Environmentalists Destroyed California’s Forests
Environmentalists Destroyed California’s Forests
Millions of acres of California forest have been blackened by wildfires this summer, leading to the usual angry denunciations from the usual quarters about climate change. But in 1999, the Associated Press reported that forestry experts had long agreed that “clearing undergrowth would save trees,” and that “years of aggressive firefighting have allowed brush to flourish that would have...
By Edward Ring
Union Backed Prop. 15 Will Destroy Small Businesses
Union Backed Prop. 15 Will Destroy Small Businesses
California’s state and local governments, and the public sector unions that exercise nearly absolute control over the politicians who supposedly oversee them, have always had an insatiable desire for higher taxes. The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has added even more urgency to their insatiable quest for more money from taxpayers, but through the...
By Edward Ring
Private School Primacy?
Private School Primacy?
It’s back-to-school decision time for many parents. With schools set to reopen, it’s time for parents to choose how best to proceed with their children’s education in our Covid-obsessed country. If there is no in-school option, how many will stick with online education from their local public school? And how many will opt to home...
By Larry Sand
Union Power is Behind Fullerton’s Push for Higher Taxes
Union Power is Behind Fullerton’s Push for Higher Taxes
Did you know your taxes are being used to advocate for more taxes? Well, not exactly. It’s against the law for public agencies to engage in “advocacy.” The people running these agencies who want to raise your taxes may only spend public funds in order to “communicate” with you about their proposals. And so they...
By Edward Ring
Could Parental Choice Swing the Election?
Could Parental Choice Swing the Election?
Education issues could be key in the presidential race. While government-run schooling has been the choice for a great majority of parents in recent times, change is on the horizon. The National Home Education Research Institute reports that 23 percent of parents who did not homeschool before the Covid-19 invasion indicated that they are now “very...
By Larry Sand
Prop. 16 is Real Racism to Combat Perceived Racism
Prop. 16 is Real Racism to Combat Perceived Racism
Lest anyone be tempted to suggest this analysis is written under a pretense of journalistic indifference, let’s make its ideological position clear: Affirmative action, preferential hiring or admissions, or legislatively enforced quotas of any kind – based on race, gender, religion, income, or anything else relating to an identifiable “group” – is counterproductive, if not...
By Edward Ring
The Audacity of Woke
The Audacity of Woke
While Covid-19 has a shelf life, “Woke-20” shows no sign of abating. With many schools across the country shuttered due to Covid-19, the woke zealots are in a bit of a snit. They can’t indoctrinate students with their one-sided radical views in the traditional classroom because, well, there is no classroom. Doing it online, you...
By Larry Sand
Will a Wealth Tax Make California’s Wealthy Flee?
Will a Wealth Tax Make California’s Wealthy Flee?
If you’re rich, there aren’t too many places on earth better than California to live. Sure, there are the perennial earthquakes and wildfires, but those are more than made up for by the Mediterranean climate and the scenic splendor; the Pacific Shore, the High Sierra. And apart from these natural disasters, nothing is wrong with...
By Edward Ring
When Approving a $7 Billion Bond Proposal, Did the LAUSD Board Violate the Brown Act?
When Approving a $7 Billion Bond Proposal, Did the LAUSD Board Violate the Brown Act?
As reported in the Beverly Press and elsewhere, the “the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education voted unanimously to place a $7 billion school construction bond issue on the November ballot which would allow the LAUSD to continue its multi-year effort to upgrade school facilities.” Writing for CityWatch on August 6, Jack Humphreville had this to say about this big new...
By Edward Ring
The Wealth Tax Steals Money and Time
The Wealth Tax Steals Money and Time
Can you imagine having to do an inventory and net worth calculation every year? Let alone potentially being audited and having to prove that values were not intentionally understated? It’s not only financial robbery, it’s time theft! – Senator John Moorlach, Moorlach Update, August 14, 2020 What Senator Moorlach is referring to is Assembly Bill 2088, which...
By Edward Ring
Kamalot
Kamalot
The nightmarish Biden/Harris ticket is the teachers union’s “dream team.” “You don’t just have a partner in the White House, you’ll have an NEA member in the White House.” Referring to his wife Jill, presidential hopeful Joe Biden uttered those words at the virtual National Education Association convention in early July. He also expressed dissatisfaction...
By Larry Sand
A Pension Recommendation for the California Teachers Association
A Pension Recommendation for the California Teachers Association
This week a fascinating article on the website of the Education Intelligence Agency revealed that the California Teachers Association, one of the most powerful labor unions in the world, is itself having labor problems. Moreover, the labor problems they’re encountering are because they’re trying to be fiscally responsible. Setting aside for a moment all the grievances that education reformers...
By Edward Ring
And the Edu-Razzie Goes to….
And the Edu-Razzie Goes to….
The teachers unions keep racking up dubious awards. In the past week, I have seen cashiers, cops, postal employees, pharmacists, doctors, receptionists, nurses, bus drivers and others who work directly with the public remain on the job. Maybe they realize that if they don’t work, they will have no income. Maybe they have a sense...
By Larry Sand
Distinguished Speaker Series: Will Swaim
Distinguished Speaker Series: Will Swaim
The Pacific Club hosts a distinguished speaker series each month for its members. August highlighted CPC’s President, Will Swaim. If you are having trouble playing the video, click here.
By California Policy Center