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Listen: Episode 195: Profiles in (Executive) Courage

Listen: Episode 195: Profiles in (Executive) Courage

Netflix execs handle/mishandle an employee walkout over the streaming service’s latest Chappelle special. In-N-Out tells San Francisco no, its employees won’t play the role of “vaccination police.” Elon Musk says he moved Tesla HQ to Texas in part because of Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez’s tweet in which she swore at him. President Biden shows how little...

By Will Swaim

Parents Marched on Sacramento and Across the State to Protest Student Vaccination Mandate

Parents Marched on Sacramento and Across the State to Protest Student Vaccination Mandate

Thousands of parents and students took part in a school walkout across the state on Monday protesting Governor Newsom’s school vaccine mandate. Many of them came to the state Capitol in Sacramento for a rally called “Our Children, Our Choice,” and many more rallied in their home districts, leaving some school districts to mark notable...

By Brandon Ristoff

Reining in rogue educators

Reining in rogue educators

To ensure transparency, all classroom lessons should be recorded. Over the past year, there have been many suggestions as to how concerned parents could deal with the “woke” agenda that has become all too prevalent in our nation’s classrooms. Most recently, a new group, Parents Unite, held a conference in which several fight-back strategies for...

By Larry Sand

California dystopia update, October 2021 edition

California dystopia update, October 2021 edition

Even with an infusion of new state and federal funds, the San Francisco Unified School District got a grim warning on Sept. 15 from the state Department of Education: a state takeover loomed unless district officials offered a plausible plan to wipe out $116 million in red ink by Dec. 15. Even as enrollment plunges...

By Chris Reed

Tesla Departure Will Kick California Exodus to High Gear

Tesla Departure Will Kick California Exodus to High Gear

Elon Musk made waves last week when he announced during a shareholder meeting that Tesla Motors will move its headquarters from Palo Alto, California to Austin, Texas.  While Tesla’s move in particular isn’t terribly surprising (the company announced last year that its new gigafactory will be located in Austin, and Musk himself recently relocated there...

By Brandon Ristoff

Honest satire

Honest satire

Last week, the satirical website The Babylon Bee published an article proclaiming, “kids form union and donate millions to Newsom so they won’t have to get vaccinated.”  As with any good parody, this piece centered on truth: the most effective voices in California’s education system are teachers unions, because they have a lot of money....

Listen: Episode 194: Mind If We Smoke?

Listen: Episode 194: Mind If We Smoke?

National Review’s Radio Free California Podcast Episode 194 “Government mismanagement of California’s forests is making Americans everywhere sick. San Francisco is killing its black residents. Gavin Newsom makes mail-in ballots permanent, hands over Manhattan Beach property he says was stolen from its black owners in 1924, signs off on ethnic studies requirements for high schoolers,...

By Will Swaim

Activist parents are painted as terrorists

Activist parents are painted as terrorists

America’s public schools and its education leaders are under an immediate threat from parents, according to the National School Boards Association and Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland. In a story straight out of the “No matter how cynical I get, I just can’t keep up” file, the National School Boards Association sent a letter to President...

By Larry Sand

Listen: Episode 193: Oil, Academic Toil, and FBI Trouble

Listen: Episode 193: Oil, Academic Toil, and FBI Trouble

The Southern California oil spill reveals the immediate need to drill on land. U.S. attorney general Merrick Garland pours gasoline on the fire of public debate around masks, vaccines, and racial reckoning in the nation’s public schools. L.A. will require vaccination proof for all indoor spaces. A UCLA business prof suspended for “racism” fights back....

By Will Swaim

Domestic terrorists?

Domestic terrorists?

If there’s a silver lining to be found in the way teachers’ unions robbed a year-and-a-half of learning from students, it’s that parents across the country have become more engaged in their children’s education. For months, we’ve seen parents band together to ask more of their school districts, and not a week goes by without...

By Lance Christensen

The California Exodus Explained

The California Exodus Explained

Who is leaving California? A study by the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) has determined the type of people who are leaving California. While the media has been mostly focusing on the wealthiest people, the people who have actually left the state are typically lower and middle class people and tend to be under the...

By Brandon Ristoff

California’s children are property of the state

California’s children are property of the state

Mandatory vaccines and behind-your-back procedures are in the works. California has a long history of “firsts.” The Golden State was home to the first computer, the first movie theater and importantly, the first martini. Sadly, the state is now leading the nation in abusing children. For starters, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a vaccine mandate last...

By Larry Sand

An indecent proposal

An indecent proposal

When reflecting on Governor Gavin Newsom’s recent recall victory, a friend of the California Policy Center reminded me of a scene in the film Indecent Proposal. Woody Harrelson’s character had just been left by the love of his life, who’d run off with another man. Before handing divorce papers over to his soon-to-be ex, played...

By Chantal Lovell

Newsom’s recall and big money

Newsom’s recall and big money

There was a time when California Democrats worried about money in politics. But that anxiety has eased with the rising tide of money — lots of money — flowing into Democrat political campaigns from government unions. It’s important to note that campaign donations do not work in a recall as they do in a traditional...

By Brandon Ristoff