California’s Ballot Propositions Take Center Stage.
California’s Ballot Propositions Take Center Stage.
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Those Who Can’t Teach Math: California Teachers Association’s Massive Drop in Membership
Those Who Can’t Teach Math: California Teachers Association’s Massive Drop in Membership
Internal California Teachers Association documents reveal the union has far fewer members than it claims – and that union leaders expect that number to drop farther. Investigative journalist Mike Antonucci reports that union’s 2022-23 fiscal year budget has the number at 267,270 – a loss of 42,730 members or nearly 14 percent. The California Teachers...
CPC Files Amicus Brief to Defend the People’s Right to a Ballot Initiative in California
CPC Files Amicus Brief to Defend the People’s Right to a Ballot Initiative in California
California Policy Center filed an amicus brief in Castellanos v. California, detailing the flaws in the ruling and urging the appellate court to reverse the trial court decision and restore the people’s will on Proposition 22. CPC is also launching Democracy for All, a new coalition of pro-democracy groups working to protect direct democracy and...
Newsom Brings Home the Gold in High-Powered Hypocrisy
Newsom Brings Home the Gold in High-Powered Hypocrisy
Governor Newsom made headlines this week when he announced he would allow California’s indoor mask mandate to expire – but only for the vaccinated – on February 15. The move follows the governor’s massive publicity disaster at the NFL playoff game at Inglewood’s Sofi Stadium where he posed for a photo – maskless – with Magic Johnson...
OC Board of Education Files Motion for Preliminary Injunction to End Governor Newsom’s State of Emergency
OC Board of Education Files Motion for Preliminary Injunction to End Governor Newsom’s State of Emergency
Yesterday, the Orange County Board of Education, along with Children’s Health Defense, filed a motion for preliminary injunction against Governor Newsom, requesting that the court “order the Governor to terminate the COVID-19 state of emergency.” The document noted Gavin Newsom’s attendance at the NFC Championship game at Sofi Stadium, where during some parts of the...
A Tale of Two Bad Bills
A Tale of Two Bad Bills
California’s powerful unions had the state Assembly in its usual vise grip Monday as a legislative deadline loomed that made it do-or-die for some bills. All eyes were on AB1400, the bill that would put the state government in charge of healthcare for every Californian. But Monday afternoon, the legislation’s sponsor, Assemblyman Ash Kalra (D-San Jose),...
Newsletter January 21- Newsom Takes on DeSantis and Buttigieg
Newsletter January 21- Newsom Takes on DeSantis and Buttigieg
Governor Gavin Newsom took on Florida governor Ron DeSantis last week, boasting that two-years into the pandemic, California is better off than Florida. If he’s testing the waters for a head-to-head against DeSantis in the 2024 presidential race, his strategy of comparing the two states is a bust. For starters, the American people have already begun...
Gratitude for Attitude: Courageous Californians Push Back
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...
Rally for Worker Freedom in San Diego
Rally for Worker Freedom in San Diego
A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling (Janus v AFSCME) has given government employees the right to terminate their membership in government unions and prohibit unions from taking money out of their paychecks. Unfortunately, many government employees are unaware of their rights. Even worse, many union bosses are illegally denying requests from workers who want to discontinue their union dues and keep their money. The typical government employee could save about $800 a year – with some saving as much as $1400 a year.
Seattle’s Minimum Wage: Bad Hygiene and Lower Wages
Seattle’s Minimum Wage: Bad Hygiene and Lower Wages
California’s minimum wage is set to gradually increase to $15 by 2022, following in the footsteps of minimum wage pioneer city Seattle. Unfortunately, the unintended consequences of Seattle’s minimum wage experiment are starting to show, both in deteriorating restaurant quality and in decreasing wages for low-income workers. According to the latest study, Seattle’s 2016 minimum...
Pensions and the CalPERS Time Bomb
Pensions and the CalPERS Time Bomb
If you are the average taxpayer living in the average California small city, chances are pretty good you know very little about local politics, can name a city council member or even care where city hall is located. Chances are even greater you have no interest in dull topics like Unfunded Liabilities, CalPERS or public...
San Ramon Valley Fire
San Ramon Valley Fire
In a northern California suburb, residents were surprised to learn that firefighters pull down over $300,000 in annual compensation. See how they reacted.
LAUSD – Nick Melvoin and Kelly Gonez, pro-school-choice candidates defeat union-backed rivals
LAUSD – Nick Melvoin and Kelly Gonez, pro-school-choice candidates defeat union-backed rivals
Incumbent Steve Zimmer, lost to challenger Nick Melvoin in the District 4 race for the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education, while seventh grade teacher Kelly Gonez was leading in early election results Tuesday night to represent District 6 on the LAUSD Board of Education. cityclerk.lacity.org/election/results.html