Defining Appropriate Housing Development in California
Defining Appropriate Housing Development in California
One of the most frustrating contradictions inherent in the policies being enacted by California’s one-party state goes something like this: We are inviting the welfare cases of America and the expatriates of the world to move here, while simultaneously enacting environmental policies that make it extremely time consuming and expensive to build anything. No wonder there’s a “housing crisis.” Until demand...
By Edward Ring
Modest Strike Settlement Nonetheless Puts LAUSD in Even Worse Financial Shape
Modest Strike Settlement Nonetheless Puts LAUSD in Even Worse Financial Shape
One of the grievances expressed by the union during their recent strike against Los Angeles Unified School District was that, according to them, charter schools are draining funds from public schools. This assertion, repeated uncritically by major news reports on the strike, does not stand up to reason. Public schools in California receive government funding based on...
By Edward Ring
Officials meddle in nursing market and exacerbate growing shortage
Officials meddle in nursing market and exacerbate growing shortage
Sacramento — The California Board of Registered Nursing, the state agency that regulates nursing licenses and degrees, appears to be imposing caps on the number of nursing students that some private universities can enroll. Such caps go beyond the agency’s apparent statutory authority, but make little sense given California’s growing nursing shortage. Federal data suggests...
By Steven Greenhut
Membership in California’s government unions plummeted in 2018, federal report shows
Membership in California’s government unions plummeted in 2018, federal report shows
“Walk out on the union, not the kids”: A California Policy Center social media advertisement delivered during the Los Angeles teachers strike. Memo to anyone still wondering about the impact of the Supreme Court’s landmark 2018 decision in Janus v AFSCME: Wonder no more. Despite a surging economy, union membership in California dropped by 86,000...
By Editorial Staff
California’s Nursing Schools Need to Up Enrollment by 60 percent to Avoid Shortage
California’s Nursing Schools Need to Up Enrollment by 60 percent to Avoid Shortage
Los Angeles recently endured a teachers strike, lasting seven days and affecting over 30,000 employees of Los Angeles Unified School District. In the time leading up to the LAUSD teachers strike, 7,000 Los Angeles County nurses narrowly avoided a strike, an event that did not make headlines. As reported by ABC’s local Los Angeles affiliate, the...
By Edward Ring
More evidence school employees left their unions in late 2018
More evidence school employees left their unions in late 2018
“Union members now have a choice”: CPC email, one of 13.9 million communications with California government employees. Union membership in yet another California school district is down dramatically, providing new evidence of a broader statewide decline in government unions following last summer’s Supreme Court decision in Janus, the landmark labor case. In 2018, Orange Unified...
By Editorial Staff
Marching for a Better Education
Marching for a Better Education
Members of the Inland Empire Parent Union march on MLK Day in Murietta, CA. There was a new twist in Riverside County’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. This year’s parade through the streets of Murietta included members of the Inland Empire Parent Union (IEPU). IEPU President Christina Laster is fighting to get parents more...
By Koppany Jordan
The Destruction of Venice Beach Epitomizes California’s Idiocracy
The Destruction of Venice Beach Epitomizes California’s Idiocracy
Venice Beach used to be one of California’s great places. A Bohemian gem, nestled against the sand between big city Los Angeles and the vast Pacific Ocean, one encountered locals mingling with surfers, artists, street performers and tourists. People from suburbs further inland migrated to Venice’s beaches on sunny weekends year-round. Rents used to be...
By Edward Ring
L.A. teachers in open rebellion – this time against their own union leaders
L.A. teachers in open rebellion – this time against their own union leaders
Union chief Caputo-Pearl: “This agreement is horrible,” a teacher wrote on UTL:A’s Facebook page. “It was not worth striking 7 minutes let alone 7 days!!! Our union has let us down once again.” (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) LOS ANGELES — L.A. teachers on Tuesday voted on a deal their union calls “historic.” But by then, the...
By Mark Bucher
Newsom’s healthcare promises limited by a nursing shortage
Newsom’s healthcare promises limited by a nursing shortage
Sacramento Based on his inaugural promises, early administrative appointments and first budget, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is preparing to make some type of universal healthcare coverage the centerpiece of his administration. It is unclear if he will take the single-payer route or focus mainly on expanding access for the state’s residents – including those living...
By Steven Greenhut
Disunion: Union membership in key school district fell dramatically after Janus
Disunion: Union membership in key school district fell dramatically after Janus
CLASS WAR: Teachers union activists and supporters surround Santa Ana school district candidate Angie Cano, April 2018. Cano, a school choice activist, was attempting to speak at a district board meeting. Police escorted her into the building. Union membership in California’s sixth-largest school district fell rapidly in 2018, perhaps signaling a broader statewide decline following...
By Editorial Staff
Are LAUSD Teachers Underpaid, or Does it Cost Too Much to Live in California?
Are LAUSD Teachers Underpaid, or Does it Cost Too Much to Live in California?
In California, public sector unions pretty much run the state government. Government unions collect and spend over $800 million per year in California. There is no special interest in California both willing and able to mount a sustained challenge to public sector union power. They simply have too much money, too many people on their...
By Edward Ring
CPC teaming up with NAACP for equitable education
CPC teaming up with NAACP for equitable education
Everybody knows that the California education system is broken. Marred by a decline in educational standards, a misuse of public funds and racial discrimination, most parents would have surrendered. One parent in Riverside County decided to fight back. Christina Laster Christina Laster, a mother of four, is anything but apathetic. She has been involved in...
By Koppany Jordan
As L.A. strike begins, eye-catching billboards tell teachers they don’t have to strike – they can quit the union
As L.A. strike begins, eye-catching billboards tell teachers they don’t have to strike – they can quit the union
SHOUTING FROM THE ROOFTOPS: Billboard at 6th and Beaudry, near LA Unified HQ. LOS ANGELES—As 30,000 teachers walked out of Los Angeles classrooms, a coalition of education reform groups is offering teachers an alternative: leave the teachers union. Billboards around the Los Angeles Unified School District encourage teachers to learn their rights – including the...
By Editorial Staff