CPC releases letter in opposition to AB 84 on behalf of statewide coalition
CPC releases letter in opposition to AB 84 on behalf of statewide coalition
SACRAMENTO – Today, California Policy Center joined a broad coalition of education freedom advocates in submitting a letter of opposition to Assembly Bill AB 84 to the Senate Education Committee. The bill will have a hearing before the committee at 9:00am on July 16th at the Capitol. “California families need more educational choices, not fewer...
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SCOTUS Delivers Big Wins for Freedom
SCOTUS Delivers Big Wins for Freedom
This Independence Day, parents across America are celebrating freedom — thanks to three big wins out of the U.S. Supreme Court. Last week, the Court’s ruling in Mahmoud v. Taylor was a decisive victory for parental rights. The High Court made it clear: parents cannot be sidelined in their child’s education. In a 6–3 decision, the Court upheld the...
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SCOTUS Delivers Major Wins for Parents and Kids
SCOTUS Delivers Major Wins for Parents and Kids
CPC Calls for Immediate Policy Reforms in California SACRAMENTO — California Policy Center applauds today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Mahmoud v. Taylor as a decisive victory for parental rights. The High Court has made it clear: parents cannot be sidelined in their child’s education. In a 6–3 ruling, the Court upheld the right of...
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U.S. Dept. of Education investigates California over FERPA violations tied to AB 1955
U.S. Dept. of Education investigates California over FERPA violations tied to AB 1955
The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday that it will investigate California for violating the authority of parents over their children who attend public schools, specifically on matters of gender identity. According to the Los Angeles Times, the investigation was initiated in response to a January 31 complaint filed by the California Justice Center. In that complaint, California Policy Center’s...
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Defense of Freedom Institute, California Justice Center File Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against California Department of Education and Multiple School Districts for Title IX Violations
Defense of Freedom Institute, California Justice Center File Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against California Department of Education and Multiple School Districts for Title IX Violations
WASHINGTON— The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) and the California Justice Center (CJC) have jointly filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against the California Department of Education (CDE), Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), and...
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Register now for CPC Parent Union’s fourth annual Parents, Not Partisans Summit
Register now for CPC Parent Union’s fourth annual Parents, Not Partisans Summit
Don’t miss California Policy Center fourth annual “Parents, Not Partisans” Summit — California at the Crossroads of Education — March 18-19, 2025 in Sacramento! This transformative two-day event brings together parent group leaders, education reform advocates, and school board members from across California to learn, network, and mobilize. Day 1: Our all-day conference at the Embassy...
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On Behalf of California Policy Center, The Liberty Justice Center and California Justice Center Challenge Employer Censorship Law
On Behalf of California Policy Center, The Liberty Justice Center and California Justice Center Challenge Employer Censorship Law
On February 11, the Liberty Justice Center and California Justice Center filed a federal lawsuit challenging a California law that violates employers’ First Amendment rights by prohibiting companies from discussing any “religious or political matters” at mandatory meetings. On September 27, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 399 (SB 399) into law. Although labeled the...
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Edward Ring Testifies before Congress on the California Fires and the Consequences of Overregulation
Edward Ring Testifies before Congress on the California Fires and the Consequences of Overregulation
Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at California Policy Center, testified before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust on Thursday, February 7, 2025. The hearing, “California Fires and the Consequences of Overregulation,” examined the ways years of overregulation on environmental issues has thwarted effective fire...
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Court Orders LAUSD to Release Union Membership Records in Transparency Win for Californians
Court Orders LAUSD to Release Union Membership Records in Transparency Win for Californians
LOS ANGELES, CA — California Policy Center (CPC) has won an important victory for government transparency in its lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). In a decision released Wednesday, January 15, 2025, in California Policy Center vs Los Angeles Unified School District, Superior Court Judge Stephen Goorvitch ruled that LAUSD must produce...
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A Firestorm of Failures
A Firestorm of Failures
SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT WILL SWAIM Before we get to our regularly scheduled programming — in which we discuss the myriad policy failures that led to this week’s devastating wildfires — we want to tell you how you can help. As we write, nearly 10,000 structures — homes, businesses, churches and schools — have been...
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Modernizing Municipal Reporting Conference
Modernizing Municipal Reporting Conference
After a period of municipal financial stability, California local governments are once again facing fiscal distress. A robust system of municipal financial reporting and monitoring can provide early warnings of fiscal trouble and allow policymakers at the state and local level to proactively address them. Join California Policy Center and XBRL US for a half-day conference, Modernizing Municipal Reporting, featuring keynote speaker California...
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CPC Files Amicus Brief in Huntington Beach v. Newsom
CPC Files Amicus Brief in Huntington Beach v. Newsom
California Policy Center has filed an amicus brief supporting the City of Huntington Beach’s petition for rehearing en banc in the City’s challenge to California’s unconstitutional housing mandates. A three-judge panel denied relief to Huntington Beach due to the South Lake Tahoe rule, a Ninth Circuit precedent that prohibits local governments like cities and school...
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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%...
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California Student Test Scores Fall Short but Education Officials Ignore Root Causes
California Student Test Scores Fall Short but Education Officials Ignore Root Causes
The California Department of Education released its annual student test scores this week and the news is sobering. The state’s California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) results for the 2023-24 school year show the percentage of students who have met or exceeded state standards for English language arts, math and science has increased only slightly...
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