CPC Launches Local Fiscal Health Dashboard for California’s Cities, Counties and School Districts
CPC Launches Local Fiscal Health Dashboard for California’s Cities, Counties and School Districts
Interactive Database Reveals which Local Governments are Fiscally Sound or at High-Risk of Fiscal Crisis As of November 19, 2024, California Policy Center has updated its General Fund Reserves scoring to give maximum credit to entities whose unrestricted reserves equal 32% of general fund expenses. This replaces the previous scale, which ranged up to a 75%...
By California Policy Center
A Golden State Birthday
A Golden State Birthday
Demisemiseptcentennial. Try saying that several times fast. On Sept. 9, we celebrate 174 years since California was admitted to the United States and prepare for its 175th anniversary—or demisemiseptcentennial—in 2025. Despite its over-the-top and often messy politics, I dig its good vibrations. There’s something mystical and magnetic about California. It’s the Olympus of America and...
By Lance Christensen
Ballot-O-Rama: A Guide to California’s 2024 Ballot Propositions
Ballot-O-Rama: A Guide to California’s 2024 Ballot Propositions
As spectator sports go, November’s ballot propositions have everything – drama, intrigue, the manipulation of language. But for California, this is no mere entertainment: the stakes are very high, indeed. The ballot includes 10 important propositions, few of which are likely to be the source of more smoke, light and heat than Proposition 36, which...
By California Policy Center
California Policy Center Files Amicus Brief Defending Free Speech Rights of Students and Teachers in California Schools
California Policy Center Files Amicus Brief Defending Free Speech Rights of Students and Teachers in California Schools
San Francisco — California Policy Center filed an amicus curiae brief Monday in support of the First Amendment rights of a California first grader who was punished by her school after she drew a picture containing the words “Black Lives Mater [sic]… any life.” The school principal disciplined the student by depriving her of recess for...
By California Policy Center
Elon Musk: Newsom signing AB 1955 “Final Straw”
Elon Musk: Newsom signing AB 1955 “Final Straw”
By now you likely know that Elon Musk has said he’s packing up every last desk, rivet gun, engineering table and family picture and moving every one of his jobs out of California. The reason: Governor Gavin Newsom’s signature Monday on Assembly Bill 1955, the bill by Assemblyman Chris Ward (D-San Diego) written to invalidate parental...
By California Policy Center
CLEO Director Mari Barke Testifies before Congress
CLEO Director Mari Barke Testifies before Congress
On June 4, 2024, the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held a hearing on “The Consequences of Biden’s Border Chaos for K-12 Schools.” Mari Barke, Director of CPC’s California Local Elected Officials, testified before the Subcommittee on the impact of illegal immigration on California’s K-12...
By California Policy Center
Governing by Hope Instead of Fear
Governing by Hope Instead of Fear
A liberal program must also be a responsible program, a reasonable, rational, realistic program. We must know how much it will cost and where the money is coming from. Benefits must be measured against burdens. A program which pampers the people or threatens our solvency is as irresponsible as the one which ignores a vital...
By Edward Ring
California’s Deficit: Bring Your Alibis
California’s Deficit: Bring Your Alibis
Governor Gavin Newsom helped create — and is now faced with — the biggest budget deficit in Golden State history. In the summer of 2022, California governor Gavin Newsom, apparently high on the smell of cash, announced that California had just smashed through the state-budget equivalent of the first four-minute mile: a one-year surplus of $100...
By Will Swaim
Parent advocates strike back
Parent advocates strike back
It’s easy to understand why California’s public schools are seeing a mass exodus of students and families. The once-Golden State continues to have some of the worst student math and reading scores in the nation. Yet schools chief Tony Thurmond and Gov. Gavin Newsom seem more concerned about bogus “book bans” and helping kids secretly change their gender at...
By California Policy Center
Attorney and Child Advocate Julie Hamill Joins California Policy Center
Attorney and Child Advocate Julie Hamill Joins California Policy Center
California Policy Center (CPC) is thrilled to announce that Los Angeles attorney and child advocate Julie Hamill has joined CPC as special counsel. With CPC’s support, Hamill is building a justice center focused on dismantling government barriers to freedom and prosperity in California “Julie is a top-notch attorney who has been at the forefront of...
By California Policy Center
Celebrate National School Choice Week at CPC’s Parent Union School Choice Fairs
Celebrate National School Choice Week at CPC’s Parent Union School Choice Fairs
Celebrate National School Choice Week at CPC Parent Union school choice fairs. CPC Parent Union is teaming up with National School Choice Week to host two school choice fairs in Southern California. Join us from 10am-2pm on Saturday, January 20th, 2024 at Vista Charter Middle School in Los Angeles and Saturday, January 27, 2024, at...
By California Policy Center
The Free Speech Case against L.A. County Hosted by CLEO
The Free Speech Case against L.A. County Hosted by CLEO
Please join us for a special virtual event, The Free Speech Case against L.A. County, on Tuesday, January 23, 2024 from 12:00-1:00pm. Our special guest is attorney and Palos Verdes School Board trustee Julie Hamill, founder of the Alliance of Los Angeles County Parents. Julie represents the Alliance in their ongoing lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health for its campaign...
By California Policy Center