teaches Read the PAR online at: featured guest, along with state Controller John a course on political leadership. The Andersons’ igs.berkeley.edu/publications/par/ Chiang and California Supreme Court Justice ongoing support of the Institute has been criti- Email us at: [email protected] Goodwin Liu. Our Cal-in-Sacramento Fellows met cal for our growth through the years. Later in the If you’d like to support the programs of the Gavin Newsom Institute, you can become a Friend of IGS by privately with Lt. Gov. , state Su- spring, we received a renewed multiyear ¿nancial sending a contribution to: perintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, commitment from Bill and Patrice Brandt, also long- Friends of IGS and California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye. time supporters of IGS. Bill is on the National c/o Inst. of Governmental Studies Other distinguished visitors included Justin Yifu Advisory Council, and Bill and Patrice founded 109 Moses Hall #2370 Lin, chief economist of the World Bank; noted po- our student research grants. Let me express my University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-2370 litical scientists Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann; deepest thanks to the Andersons and the Brandts. and Washington Post political writer Anne Korn- With their support—and that of the broader IGS Checks payable to UC Regents, or give online: igs.berkeley.edu/friends/ blut. And we brought together two of the nation’s community—I know that the Institute will con- leading constitutional scholars—Harvard’s Lau- tinue to be an exciting and dynamic place to study rence Tribe and the Cato Institute’s Roger Pilon— to the ways in which we govern ourselves. 2 Public Affairs Report Summer 2012 ment on the legislature-led redistricting of 2001. The new district Supreme Court Cites IGS Research boundaries kept more communities together and created more compact districts while at the same time increasing opportunities in Redistricting Decision for minority representation. These maps . have the potential to modestly increase competition in California elections and The practical impact of IGS research was evident this winter the responsiveness of the legislative branch to changing voter when the California Supreme Court, in a key decision regarding preferences.’” The high court also cited the IGS study in discussing the state’s new system of redistricting, cited a study published by the history of the redistricting that followed the 1980 census. the Institute. The justices cited the IGS study twice in declaring McGhee and Kogan found that the commission’s maps are that this fall’s state Senate elections will be conducted under maps less gerrymandered than the districts in place since 2001, and will drawn by the Citizens Redistricting Com- likely lead to more electoral vic- mission, which was created by voters to A Brave New World? tories for Democrats. The main take over the role of redistricting from the California’s ¿ndings of the study include: legislature and governor. A referendum Redistricting Experiment The maps give Democrats challenging the newly drawn districts has the opportunity to win several quali¿ed for the November ballot, and additional districts, particularly proponents of the referendum had argued in the congressional plan. How- that this year’s Senate elections should ever, these gains appear to come not use the new boundaries while they are primarily from reversing some of being challenged. the most egregious distortions in The study, “Redistricting California: Eric McGhee the 2001 plan, rather than from An Evaluation of the Citizens Commis- any effort on the part of the commission to stack the deck in favor sion Final Plans,” appeared in the California Journal of Politics of the Democratic Party. and Policy, which is published online by IGS. The authors were The districts drawn by the commission will increase oppor- Eric McGhee of the Public Policy Institute of California and Vlad tunities for minority representation.