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Letter to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)

In a little-known and influential institution, a group of experts at the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) regularly update best practices and standards for government financial practices and procedures. They are best recognized for their generally accepted accounting principles. As described in their website, “GASB develops and issues accounting standards through a transparent and inclusive...

By Jordan Bruneau

When Will School Reopen – CPC Newsletter

Newsom signals school reopening deal coming any day now: On Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he’s close to striking a deal with the state’s powerful teachers unions to reopen elementary classrooms. The sticking point is vaccines, which unions are demanding for teachers before they return. Newsom explained that full teacher vaccination before school reopening is not realistic. Expect...

By Jordan Bruneau

Exodus: ZP Better Together, Salesforce, and Dee Dee Myers

Every week, we recognize some businesses or people that are leaving or have left the Golden State and some of the biggest stories regarding the exoduses. To access The California Book of Exoduses: CLICK HERE ZP Better Together ZP Better Together is a communications company focusing on providing services for those who are deaf or...

By Brandon Ristoff

Should My School Be Open?: Looking at Alternative Benchmarks for Reopening Schools

CLICK HERE to see the which benchmarks your county has passed. It has now been over a month since Governor Newsom introduced his Safe Schools for All plan, which would have allowed schools to reopen soon. How has the school reopening situation changed since then? Newsom’s plan did not receive the necessary legislative approval by...

By Brandon Ristoff

The Consequences of Centrally Planned Compassion

Sixty years ago, when California was governed by people who were sane pragmatists, homes were affordable and very few people were homeless. To support new housing, government funds were focused on building enabling infrastructure. California’s freeways and expressways connected new suburbs to urban cores, and the California Water Project delivered abundant water to the growing...

By Edward Ring

The Wacky Woke Pandemic

The resegregation, victimization and historical manipulation of America is advancing. The radical rambling of the woke crowd – those who want to restructure society by dividing America according race – is advancing, and things are getting truly bizarre. Seattle’s k-12 Math Ethnic Studies Framework teaches that “Western” math is a means of “power and oppression,”...

By Larry Sand

Abraham Lincoln Didn’t Show That Black Lives Ever Mattered? – CPC Newsletter

Gov. Newsom’s poll numbers are plummeting: After committing countless Covid-19-related unforced errors and still unable to get California schools reopened, Gov. Newsom’s popularity is plummeting. A new Berkeley poll released this week finds that just 46 percent of registered voters approve of Newsom’s performance as governor, while 48 percent disapprove, 31 percent of whom disapprove strongly. Newsom’s underwater...

By Jordan Bruneau

The California Book of Exoduses

For the first time in its history, California experienced a loss in population in 2020. The trend continued into 2022, by which time California had lost more than a half-million people in two years. But while California’s extreme COVID policies that shuttered businesses and schools accelerated the California Exodus, the trend existed long before the...

By Sheridan Karras

How Legislators Can Reopen California

There are smart ways to protect the vulnerable and reopen businesses and churches and schools, but California’s legislators continue to do nothing. Instead, edicts issued from the governor’s office have the state in an ongoing lockdown, despite growing evidence there are safe alternatives. Last month an event held in the Sacramento area, “Re-Open Cal Now,”...

By Edward Ring

Is Austin All It’s Cracked Up to Be? – CPC Newsletter

More ammunition for the charter school fight: This week is National School Choice Week. In conjunction, CPC released a new study finding that South Los Angeles charter schools have 37 percent more college-ready SAT-taking students than comparable union-run schools nearby. Specifically, 16.6% of SAT takers at these charter schools met or exceeded both the math and English components...

By Jordan Bruneau

6th Annual Parent Union School Choice Fair – Sat, Jan. 30

Register for this free online Zoom event HERE. 10 am to 12 pm, Saturday, Jan. 30. Learn about quality school options that are available for K-12 students in California: Local Public Schools Charter Schools Homeschooling Private Schools Alternative Schools Learning Pods Speakers include: Mari Barke (emcee), California Policy Center Andrew Campanella, National School Choice Week...

By California Policy Center

South LA Charter Schools have 37% More College-Ready SAT-Taking Students than Comparable District Schools Nearby

A new CPC analysis suggests that South LA charter schools have 37% more college-ready SAT-taking students than comparable district schools nearby. The analysis compares the California Department of Education’s SAT College and Career Readiness Benchmarks at charter and district high schools located in historically disadvantaged neighborhoods in South Los Angeles (Zip Codes: 90001, 90002, 90003,...

By Brandon Ristoff

Pension Problems in America’s Finest City – CPC Newsletter

San Diego’s pension problems are a microcosm of the state: There’s a growing public pension storm in San Deigo. As reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune this week, the city’s pension debt has been revised up from $3 billion to $3.3 billion, nearly triple the debt level of 2007. The pension board is demanding a $50 million increase in the city’s...

By Jordan Bruneau

Environmentalists Increase Influence on Local Governments

In less than a year, three Orange County cities will be in the utility business. Fullerton, Costa Mesa, and Irvine have created a joint powers authority to purchase and distribute electricity to households and businesses in those cities, under what’s known as “community choice aggregation.” It’s difficult to imagine how this model will result in...

By Edward Ring