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National Review’s Radio Free California Podcast Episode 205: Under False Flags

Newsom & Co. want to kill the state’s referendum and initiative process, declaring it a danger to democracy. Lorena Gonzalez resigns from the Assembly to take a job with the California Labor Federation. LA Unified imposes mandatory Covid testing on half a million kids. A judge stops the San Diego Unified School District’s vaccine mandate...

By Will Swaim

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Is Crippling Education

The damaging “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” racket needs to be extinguished. Researchers extraordinaire Jay Greene and James Paul have released a series of three carefully crafted studies on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion that detail many aspects of the harmful scheme. In a nutshell, the authors find DEI to be “counterproductive and politically radical.” The part...

By Larry Sand

Gratitude for Attitude: Courageous Californians Push Back

Television networks are bombarding audiences with their “Year in Review” montages, reminding us of the highs and lows of 2021. If California had its own highlight reel, it might look more like disaster footage, but there’s hope on the horizon. Of course, it has been a historically challenging year. Americans are struggling with the ongoing...

By California Policy Center

Happy Un-Woke Year!

Here’s hoping that 2022 will see a halt to the spread of Critical Race Theory. Originally posted on FrontPageMag. Watching teachers unions, government school honchos, the media, etc., deny that Critical Race Theory (which makes race the prism through which its proponents analyze all aspects of American life, categorizing individuals into groups of oppressors and victims) is taught...

By Larry Sand

The California Book of Exoduses 2021 Year in Review

Take at look at the California Book of Exoduses: HERE Another year in the books and unlike the pandemic, the California Exodus shows no signs of slowing down. In February, we started the California Book of Exoduses, a – mostly – comprehensive list of all the notable names that took their lives and companies to...

By Brandon Ristoff

It’s Time to Abolish the Teachers Unions

This article was first published on FrontPageMag. “All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service. It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management.” The above caveat about government unions – usually known by the kinder and gentler...

By Larry Sand

Provision in Biden’s “Build Back Better” would help government unions in California

The fallout continues to build from the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2018 ruling that government unions cannot require their employees to pay unions anything – membership dues or fees – as a condition of employment. These dues and fees have long been a key to the balance of political power in California. Government union leaders almost...

By Chris Reed

The California Indoor Mask Mandate’s Return is Nonsensical

Planning to see some smiles while carrying out last-minute shopping? Forget about it. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) indoor mask mandate has reinstated the indoor mask mandate today for all Californians, regardless of vaccination status, from December 15 through January 15 (and possibly longer). In a December 13 press release, CDPH said, “Since...

By Brandon Ristoff

The teachers unions’ misbegotten efforts have ignited the push for educational freedom

The California Teachers Association fights parental choice with deeply flawed arguments. As this troubling year moves to a conclusion, there is certainly one thing worth celebrating: the great leap forward for educational freedom throughout the country. As I wrote last week, the countrywide union-mandated school shutdowns have had major consequences, and perhaps none more prominent...

By Larry Sand

National Review’s Radio Free California Podcast: Episode 202: Boom Times for Stupid

With Roe in the balance, Gavin Newsom says Californians will pay for abortion tourists. Who’s trying to kill Kamala’s career? Sacramento’s government-pension-fund managers find a new way to transform corporations into carriers of lefty change. California government is still the cause of supply-chain nightmares. Santa Cruz County requires masks at home. L.A. Unified says it’ll send unvaccinated...

By Will Swaim

LAUSD Officials Say They’ll Deport Unvaccinated Students to One of the District’s Poorest Performing Schools

Editor’s Note: A day after this commentary appeared, Los Angeles Unified announced it will consider postponing until Fall 2022 its decision to force unvaccinated students into the demonstrably failed City of Angels program. Engaged parents made this happen. Special thanks to UTLAuncensored, Reopen Schools, and other ParentUnion.com allies. News that a mother has accused Los...

By Will Swaim

The union mandated school shutdowns are having major consequences

School violence rises, mental health days proliferate, and thousands of kids are leaving government schools nationwide. Recently, a report compiled by Mike Antonucci for the Defense of Freedom Institute confirmed that the teachers unions had a heavy-handed role in the Covid-related shutdowns that consumed much of the country starting in March 2020. And the “never...

By Larry Sand

Sacramento’s Surprise Reaction to the California School Boards Association Appeal for Police Help

California’s school board officials say “nothing in recent memory could have prepared” them for the danger they face as parents “lash out on a variety of topics, most notably opposition to state mandates and local COVID-19 mitigation measures.” That was the substance of a September 29 letter in which California School Boards Association (CSBA) CEO Vernon M....

By Will Swaim

Radio Free California Podcast Episode 201: Newsom’s Cabo Controversy

French Laundry, the Getty Wedding, and now a family vacation in a Mexican resort remind us that our governor is auditorily challenged where political tone is involved. Eric Swalwell wants you vaccinated to protect his kids. Progressives threaten Feinstein over the filibuster. Dem’s federal budget includes tax breaks for government unions. Times are tough, but...

By Will Swaim