Move over, California. Is Colorado the new land of opportunity?
Move over, California. Is Colorado the new land of opportunity?
High-profile California companies continue to join the wave of businesses fleeing a highly taxed, heavily regulated California for more business-friendly environments. You can add Colorado to the growing list of states that former California employers and employees now prefer to call home. Virta Health, a biotech company that specializes in diabetes treatment, announced in late...
By Sheridan Karras
Student Achievement Disparities in California
Student Achievement Disparities in California
California parents are understandably exasperated with the alarming achievement disparities among K-12 students in the state. State and national performance assessment rankings show that California’s traditional public schools are some of the worst performing in the nation. And while poor school performance affects students of all backgrounds, low-income and minority students are disproportionately impacted. The...
By Sheridan Karras
Golden State Exodus: Companies Leaving California
Golden State Exodus: Companies Leaving California
Updated October 2025 At the California Policy Center, we launched the California Exodus Project to track the people and businesses leaving the state as well as the factors driving the trend: California’s high tax burden, over-regulation that strangles businesses of all sizes, poor public schools performance and an ever-increasing cost of living to name a...
By Sheridan Karras