Fighting for $15… By Saying Businesses That Pay Less Shouldn’t Exist – CPC Newsletter
Fighting for $15… By Saying Businesses That Pay Less Shouldn’t Exist – CPC Newsletter
The teachers union vaccine bargaining chip: This week, Los Angeles schools Supt. Austin Beutner told the school board that all school employees must be vaccinated before elementary classrooms can reopen. At the behest of teachers unions, other districts in the state have also made this anti-science demand, which Gov. Newsom has called unrealistic. Newsom announced last Friday that 10 percent of the...
By Jordan Bruneau
What a Difference Six Weeks Can Make – CPC Newsletter
What a Difference Six Weeks Can Make – CPC Newsletter
What a difference six weeks can make: Covid-19 hospitalizations in California have plummeted over the last six weeks. On Jan. 7, California’s Covid hospitalizations peaked at 22,851 people. By yesterday, that figure had fallen by 63 percent (nearly two-thirds) to 8,566. New cases have fallen even faster. It’s time for social and economic restrictions to lift to reflect this new pandemic prevalence....
By Jordan Bruneau
Letter to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)
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
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
Abraham Lincoln Didn’t Show That Black Lives Ever Mattered? – CPC Newsletter
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
Is Austin All It’s Cracked Up to Be? – CPC Newsletter
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
Pension Problems in America’s Finest City – CPC Newsletter
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
The Clampdown on Free Expression – CPC Newsletter
The Clampdown on Free Expression – CPC Newsletter
The attack on free expression: Just as we warned last week, union-backed politicians in California and across the country are exploiting the Capitol riots to try to quash free speech. This week, former union leader, and current California Democratic Party chair, Rusty Hicks repeatedly called the (lower-case “d”) democratic effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom “a coup.”...
By Jordan Bruneau
Carnage at the Capitol – CPC Newsletter
Carnage at the Capitol – CPC Newsletter
Carnage at the Capitol: Five people, including a San Diego woman and a Capitol Police officer, are dead after rioters seized the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in a scene that looked from some developing world dictatorship. We strongly condemn any violence or rioting, in all its forms, whether committed by MAGA or Black Lives Matter supporters....
By Jordan Bruneau
Toothless Regulations in Topless Bars – CPC Newsletter
Toothless Regulations in Topless Bars – CPC Newsletter
Toothless regulations in topless bars: California and the U.S. are in the throes of the Covid-19 pandemic. Every day, more Americans are dying from the disease than the number killed on 9/11. ICU capacity in Southern California is reportedly at zero percent. Countless Californians are about to have their worst Christmases ever. Yet policymakers must resist the...
By Jordan Bruneau
All’s Not Well With Swalwell – CPC Newsletter
All’s Not Well With Swalwell – CPC Newsletter
All’s not well with Swalwell: Axios reported this week that California Rep. Eric Swalwell, a Democrat from the East Bay, may have been compromised by a Chinese agent, with whom he had a personal relationship. Swalwell responded to the leaked disclosures by (surprise!) blaming Trump. His response is ironic given that Swalwell was one of the biggest purveyors...
By Jordan Bruneau
Fighting Union Fires – CPC Newsletter
Fighting Union Fires – CPC Newsletter
Why we fight government unions: Ordinary Californians often don’t understand the pernicious impact of government unions. Unions’ power and their political agenda to expand this power reduce economic opportunity and wellbeing in the state. As a result, California has higher taxes, bigger government, more regulations, higher costs, massive deficits, exploding unfunded liabilities, and fewer job creators and...
By Jordan Bruneau
Gov. Newsom’s Dirty Laundry – CPC Newsletter
Gov. Newsom’s Dirty Laundry – CPC Newsletter
Gov. Newsom’s dirty laundry: California political news was dominated this week by Gov. Newsom’s recent dinner at the $350-a-plate Napa restaurant French Laundry for the 50th birthday bash of lobbyist and Democratic fixer Jason Kinney. Newsom’s hypocrisy is especially galling given that state public health officials told Californians this week to cancel their Thanksgiving plans. Rule number one of crisis communications...
By Jordan Bruneau
Billions in Local Taxes and Borrowing & The Dangers of Direct Democracy – CPC Newsletter
Billions in Local Taxes and Borrowing & The Dangers of Direct Democracy – CPC Newsletter
California voters approve billions in local taxes and borrowing: In his latest analysis, CPC contributor Edward Ring summarizes the results of California’s local tax and bond proposals on last week’s ballot. He highlights how the broad support for local tax and bond measures contrasts with the opposition to similar measures in the March 2020 election, which...
By Jordan Bruneau